Chase the Chance
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| "Chase the Chance" | ||||
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| File:Namie Amuro - Chase the Change single cover.png | ||||
| Single by Namie Amuro | ||||
| from the album Sweet 19 Blues | ||||
| Released | December 4, 1995 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance-pop, techno | |||
| Length | 21:02 | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Writer(s) | Tetsuya Komuro Takahiro Maeda |
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| Producer(s) | Tetsuya Komuro | |||
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"Chase the Chance" is Namie Amuro's second solo single on the Avex Trax label. Released in December 1995, it debuted at number one on the Oricon charts becoming her first of five million selling singles. As of August 2012, the single has sold 1.3 million copies in Japan.[1] At the end of the month, she would make her first appearance as a solo artist on Kōhaku Uta Gassen performing the single. It is the last single before she and MAX permanently split ways.
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Commercial tie-in
"Chase the Chance" was used as the theme song to the Nihon TV drama, "The Chef."
Track listing
All lyrics written by Tetsuya Komuro and Takahiro Maeda, all music composed by Tetsuya Komuro, arranged by Tetsuya Komuro.
| CD | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Chase the Chance" (Original Mix) | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Chase the Chance" (Trip Club Mix) | 5:30 |
| 3. | "Chase the Chance" (G.Wright Jungle Mix) | 6:43 |
| 4. | "Chase the Chance" (Original Karaoke) | 4:22 |
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Total length:
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21:02 | |
Personnel
- Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals
Production
- Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
- Arranger – Tetsuya Komuro
- Mixing – Gary Thomas Wright
TV performances
- December 31, 1995 – Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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| December 4, 1995 | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 1 | 225,090 | 1,361,710 | 20 weeks |
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Position | Sales Total |
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| December 4, 1995 | Oricon 1996 Year-End Chart | 10 | 1,361,710 |
| Preceded by | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart number-one single December 18, 1995 |
Succeeded by "To Love You More" by Céline Dion |
References
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