Kessen wa Kinyōbi

The lyrics to "Kessen wa Kinyōbi" were written by Miwa Yoshida and the song was composed and arranged by Masato Nakamura, while the track was co-produced by the band and Mike Pela. "Kessen wa Kinyōbi" came about when Nakamura and Sing Like Talking frontman Chikuzen Satō decided to challenge themselves to a friendly competition to see who could write the best song using the chord progression to Cheryl Lynn's "Got to Be Real" as base inspiration.^[3] "Kessen wa Kinyōbi" and "Rise" by Sing Like Talking, from their album Humanity (1992), were the resulting tracks.^[3] Additionally, Nakamura pulled inspiration from Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove" to make the perfect disco anthem.^[3] The song is written in the key of C minor with a common time tempo of 126 beats per minute.^[4] Yoshida's vocals span two octaves, from G₃ to G₅.

CDJournal critics described the song as a "fanfare" that gets your "adrenaline pumping".^[5] It was praised for capturing the essence of Lynn's "Got to Be Real", on which the song is based.^[5]

In 2003, Key of life and A.mia sampled "Kessen wa Kinyōbi" on their song "Friday Let Me Down" featuring Soul'd Out's Diggy-Mo'. In 2012, Nico Touches the Walls recorded a cover of the song to be included as a B-side to the single "Yume 1 Go".^[6] In 2014, HY recorded a cover of the song for the Dreams Come True tribute album, Watashi no Dorikamu, released in celebration of the band's 25th anniversary.^[7] In 2017, Daichi Miura recorded his rendition of the song for the Dreams Come True cover album, DoriUta Vol. 1.^[8]

"Kessen wa Kinyōbi" debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart, with 210,970 copies sold in its first week.^[9] The single stayed at the top of the chart for three consecutive weeks, selling 136,300 copies on its second charting week and 86,690 copies on its third week.^[10][11] It slid to number three the following week, logging sales of 87,550 units.^[12] The single spent an additional three weeks in the top ten. It charted in the top 100 for twenty-three weeks, selling a reported total of 1,070,420 copies,^[13] making it Dreams Come True's first million-selling single.^[14] "Kessen wa Kinyōbi" ranked at number 18 on the year-end Oricon Singles Chart for 1992.^[15]