Breaking Hearts (song)

"Breaking Hearts"
Single by Chara
from the album Carol
Released July 29, 2009
Format CD Single, digital download
Genre J-pop
Length 4:28
Label Universal Music
Writer(s) Chara
Producer(s) Swing-O
Chara singles chronology
Trophy
(2008)		 Breaking Hearts
(2009)		 Kataomoi
(2009)
Alternative cover
Limited CD+DVD Cover

"Breaking Hearts" is a song by Chara. It was released as the first from her album Carol on July 29, 2009.[1] It debuted at #28 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted for three weeks.[2]

The single was released in two versions: a limited edition featuring a DVD, plus a regular CD only version. The DVD features the music video for the song.

The B-side of the single, "Mamotte Agetai" (守ってあげたい I Wanna Protect You), is an acoustic cover of the Yumi Matsutoya song of the same name.

Music video

Chara in the music video.

The music video was shot by director Shūichi Banba (番場秀一).[3] It begins with a red shoe floating in space. The scene changes to Chara singing in a forest. She begins to grow, and sings in places such as a high branch or above the forest, getting increasingly larger. She eventually breaks through the clouds and dances on different planets. She loses her shoes as she jumps from a planet, and disintegrates into hundreds of stars. She wakes up in a hole in the forest, with a boy in clothes far too large for him. The scene pans out, and it is shown that the hole is the heel print from one of her missing shoes.

The video was nominated for Best Female Video for the 2010 Space Shower Music Video Awards.[4]

As of April 20, 2010 the music video for "Breaking Hearts" has been viewed 196,000 times at the two official Universal channels on popular video-sharing website YouTube.[5][6]

Track listing

Single

No. TitleWriter(s)Arranger Length
1. "Breaking Hearts"  CharaSwing-O 4:28
2. "Mamotte Agetai (守ってあげたい I Wanna Protect You)"  Yumi MatsutoyaChara 5:13
3. "Breaking Hearts (Instrumental)"  CharaSwing-O 4:28

Chart rankings

Oricon Charts (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
July 29, 2009 Oricon Daily Singles Chart 21
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 28 2,853 3,929 3 weeks
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart

Various charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[7] 78

References

  1. ↑ "Chara*UNIVERSAL MUSIC OFFICIAL SITE*「Breaking Hearts」". Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  2. ↑ "ｂｒｅａｋｉｎｇ　ｈｅａｒｔｓ（初回盤）". Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  3. ↑ "Chara breaking hearts". Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  4. ↑ "スペシャ「MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS」ノミネート70作品発表". Natalie. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  5. ↑ "breaking hearts / Chara". Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  6. ↑ "breaking hearts / Chara". Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  7. ↑ Chara - Breaking Hearts - Music Charts