"Won't Be Long" is a collaboration single by Japanese boy band Exile and Kumi Koda

Kumi Koda

, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game...

. It is a cover of the song originally sung by the Japanese band Da Bubblegum Brothers in the early 1990s. It is a midtempo song. Kumi Koda's album Black Cherry

Black Cherry (Kumi Koda album)

Black Cherry is Koda Kumi's 5th studio album. Much like the two best collections before it, this album came in three editions; a CD only, a CD+DVD and a CD+2DVD version. The first DVD included all but one of Koda Kumi's post: second session solo PVs and the second DVD featured a drama called...

 included two versions of this song (one remixed and another sung entirely by her), both different from the original version. The song was also featured on Exile's album Exile Revolution, this time featuring Exile and Never Land.

This song appeared on the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 game Taiko no Tatsujin DS

Taiko no Tatsujin DS

is a rhythm video game developed and published by Namco for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in 2007, and it was released only in Japan. Like other Taiko games, the player plays the notes of a chosen song's drum part as they are displayed on the screen...

 under its J-Pop section.

Other cover versions

In 1990s, Kwok Cheung Lee (李國祥) from Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 ever covered this song with Cantonese and Mandarin-Chinese versions - "全為了你" (All for you) and "充滿光彩" (Fulfilled colors).

Track listing

1. "Won't Be Long" — 5:14
2. "Won't Be Long" (Karaoke) — 5:13
3. "Won't Be Long" (Karaoke for Guys) — 5:13
4. "Won't Be Long" (Karaoke for Ladies) — 5:13

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
November 22, 2006	Oricon Daily Charts	2
	Oricon Weekly Charts	2	130,710	235,770	16 weeks+
	Oricon Monthly Charts	6
	Oricon Yearly Charts	56

Chart procession and succession