Sweat / Answer
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| "Sweat / Answer" | ||||
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| Single by Tohoshinki | ||||
| from the album With | ||||
| Released | June 11, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
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| Label | Avex Trax | |||
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| Producer(s) | Nicklas Eklund ("Sweat") UTA ("Answer") | |||
| Tohoshinki singles chronology | ||||
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| "Sweat" (Short ver.) on YouTube | ||||
"Sweat / Answer" is the 41st Japanese single by South Korean pop duo Tohoshinki, released on June 11, 2014 by Avex Trax. It is a double A-sided single featuring "Sweat", a summer-themed jazz-pop dance track; and "Answer", a mid-tempo electropop song that was used as the theme song for the 2013 Japanese television crime drama, Hard Nut (ハードナッツ！). The single was released in three versions – a CD+DVD version, a CD only version, and a fan club edition exclusively for Tohoshinki's Japanese fan club, Bigeast.
The single debuted atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and peaked at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of over 100,000.