| "Wait & See ~Risk~" "Wait & See ~リスク~" |
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| Single by Hikaru Utada | ||||
| from the album Distance | ||||
| Released | 19 April 2000 | |||
| Format | CD, DVD, Maxi Single | |||
| Recorded | January 2000 at Flyte Tyme Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota and mixed at Flyte Tyme, Edina, Minnesota | |||
| Genre | J-Pop, R&B, Pop-rock | |||
| Length | 4:49 | |||
| Label | EMI Music Japan | |||
| Writer(s) | Hikaru Utada (all except Track 3) Bart Howard (Track 3) |
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| Producer | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (1) Sking U & Akira Miyake (2, 3) Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, and Alex Richbourg (4) |
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| Hikaru Utada singles chronology | ||||
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"Wait & See ~Risk~" (Wait & See ~リスク~ Wait & See ~Risuku~) is a song by Hikaru Utada, released as her fifth Japanese language single (her sixth overall) on April 19, 2000. "Wait & See: Risk" sold 1,662,000 copies and debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts with 804,570 in its first week. Utada had two versions released: CD and DVD. The CD version included 5 tracks (the most original tracks for a Utada single yet, excluding karaoke tracks) and the DVD version included 2 tracks. In the DVD version of the single, a version of the music video with 5.1 channel audio was available.
This single, like "Addicted to You", was produced and arranged by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Records. This single reached #1 on Oricon charts and charted for 21 weeks. This single became the #3 single of 2000 in Japan. This single reached #29 on World Charts for single airplay, and reached #18 for sales. The most recent figures (May 26, 2006) show that the singe sold 1,662,060 units in total.
All songs written and composed by Hikaru Utada, except track 3 (Bart Howard).
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| No. | Title | Arranger | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Wait & See: Risk (Wait & See ～リスク～)" | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Hikaru Utada | 4:49 | ||||||
| 2. | "Hayatochiri (はやとちり)" | Kei Kawano | 4:15 | ||||||
| 3. | "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" | Kei Kawano (arrangement and strings arrangement) | 3:23 | ||||||
| 4. | "Wait & See: Risk (Baton Girl Mix)" | 4:50 | |||||||
| 5. | "Wait & See: Risk (Original Karaoke)" | 4:48 | |||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Wait & See: Risk" | -:-- | |||||||
| 2. | "Making of Wait & See: Risk" | -:-- | |||||||
"Wait & See: Risk" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | Debut Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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| April 19, 2000 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 1 | |||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 1 | 804,570 | 1,662,060 | 21 | |
| Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | 3 |
| Preceded by "Thank You 4 Every Day Every Body" by Ami Suzuki |
Oricon Weekly number one single May 1, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Sakura Zaka" by Masaharu Fukuyama |
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