Wishing on the Same Star

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"Wishing On The Same Star"
"Wishing On The Same Star" cover
Single by Namie Amuro
from the album STYLE
B-side(s) Did U
Released September 11, 2002
Format CD Single
Recorded On Air Azabu Studio
Genre Pop
Length 22:09 (CD)
Label avex trax
Writer(s) Diane Warren
kenko-p
Chart positions
Namie Amuro singles chronology
"I WILL"
(2002)
"Wishing On The Same Star"
(2002)
"shine more"
(2003)

"Wishing On The Same Star" is Namie Amuro's 21st solo single under the avex trax label. Released on September 11, 2002, the song was meant to be her last before a hiatus that would have seen her transplanting herself from Tokyo, Japan to New York for the purposes of artist development. As the last of her singles as a pop artist, it is the most commercially successful from the album, STYLE (2003).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Wishing On The Same Star" (Diane Warren, kenko-p) – 4:55
  2. "Did U" (Namie Amuro, A. Mazza, Sundafu K., A. Ramen) – 3:57
  3. "Wishing On The Same Star(Instrumental)" (Diane Warren) – 4:56
  4. "Did U (Instrumental)" (A. Mazza, Sundafu K., A. Ramen) – 3:56

[edit] Personnel

  • Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals
  • Kareb James – background vocals
  • Yuko Kawai – background vocals
  • Muriyama-Kiriyama Strings – Strings

[edit] Production

  • Producers – Masaki Iehara, Cobra Endo
  • Arrangement – Masaki Iehara, Cobra Endo
  • Strings Arrangement – Tatsuya Murayama
  • Mixing – Koji Morimoto, Rob Chiarelli
  • Mixing assistant – Sang Park
  • Instrument Programming – David L. Huff, Cobra Endo
  • Vocal Direction – Mayumi Harada
  • Music Video Director – UGICHIN
  • Choreographer – WARNER

[edit] TV performances

[edit] Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
September 11, 2002 Oricon Daily Singles Chart 2
September 11, 2002 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 2 97,253 12 weeks
September 11, 2002 Oricon Yearly Singles Chart
Namie Amuro
Albums
DANCE TRACKS VOL.1 | SWEET 19 BLUES | Concentration 20 | 181920 | GENIUS 2000 | break the rules | LOVE ENHANCED ♥ single collection | STYLE | Queen of Hip-Pop
Singles
Body Feels EXIT | Chase the Chance | Don't wanna cry | You're my sunshine | SWEET 19 BLUES | a walk in the park | CAN YOU CELEBRATE? | How to Be a Girl | Dreaming I was dreaming | CAN YOU CELEBRATE? (Maxi Single) | I HAVE NEVER SEEN | RESPECT the POWER OF LOVE | toi et moi | SOMETHING 'BOUT THE KISS | LOVE 2000 | NEVER END | PLEASE SMILE AGAIN | think of me / no more tears | Say the word | lovin' it | I WILL | Wishing on the Same Star | shine more | Put 'Em Up | SO CRAZY / Come | ALARM | ALL FOR YOU | GIRL TALK / the SPEED STAR | WANT ME, WANT ME | White Light / Violet Sauce | CAN'T SLEEP, CAN'T EAT, I'M SICK / 人魚
Baby Don't Cry
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