Wishing on the Same Star

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“Wishing on the Same Star”
Single by Namie Amuro
from the album Style
B-side 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
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).

The song retains the same arrangement and chorus from the 1991 album cut by freestyle singer Keedy, as well as the 1994 single "Wishing on the Same Star" by Australian girl pop group Girlfriend.

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
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