| Funky Town | |
| Cover: | Funky town cover.jpg |
| Caption: | CD only cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Namie Amuro |
| Album: | Play |
| B-Side: | Darling |
| Released: | April 4, 2007 |
| Length: | 17:38 |
| Label: | Avex Trax |
| Producer: | T.Kura & Michico, L.L. Brothers |
| Prev Title: | Baby Don't Cry |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | 60s 70s 80s |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
"Funky Town" is Namie Amuro's 32nd solo single under the Avex Trax label. It was released in CD and CD&DVD formats on April 4, 2007, three months after the release of her previous single "Baby Don't Cry".
"Funky Town" was ranked #44 on Recochoko's Download Chart and the video was ranked #4 on the PV Download Chart.[1]
For the release of "Funky Town", Amuro returned to work with frequent married producers Michico and T. Kura. The song is described as being a dancey new number, produced by frequent collaborators T. Kura and Michico along with the L.L. Brothers.[2] The b-side, entitled "Darling," is said to be an adult and stylish dance tune produced by Coldfeet.[3] Also, uncommon for Amuro, first pressing editions of the "Funky Town" single came with a disco ball keychain - the CD&DVD version came with a gold disco ball keychain, and the CD only came with a silver disco ball keychain.[4]
"Funky Town" was used in a new commercial campaign for a redesigned version of the lemon tea Lipton Limone. The new commercial featured Amuro herself[5] and began broadcast on March 20, 2007.
The promotional video for "Funky Town" found Namie working with director, instead of long-time director .
The video begins with the words "Funky Town" on the screen, in the same font seen on the single's cover. The video featured scenes of Namie performing choreography with a group of dancers all wearing black in a black room in featuring a car; dancing against a large screen featuring footage of her face on it; and towards the end singing amid a pile of golden disco balls.
| Release | Chart | Peak position | First week sales | Sales total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 4, 2007 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 2 | ||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 3 | 34,292 | 54,030* | |
| Oricon Monthly Singles Chart | 14 |
"Funky Town" has been certified gold for shipments of over 100,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[6] In 2011 as a ringtone, it has received a double platinum certification, for being downloaded more than 500,000 times.[7]