Beach Mix Explained

Beach Mix
Type:	Remix album
Artist:	Koda Kumi
Cover:	KodaKumiBeachMixCD.png
Released:	August 1, 2012
Recorded:	2002–2012
Genre:	House
Label:	Rhythm Zone
Prev Title:	Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 4
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	Color the Cover
Next Year:	2013

Beach Mix is Koda Kumi's sixth remix album, out August 1, 2012. It is her first album to feature a playbutton - the album contained on an mp3 player in a button.^[1] It comes in three editions: CD, CD+DVD and CD+DVD+Playbutton. Beach Mix became her highest charting remix album, coming in at #4 on Oricon and staying on the charts for seven weeks.^[2]

It features a new song and music video: "Whatchu Waitin' On?". It is also her first album released since giving birth to her and Kenji03's son, with the music video being filmed while she was pregnant (in the video, only Kumi's upper body is shown).^[3]

Track listing

Official track list.^[4]

CD

1. "Whatchu Waitin' On?"

Lyrics: Koda Kumi • Matthew Tishler

Music: Daniel J.Plante • Matthew Tishler

1. "KO-SO-KO-SO" (Prog5 Remix)
2. "Bling Bling Bling feat. AK-69" (Electro Rave Allstars Remix)
3. "Hey baby!" (FUTURE HOUSE UNITED Remix)
4. "V.I.P. feat. T-PAIN" (Sunset In Ibiza Remix)
5. "Pop Diva" (KOZMR Remix Lucas Valentine)
6. "Be My Baby" (4 Skips Remix)
7. "No Tricks" (Shohei Matsumoto & Junichi Matsuda Remix)
8. "Heat feat. MEGARYU" (REO Remix)
9. "Cutie Honey" (HABANERO POSSE REMIX)
10. "D.D.D. feat. SOULHEAD" (Pink Chameleons Remix)
11. "Come With Me" (Overhead Champion Remix)
12. "Twinkle" (R-midwest Remix)
13. "Lick me♥" (Floorbreaker Remix)
14. "Cherry Girl" (Sunset In Ibiza Remix)
15. "Taboo" (KOZMR Remix スグル・ヤマモト)

DVD

1. "Whatchu Waitin' On?" (Music Video)
2. "Whatchu Waitin' On?" (Making Video)
3. "a-nation & Rhythm Nation BEST SELECTION"

"Come With Me" (a-nation'03)

"Cutie Honey" (a-nation'05)

"real Emotion" (a-nation'05)

"D.D.D." (Rhythm Nation'06)

"Unmei" (Rhythm Nation'06)

"Ningyo-hime" (Rhythm Nation'06)

"Cherry Girl" (Rhythm Nation'06)

"girls" (a-nation'07)

"Lady Go!" (a-nation'08)

"Moon Crying" (a-nation'08)

"Freaky" (a-nation'08)

"Lick me♥" (a-nation'09)

"Ecstasy" (a-nation'09)

"Lollipop" (a-nation'10)

"Universe" (a-nation'10)

"Be My Baby" (a-nation'11)

"Bling Bling Bling" (a-nation'11)

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	Debut sales	Sales total
August 1, 2012	Oricon Daily Charts	3	14,391	44,357
	Weekly Chart	4	25,643<		--
	Monthly Chart
	Yearly Chart		-->

References

• Web site: Hamasaki Ayumi's "You & Me" Versus Koda Kumi's "Whatchu Waitin' On?" Asian Junkie . asianjunkie.com . 2014-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222054211/http://www.asianjunkie.com/2012/07/showdown-hamasaki-ayumis-you-me-versus-koda-kumis-whatchu-waitin-on/ . 2014-02-22 .
• Web site: KODA KUMI: BEACH MIX OtakuDX. otaku.collectiondx.com. 2014-02-09.
• Web site: koda/discography/beachmix. https://web.archive.org/web/20120618050759/http://rhythmzone.net/koda/discography/beachmix.html. 2012-06-18. dead. 2014-02-09.
• Web site: Koda Kumi to release new remix album "Beach Mix" in August tokyohive.com. tokyohive.com. 2014-02-09.
• Web site: Koda Kumi Reveals "Beach Mix" Covers and Full Tracklisting. jpopasia.com. 2014-02-09.
• Web site: Koda Kumi: 54th Single 「恋しくて」 (12.05) + Premium Night ~Love & Songs~ Tour (November) in Jpopcentral Library Forum. jpopcentral.yuku.com. 2014-02-09.

External links

• Koda Kumi Official

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beach Mix Release Information. https://web.archive.org/web/20120625080737/http://www.comtrya.com/2012/koda-kumi-new-album-beach-mix-release-information/. dead. June 25, 2012. Comtrya. January 7, 2016.
2. Web site: Beach Mix (with DVD) / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE. Oricon. February 7, 2016.
3. Web site: Whatchu Waitin' On? -Behind the Scenes-. Daily Motion. January 7, 2016.
4. Web site: Discography . https://web.archive.org/web/20120916045404/http://rhythmzone.net/koda/discography/beachmix.html . September 16, 2012 . dead . March 13, 2016.