Welcome to the Edge (album) explained

Welcome To The Edge
Type:studio
Artist:Billie Hughes
Cover:Welcome To The Edge Billie Hughes album cover.jpg
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Recorded:Glass Sea Studio, Los Angeles
Genre:Pop
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Prev Year:1979

Welcome to the Edge is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Hughes, released in Japan by Canyon International on June 12, 1991. The title track was released as a single titled and was used as the theme song of the Fuji TV drama series I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore. The song became the No. 1 International Single of the Year in Japan in 1992.[1]

A second song from the album appeared in the Japanese Fuji TV drama In the Name of Love (Ai to lu Na no Moto ni). All of the songs were written by Hughes and Roxanne Seeman with the exception of two songs with additional writers.[2]  The album was a commercial success, selling 120,000 copies in Japan.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Warner Music International released "Welcome to the Edge" in Korea and other Southeast Asian territories.

Background

In 1990, the Japanese duo Wink recorded a version of "Welcome to the Edge" titled, which was the B-side of their single "Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)".[8] [9] [10] FujiPacific, the music publisher for Hughes and Seeman in Japan, proposed the Billie Hughes recording of "Welcome to the Edge" with the Satoshi Kadokura arrangement of the Wink version to Fuji TV as the theme for their upcoming TV drama I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore. When the song was confirmed by Fuji TV, Pony Canyon, also part of the FujiSankei Group, released the song as a single. Hughes and Seeman had two weeks to deliver the album.

The album included songs by Hughes and Seeman that appeared as love themes in U.S. television shows, Hughes' original versions of their songs recorded by artists including Bette Midler and The Sisters of Mercy, and new songs recorded in the two weeks deadline.

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from liner notes of Welcome To The Edge (album)

Cover versions

The song "Two Worlds Apart" was reworked and released by The Sisters of Mercy as "Under the Gun".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 第6回日本ゴールドディスク大賞 . Japan Gold Disc Awards . 2020-11-23.
  2. News: Billie Hughes; Recorded 'Welcome to the Edge'. 1998-07-18. Los Angeles Times. 2017-06-27. en-US. 0458-3035.
  3. Book: Inc, Nielsen Business Media. Billboard. 1991-08-24. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 29. en.
  4. Book: Inc, Nielsen Business Media. Billboard. 1992-08-21. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 55. en.
  5. News: Billie Hughes. Pesselnick. Jill. 1998-08-21. Variety. 2017-06-27. en-US.
  6. Book: Jonathan and Motoko, Clements and Tamamuro. The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. 2003. I-800656-8-7. 131.
  7. Fukatsu. Kaz. June 6, 1992. Spotlight on Japan, TV THEMES, KARAOKE PUSH CD SINGLES PRODUCTION UP 44% IN '91. Billboard. J-4.
  8. Versions of A soap-opera Track Cleaning Up In Japan . Lichtman . Irv . . 1991-08-24 . 29 . en.
  9. Chage & Aska Say Yes to Top Japan Nods . McClure . Steve . . 1992-08-21 . 55 . en.
  10. Web site: Omoide made Soba ni Ite (Welcome to the Edge) - Wink Song Info . . 2020-11-20.

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