| Piece | |
| Cover: | Yui Aragaki - Piece (Standard Edition).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Yui Aragaki |
| Album: | Hug |
| Recorded: | 2008 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Warner Music Japan |
| Prev Title: | Akai Ito |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Utsushie |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"Piece" is a pop song by Japanese recording artist Yui Aragaki. It was released as her third single on February 25, 2009.[1]
"Piece" was written and composed by singer-songwriter Minako Kawae.[2] The song first premiered on Aragaki's Tokyo FM radio show, "School of Lock!", January 21, 2009.[2] The single features a cover of Mongol800's hit song "Anata ni" and "Sparkle", written by Aragaki herself.
"Piece" was released in three formats: standard edition, limited edition A, which has an illustration cover drawn by Aragaki herself and limited edition B, which has an illustration cover drawn by Studio Ghibli animator Yoshiyuki Momose, who also directed an animated music video for the song.[3]
"Piece" peaked at #6 on the daily Oricon singles chart and #7 on the weekly chart, selling 18,204 copies in its first week.[4] [5]
| Chart (2009) | Peak positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Billboard Japan Hot 100[6] | 6 | 25,283 |
| Japan Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 6 | |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 7 | |
| Japan SoundScan Singles Chart (Edition A)[7] | 14 | |
| Japan SoundScan Singles Chart (Standard Edition) | 20 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | February 25, 2009 | Warner Music Japan | CD (Limited Edition A) |
| CD (Limited Edition B) | |||
| CD (Standard Edition) |