Dancing (Mai Kuraki song) explained

Dancing
Cover:File:MaiKurakiDancing.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Mai Kuraki
Album:Fuse of Love
B-Side:"Through the River"
"You Look at Me~One"
Genre:J-pop
Label:Giza Studio
Prev Title:Love, Needing
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:P.S My Sunshine
Next Year:2005

"Dancing" ("ダンシング") is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Mai Kuraki from her fifth studio album, Fuse of Love (2005). The song was written by Kuraki and her long-time collaborator, Akihito Tokunaga, and produced by Kuraki herself. The song served as Dwango's television commercial song.[1] The single was released on 23 March 2005 through Giza Studio as the third single from Fuse of Love.

"Dancing" is a J-pop track with a pop rock and teen pop element, arranged by its composer, Akihito Tokunaga The single entered at number five on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.[2] It became Kuraki's 20th consecutive top 10 single since her debut single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow" (1999). "Dancing" has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan with more than 100,000 physical copies shipped.[3]

The accompanying music video was directed by Nigel Dick and later released as a video single, "Making of Dancing: Diary of Los Angeles" (2005), exclusively on her official fan club store. The video was shot in Los Angeles, the United States. The single's B-side track, "You Look at Me~One" was used as the theme song to the Japanese sports news program Sports Urugus from April 2005 to June 2005.

Commercial performance

In Japan, "Heart Beat" debuted at number five on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. It stayed on the chart for seven weeks, selling 56,682 copies in total.[2] The single was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for the shipment of more than 100,000 physical copies nationwide. The single was Kuraki's last single to be certified by RIAJ, until "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" (2017) was certified platinum in September 2017.

Charts

Monthly charts

Certification and sales

|-! scope="row"| Japan (RIAJ)[2] | Gold| 56,682 |-|}

Release history

RegionDateFormatCatalogue Num.LabelRef.
Japan23 March 2005CD singleGZCA-4036Giza Studio
TaiwanSBCS-5004Shinkong-Being Multimedia[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EZweb向け「いろメロ呼び出し中の音」に倉木麻衣のコンテンツを追加. ITmedia. 5 February 2021.
  2. Web site: 倉木麻衣のシングル売上ランキング. Oricon. 13 January 2021.
  3. Web site: ダウンロード認定. Recording Industry Association of Japan. 13 January 2021.
  4. Web site: 倉木麻衣 Mai Kuraki - dancing. 5Music. 5 February 2021.