4 Hot Wave
| "4 Hot Wave" | ||||
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| Single by Koda Kumi | ||||
| from the album Black Cherry | ||||
| Released | July 26, 2006 | |||
| Format | CD, DVD | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, R&B, rock, house | |||
| Label | Rhythm Zone | |||
| Koda Kumi singles chronology | ||||
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"4 Hot Wave" (stylized as "4 hot wave") is Japanese star Koda Kumi's 32nd single under the Rhythm Zone label. This is Kuu's first quadruple A-side single. It was released on July 26, roughly 2 months after the release of her last single, "Koi no Tsubomi". The covers of this single were taken while Kumi was in Morocco to shoot her new photobook, "MAROC", which was released alongside the single. This single has also become her highest selling single ever and surpassed the sales of her previous highest-selling single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", in only 3 weeks.[1]
"Ningyo-hime" was certified gold for full-length cellphone downloads.
Television advertisements
"I'll Be There" was featured in a television advertisement for Seabreeze, a sun-tan lotion company. This advertisement showed a group of young adults on a beach; it did not feature Kumi.
"Juicy" was featured in a television advertisement for Gem Cerey.
"With Your Smile" was the image song for NTV's 2006 Japan Pro Baseball and was also featured in a Dwango television advertisement.
"Ningyo-hime" was featured in a Vodafone 705T television advertisement, a popular mobile service in Japan.[2]
Track listing
Official Tracklist[3]
CD portion
- Introduction: I'll Be There
- Ningyo-hime (人魚姫, Mermaid Princess)
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed and arranged by Miki Watanabe - I'll Be There
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed by Shintaro Hagiwara
Arranged by tasuku - Interlude: Juicy/人魚姬~
- Juicy
Written by Yo Taira (Digz, Inc.)
Composed and arranged by STY (Digz, Inc.) - With Your Smile
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed by Toru Watanabe
Arranged by h-wonder - Outroduction: With Your Smile
DVD portion
- Juicy
- With Your Smile
- I'll Be There
- 人魚姬
- "Maroc" Photobook Offshoot (First Press Editions only)
Music videos
The music videos for these 4 songs are interconnected starting with "Juicy" to "With Your Smile" to "I'll Be There" to "Ningyo-hime". The clearest similarities are among the first three music videos, following a plot regarding Kuu distracting a group of men via seduction and stealing a treasure map, only to be chased while looking for whatever treasures the map leads to. "Ningyo-Hime", the final music video in the saga, shows where and what the "triad-treasure" lead to.
Live performances
- July 3, 2006 – Popjam DX – Medley (I'll Be There / Ningyo-hime)
- July 21, 2006 – Music Station – "I'll Be There"
- July 22, 2006 – MelodiX! – "I'll Be There"
- July 28, 2006 – Music Station – "Ningyo-hime"
- July 29, 2006 – Music Fair 21 – "I'll Be There" (with TRF), "Koi no Tsubomi" (with TRF), "Joy" (with TRF), "Ningyo-hime"
- July 29, 2006 – CDTV – "Ningyo-hime"
- July 30, 2006 – Cable Awards
- August 3, 2006 – Utaban – "I'll Be There"
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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| July 26, 2006 | Oricon Daily Charts | 1 | |||
| Oricon Weekly Charts | 2 | 207,484 | 390,685 | 17+ | |
| Oricon Monthly Charts | 1 | ||||
| Oricon Yearly Charts | 14 |
References
- ↑ Singles Sales Chart Retrieved August 31, 2012
- ↑ ORICON STYLE: 4 hot wave Featured in CM Retrieved August 31, 2012
- ↑ Official Tracklist Retrieved July 26, 2006.
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