Over the Rainbow
Digital and regular edition
Studio album by
Rainbow
ReleasedMarch 28, 2012 (Japan)
Recorded2011-2012
GenreJ-pop
Length36:00
LabelUniversal Sigma
Rainbow chronology
So Girls
(2011)		 Over the Rainbow
(2012)		 Rainbow Syndrome
(2013)
Singles from Over the Rainbow
  1. "A"
    Released: September 14, 2011
  2. "Mach"
    Released: December 7, 2011
  3. "Gonna Gonna Go!"
    Released: March 14, 2012
  4. "Candy Girls!"
    Released: September 5, 2012

Over the Rainbow (オーバー ザ レインボー) is the debut studio album and first major Japanese release of South Korean girl group Rainbow, It was released on March 28, 2012, in Japan under Universal Sigma.[1] The album was released in two versions, a CD & DVD Edition[2] and a regular CD Edition.[3] It was preceded by the singles "A", "Mach" and first original Japanese single "Gonna Gonna Go!". The album was re-released on December 12, 2012, in three different editions.

Editions

Standard version

The album was released in two different editions: CD & DVD Edition and the Regular CD Edition.

The CD & DVD Edition contains the CD album and a DVD containing the "RAINBOW Premium Live at SHIBUYA PUBLIC HALL" show, including the songs "Mach", "Not Your Girl", "To Me", "Gossip Girl", and "A". It also includes a backstage video of the "Premium Live" show, and a special music video of "Mach", featuring more solo and group shots, also known as a "Close-Up" version from the original music video.[4]

The Regular CD Edition of Over the Rainbow contains only the CD album itself.[4]

Special version

Nine months later, on December 12, the album was re-released in three different editions: two CD+DVD editions and a 2CD only edition.

The CD+DVD editions include the Over The Rainbow album and a special DVD: Type A includes all music videos of the group included on the albums and Type B includes performances of all Korean promotional tracks at that time being, "Gossip Girl", "Not Your Girl", "A", "Mach", "To Me" and "Sweet Dream". All performances are from the KBS' show Music Bank.

The CD only edition include two CDs: the standard Over the Rainbow as CD 1 and a special Korean greatest hits on the CD 2, including tracks from the mini albums Gossip Girl and So Girls. This edition includes the Japanese song "Candy Girls!", theme song of the animated show Zoobles!, as bonus track of the CD 2.

Track listing

Standard and special edition
Disc one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."A" (エー; Ē)Song Soo-yun, Yu Shimoji, NICE73 (Rap making)Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo3:25
2."Mach" (マッハ; Maha)Song Soo-yun,Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo Natsumi Watanabe, Yu Shimoji, NICE73Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo3:14
3."Gonna Gonna Go!" (ガナガナGO!; Gana Gana GO!)Han Sang-won, Kaori Moriwaka, NICE73 (Rap making)Han Sang-won3:53
4."Kiss! Kiss! Disco!"Mai Watarai, Emyli (Rap making)ZigZagNote3:18
5."Touch Me, Feel Me, Love Me"Shoko FujibayashiEmyli4:16
6."Alright"Kanao Itabashi, NICE73 (Rap making)Mohombi Moupondo, Bruno Lopez, Santiago Rodriguez, Ninos Hanna, Joakim Jarl & Alexander Papadimas4:24
7."Not Your Girl" (ノット ユア ガール; Notto Yua Gāru)Han Sang-wonHan Sang-won, Shihomi, NICE733:29
8."Energy"Will Simms, Ronny Svendsen, Anne Judith Wik, Erik Lewander, EmyliWill Simms, Ronny Svendsen, Anne Judith Wik, Erik Lewander3:44
9."Hello"Lae Joo-hyoung, G-High, Mai Watarai, Emyli (Rap making)Lae Joo-hyoung, G-High3:14
10."Gossip Girl" (ゴシップガール; Goshippugāru)Hur Youn-won, Litz, NICE73 (Rap making)Hur Youn-won3:07
Total length:36:00
Standard edition – DVD: RAINBOW Premium live at Shibuya Public Hall
No.TitleLength
1."Mach" (マッハ) 
2."Not Your Girl" (ノットユアガール) 
3."Gossip Girl" (ゴシップガール) 
4."To Me" 
5."A" (エー) 
6."Mach" (Encore) 
7."Backstage of Premium Live" (Backstage Video Shoot) 
8."Mach" (Music video – Rainbow version) 
Special edition disc two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Not Your Girl"Han Sang-wonHan Sang-won 
2."Gossip Girl"Hur Youn-wonHur Youn-won 
3."I Believe"Song Soo-yun, Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-sooHan Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo 
4."Kiss"Kim Bo-ah, Park Jung-minLee Joo-hyung 
5."A"Song Soo-yunHan Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo 
6."Mach"Song Soo-yunHan Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo 
7."To Me" (내게로..; Naegero..)N-Sun, Double KDaishi Dance, A.I.P 
8."Sweet Dream"Gil Hak-mi, Double KPark Se-hyun, Daishi Dance, A.I.P 
9."Candy Girls!" (Bonus track)   
Special edition – DVD (Type A: music videos)
No.TitleLength
1."Gossip Girl" 
2."A" (Korean version) 
3."To Me" 
4."Sweet Dream" 
5."A" (Japanese version) 
6."Mach" (Japanese version) 
7."Gonna Gonna Go!" 
8."Candy Girls!" 
Special edition – DVD (Type B: Korean live performances)
No.TitleLength
1."Gossip Girl" 
2."Not Your Girl" 
3."A" 
4."Mach" 
5."To Me" 
6."Sweet Dream" 

Charts

Oricon

Oricon Chart Peak Debut sales Sales total
Daily Albums Chart 5 13,009 (Weekly)
17,364 (Monthly)		 31,559+
Weekly Albums Chart[5] 10
Monthly Albums Chart 37

Other charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums[6] 10

Release history

Country Date Distributing label Edition
Japan March 28, 2012 Universal Sigma CD+DVD Edition
CD
December 12, 2012 2 CD+DVD
2CD

References

  1. ↑ "Rainbow - Universal Music Japan". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. ↑ "エラー".
  3. ↑ "Over the Rainbow【CD】 | RAINBOW | UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE".
  4. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2012-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "2012年03月26日～2012年04月01日のCDアルバム週間ランキング (Oricon's Weekly album chart for April 9th)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  6. ↑ "Top Albums / JAPAN Charts / Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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