Happy Wake Up! Explained

Happy Wake Up!
Cover:Happy Wake Up!.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Arisa Mizuki
Genre:Pop, dance
Length:4:36
Label:Nippon Columbia
Producer:Komuro
Prev Title:Kimi ga Suki Dakara
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Anata no Sedai e Kuchizuke o
Next Year:1995

"Happy Wake Up!" is the seventh single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on October 3, 1994 as the lead single from Mizuki's third studio album . The title track was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. "Happy Wake Up!" is Mizuki's second single produced by Komuro. The song was written at Mizuki's request for an upbeat track to sing in concert. It was used in commercials for Knorr Cup Soup by Ajinomoto, starring Mizuki herself. The B-side, "Close to You," was also written and produced by Komuro.

Chart performance

"Happy Wake Up!" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart at number 3 with 63,170 copies sold in its first week.[1] The single charted for sixteen weeks and has sold a total of 343,790 copies.[2] [3] "Happy Wake Up!" was the 11th best-selling single of October 1994 and 16 November 1994.[4] [5] It ranked number 96 on the Oricon Yearly Singles chart.[6]

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles3
Oricon Monthly Singles11
Oricon Yearly Singles96

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=1994&month=10&week=3&submit4.x=36&submit4.y=18. ja:1994年10月第3週の邦楽シングルランキング情報. 2011-08-06. Japanese. Oricon.
  2. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/78982/1/. ja:Happy wake up!/観月ありさ. 2011-08-06. Japanese. Oricon.
  3. Web site: ja:ヴィジョンファクトリー(旧ライジング)@売上データ補完スレ. http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1068830546/18. 2004-01-20. Japanese. 2011-08-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324084454/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1068830546/18. 2012-03-24.
  4. Web site: http://takigawarecords.seesaa.net/article/75065453.html . ja:1994年10月オリコンシングルランキング . 2011-08-06 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724060704/http://takigawarecords.seesaa.net/article/75065453.html . 2011-07-24 .
  5. Web site: http://takigawarecords.seesaa.net/article/75065454.html . ja:1994年11月オリコンシングルランキング . 2011-08-06 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724062221/http://takigawarecords.seesaa.net/article/75065454.html . 2011-07-24 .
  6. Web site: 1994年間シングルランキング TOP100 . 2011-08-06 . Japanese.