Chase the Chance explained

Chase the Chance
Cover:Namie Amuro - Chase the Change single cover.png
Type:single
Artist:Namie Amuro
Album:Sweet 19 Blues
Released:December 4, 1995
Length:4:25
Label:Avex Trax
Producer:Tetsuya Komuro
Prev Title:Body Feels Exit
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Don't Wanna Cry
Next Year:1996

"Chase the Chance" is the fourth single by Japanese singer Namie Amuro from her second studio album, Sweet 19 Blues (1996). It was released as the album's second single on December 4, 1995, through Avex Trax.

It debuted at number one on the Oricon charts, becoming her first of five singles to sell over a million copies. 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.

A pre-release TV commercial for the single features excerpts from the music videos for her four previous singles (including three singles released by Toshiba-EMI) in slow motion and in black and white.

Background and release

"Chase the Chance" was Amuro's second single for the Avex Trax label, following "Body Feels Exit" which was released a month prior. 1995 became Amuro's breakthrough year as she parted ways with her former girl group, Super Monkey's, and saw her first run of solo singles reach top five on the Oricon charts.[2] The rest of Super Monkey's regrouped as MAX earlier that same year and continued to dance backup for Amuro, with "Chase the Chance" marking the last single they performed with her.[3] The group would go on to achieve success in their own right.[4]

"Chase the Chance" was a runaway success and debuted as her first chart-topper. It outsold its predecessor by a third, and became her first of five singles to move more than a million copies.[5]

Commercial tie-in

"Chase the Chance" was used as the theme song to the Nihon TV drama, "The Chef."

Personnel

Production

TV performances

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20120802_134898.html. ja:安室奈美恵がツイッターやらない宣言 交流の場はライブのみ. Japanese. NEWSポストセブン. Shogakukan, Inc. 2012-08-02. 2012-11-28.
  2. Web site: 安室奈美恵のシングル作品 2ページ目 . 2023-11-22 . ORICON NEWS.
  3. Web site: 安室奈美恵がJ-POPの女王になれた秘密――「売れたモノこそ実は先鋭的である」 . 2023-11-22 . ITmedia ビジネスオンライン . ja.
  4. Web site: MAX 2作連続不発…「TORA TORA TORA」売れなければ“解散”だった 「沖縄に帰すって」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能 . 2023-11-22 . スポニチ Sponichi Annex . ja.
  5. Web site: 2017-09-21 . 安室奈美恵のCDシングル売り上げトップ10は? あの名曲たちがズラリ。 . 2023-11-22 . ハフポスト . ja.