Taiyou no Season explained

Taiyou no SEASON
Cover:Taiyounoseason.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Namie Amuro
Album:Dance Tracks Vol. 1
Released:April 26, 1995
Recorded:1995
Genre:Pop, Electronic, Hi-NRG, Eurobeat
Label:EMI Music Japan
Producer:Max Matsuura
Prev Title:Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Stop the music
Next Year:1995

"Taiyo no Season" (in Japanese : 太陽のSEASON) is the first single under the sole name of Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro. It was released on April 26, 1995, through EMI Music Japan. Effectively, the song marks Amuro's debut as a soloist. Although the single was released solely credited to "Namie Amuro," the back cover of the CD single shows "Namie Amuro with SUPER MONKEY'S" along with a photo of SUPER MONKEY'S (now MAX), who also appeared on music programs together under the same credit. "Taiyou no SEASON" was used as an advertising jingle for the Lotte's Crepe Ice commercials. "Taiyou no SEASON" was included on both the SUPER MONKEYS' Original Tracks Vol. 1 and Amuro's first greatest hits album 181920. A "NEW ALBUM MIX" was placed on the Dance Tracks Vol.1.

Composition

Following the huge success of the previous song "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)," this was the second Eurobeat track to be released. The song is a Japanese language cover of Eurobeat artist Veronica Sales' song "Seasons".[1] Meanwhile, the b-side is also a Japanese cover of the song "Burning Love", originally sung by Eurobeat artist D-Essex.[2] The echoing vocals and rushing melody of "Taiyou no SEASON" give the song a sense of seasonality and speed, as if the listener is driving a convertible car along the seaside in the middle of summer.[3]

Commercial performance

"Taiyou no SEASON" debuted at number eight on the Oricon Singles Chart, with 69,750 copies sold in its first week.[4] On its second week the single jumped to number five on the chart, selling 95,430 copies.[5] It dropped to number ten the next week, selling 70,860 copies.[6] The single stayed at number ten for a second consecutive week during its fourth week of availability, shifting 90,950 copies.[7] "Taiyou no SEASON" then slid to number thirteen, selling 64,720 copies.[8] Afterwards the single then lingered in the top twenty for the next three weeks, respectively ranking at number fifteen,[9] number seventeen,[10] and number twenty,[11] before vanishing from the top twenty entirely on its ninth week of availability. "Taiyou no SEASON" was the fifty-sixth best-selling single in Japan of 1995.[12] The single charted in the top 100 for seventeen weeks[13] and sold a reported total of 610,680 copies.[14]

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)5
Japan Monthly Singles (Oricon)[15] 10
Japan Yearly Singles (Oricon)56

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEASON . 2024-03-15 . youtube.com.
  2. Web site: BURNING LOVE . 2024-03-15 . youtube.com.
  3. Web site: CD Journal Staff. Namie Amuro – 181920 [CD]]. CD Journal. July 13, 2005. March 15, 2024. ja.
  4. Web site: Oricon Style Staff. Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week May 8, 1995. Oricon
    published through Yahoo! GeoCities
    . May 8, 1995. March 15, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131846/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/950508.html. March 31, 2019. dead.
  5. Web site: Oricon Style Staff. Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week May 15, 1995. Oricon
    published through Yahoo! GeoCities
    . May 15, 1995. March 15, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131847/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/950515.html. March 31, 2019. dead.
  6. Web site: Oricon Style Staff. Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week May 22, 1995. Oricon
    published through Yahoo! GeoCities
    . May 22, 1995. March 15, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331132026/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/950522.html. March 31, 2019. dead.
  7. Web site: Oricon Style Staff. Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week May 29, 1995. Oricon
    published through Yahoo! GeoCities
    . May 29, 1995. March 15, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331132033/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/950529.html. March 31, 2019. dead.
  8. Web site: Oricon Style Staff. Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week June 5, 1995. Oricon
    published through Yahoo! GeoCities
    . June 5, 1995. March 15, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131958/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/950605.html. March 31, 2019. dead.
  9. Web site: Oricon Style Staff. Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week June 12, 1995. Oricon
    published through Yahoo! GeoCities
    . June 12, 1995. March 15, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131920/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/950612.html. March 31, 2019. dead.
  10. Web site: Oricon Style Staff. Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week June 19, 1995. Oricon
    published through Yahoo! GeoCities
    . June 19, 1995. March 15, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131951/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/950619.html. March 31, 2019. dead.
  11. Web site: Oricon Style Staff. Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week June 26, 1995. Oricon
    published through Yahoo! GeoCities
    . June 26, 1995. March 15, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131948/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/950626.html. March 31, 2019. dead.
  12. Web site: オリコン 1995年TOP100. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331111612/https://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1995.html . March 15, 2024. 2019-03-31.
  13. Web site: 太陽のSEASON 安室奈美恵. Oricon. March 15, 2024.
  14. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」. Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju'. Oricon. subscription . February 23, 2018.
  15. Web site: オリコン(oricon)「1995年05月」の月間シングルCDランキング. March 15, 2024.