 The demo level contains a song called Katamari Dancing by Takashi Utsunomiya which is also the opening song.According to a press release from Namco Bandai, "Beautiful Katamari" went gold on October 2, 2007.The game was released in North America on October 16, 2007, on October 18, 2007 in Japan and was released on February 29, 2008 in Europe.