Too Shy Shy Boy! Explained

Too Shy Shy Boy!
Cover:Too Shy Shy Boy!.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Arisa Mizuki
Released:May 27, 1992
Genre:Pop, dance
Length:5:00
Label:Nippon Columbia
Producer:Komuro
Prev Title:Kaze no Naka de
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Kotoshi Ichiban Kaze no Tsuyoi Gogo
Next Year:1993

"Too Shy Shy Boy!" is the fourth single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on May 27, 1992 as the lead single from Mizuki's second studio album Shake Your Body for Me. The title track was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. It was used in commercials for the soft drink Chasse by Kirin, starring Mizuki herself. Komuro recorded a self-cover of the song for his album Hit Factory. "Too Shy Shy Boy!" is Mizuki's best-selling single. The B-side, "Haru no Tobira," was written and produced by singer-songwriter Midori Karashima and was used in commercials for the Soft MA contact lenses by Menicon, also starring Mizuki.

Chart performance

"Too Shy Shy Boy!" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart at number 4 with 83,750 copies sold in its first week.[1] The single charted for eighteen weeks and has sold a total of 362,680 copies.[2] [3] "Too Shy Shy Boy!" was the 7th best-selling single in June and July 1992.[4] [5] It ranked number 54 on the Oricon Yearly Singles chart.[6]

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles4
Oricon Monthly Singles7
Oricon Yearly Singles54

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=1992&month=6&week=2&submit4.x=36&submit4.y=18. ja:1992年06月第2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/78843/1/. ja:TOO SHY SHY BOY!/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/75065425.html . ja:1992年6月オリコンシングルランキング . 2011-08-06 . Japanese.
  5. Web site: http://takigawarecords.seesaa.net/article/75065426.html . ja:1992年7月オリコンシングルランキング . 2011-08-06 . Japanese.
  6. Web site: 1992年間シングルランキング TOP100 . 2011-08-06 . Japanese.