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4 hot wave
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This article documents a current single. Information is likely to change as the song remains on the charts. |
| "4 hot wave" | ||
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| Single by Kumi Koda | ||
| from the album Black Cherry | ||
| Released | July 26, 2006 | |
| Format | CD, DVD | |
| Recorded | 2006 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Label | Rhythm Zone | |
| Kumi Koda singles chronology | ||
| Koi no Tsubomi (2006) |
4 hot wave (2006) |
Yume no Uta / Futari de... (2006) |
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| The CD + DVD Cover | ||
"4 hot wave" is Kumi Koda's 32nd single under the Rhythm Zone label. This is a quadruple a-side, meaning it has four a-sides to it. This is the first time Koda Kumi has ever released a quadruple a-side single. It was released on July 26; roughly 2 months after the release of her last single, "Koi no Tsubomi". The covers of this single were taken while Kumi was in Morocco to shoot her new photobook, "Maroc", which is also due out in July. It was not able to grab the top spot on Oricon's weekly charts, but managed to peak at number one on the daily charts by the third day. So far in the year, this single has had the highest 1st week sales total of any solo female artist in 2006, at 207,000 copies. This single has also become her highest selling single ever and surpassed the sales of her previous highest-selling single, "real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", in only 3 weeks.
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Neowing.jp has described the four songs that are to be released on the single.
- "Ningyo-hime" is to be a song with a "impressive crashing rock sound",
- "I'll be there" is a "mid-tempo tune that'll make you feel summer",
- "JUICY" is a "hard R&B track that matches those from the US", and
- "With your smile" is a "aggressive dance tune".
"I'll be there" was featured in a CM for SEABREEZE, a sun-tan lotion company. This CM showed a group of young adults on a beach. Kumi was not featured in this CM.
"JUICY" will be featured in a CM for Gem CEREY.
"With your smile" is the image song for NTV's 2006 Japan Pro Baseball and was also featured in a Dwango CM.
"Ningyo-hime" will be featured in a Vodafone 705T CM. Vodafone is a popular mobile service in Japan. Making-of:
- Introduction ~I'll be there~
- Ningyo-hime (人魚姫? Mermaid Princess)
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed and arranged by Miki Watanabe - I'll be there
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed by Shintaro Hagiwara
Arranged by tasuku - Interlude ~JUICY/Ningyo-hime~
- JUICY
Written by Yo Taira (Digz, Inc.)
Composed and arranged by STY (Digz, Inc.) - With your smile
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed by Toru Watanabe
Arranged by h-wonder - Outroduction ~With your smile~
- JUICY (PV)
- With your smile (PV)
- I'll be there (PV)
- Ningyo-hime (PV)
- "Maroc" Photobook Offshoot (First Press Editions only)
The PVs for these 4 songs are interconnected starting with JUICY to With your smile to I'll be there to Ningyo-hime. However, there are no significant plot similarities starting with the sexually provocative JUICY to the more peaceful summer tune of With your smile, etc.
- July 3, 2006 – POPJAM DX – Medley (I'll be there / Ningyo-hime)
- July 21, 2006 – Music Station – "I'll be there"
- July 22, 2006 – MelodiX! – "I'll be there"
- July 28, 2006 – Music Station – "Ningyo-hime"
- July 29, 2006 – MUSIC FAIR 21 – "I'll be there" (with TRF), "Koi no Tsubomi" (with TRF), "JOY" (with TRF), "Ningyo-hime"
- July 29, 2006 – CDTV
- July 30, 2006 – Cable Awards
- August 3, 2006 – UTABAN
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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| July 26, 2006 | Oricon Daily Charts | #1 | |||
| July 26, 2006 | Oricon Weekly Charts | #2 | 207,484 | 390,685 | 16 |
| July 26, 2006 | Oricon Monthly Charts | #1 | |||
| July 26, 2006 | Oricon Yearly Charts | #14 |