Taiyou no Season

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"Taiyou no SEASON"
Single by Namie Amuro
from the album Dance Tracks Vol. 1
ReleasedApril 26, 1995
Recorded1995
GenrePop, Electronic, Hi-NRG, Eurobeat
LabelEMI Music Japan
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Max Matsuura
Namie Amuro singles chronology
"Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)"
(1995) 		"Taiyou no SEASON"
(1995) 		"Stop the music"
(1995)

"Taiyo no Season" (in

Dance Tracks Vol.1
.

Composition

Following the huge success of the previous song "

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]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Keimi Suzuki, all music composed by HINOKY TEAM, all music arranged by Dave Rodgers
No.TitleLength
1."Taiyou no SEASONS" (太陽のSEASON, "The Sun's Season")3:23
2."Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete" (ハートに火をつけて, "Burning Fire in My Heart")3:23
3."Taiyou no SEASON (ORIGINAL KARAOKE)"3:23
4."Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete (ORIGINAL KARAOKE)"3:23

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)[13] 5
Japan Monthly Singles (Oricon)[15] 10
Japan Yearly Singles (Oricon)[12] 56

Certification and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[16] Platinum 610,680[14]

References

  1. ^ "SEASON". youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  2. ^ "BURNING LOVE". youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  3. ^ CD Journal Staff (July 13, 2005). "Namie Amuro – 181920 [CD]". CD Journal (in Japanese). Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Oricon Style Staff (May 8, 1995). "Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week May 8, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  5. ^ Oricon Style Staff (May 15, 1995). "Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week May 15, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  6. ^ Oricon Style Staff (May 22, 1995). "Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week May 22, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  7. ^ Oricon Style Staff (May 29, 1995). "Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week May 29, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  8. ^ Oricon Style Staff (June 5, 1995). "Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week June 5, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  9. ^ Oricon Style Staff (June 12, 1995). "Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week June 12, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  10. ^ Oricon Style Staff (June 19, 1995). "Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week June 19, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  11. ^ Oricon Style Staff (June 26, 1995). "Oricon Singles Chart – Chart Week June 26, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  12. ^ a b "オリコン 1995年TOP100". Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "太陽のSEASON 安室奈美恵". Oricon. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "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. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  15. ^ "オリコン(oricon)「1995年05月」の月間シングルCDランキング". Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  16. ^ "Japanese single certifications" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1994年11月 on the drop-down menu
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