Piece (song)

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"Piece"
Single by Yui Aragaki
from the album Hug
Released February 25, 2009  ( 2009-02-25 )
Recorded 2008
Genre Pop
Length 20 : 09
Label Warner Music Japan
Songwriter(s) Minako Kawae
Yui Aragaki singles chronology
" Akai Ito "
(2008) 		" Piece "
(2009) 		" Utsushie "
(2009)
Alternative covers
Limited edition A cover
Alternative cover
Limited edition B cover

" Piece " is a pop song by Japanese recording artist Yui Aragaki . It was released as her third single on February 25, 2009. [1]

Background [ edit ]

"Piece" was written and composed by singer-songwriter Minako Kawae. [2] The song first premiered on Aragaki's Tokyo FM radio show, "School of Lock!", January 21, 2009. [2] The single features a cover of Mongol800 's hit song "Anata ni" and "Sparkle", written by Aragaki herself. [2]

"Piece" was released in three formats: standard edition, limited edition A, which has an illustration cover drawn by Aragaki herself and limited edition B, which has an illustration cover drawn by Studio Ghibli animator Yoshiyuki Momose, who also directed an animated music video for the song. [3]

Chart performance [ edit ]

"Piece" peaked at #6 on the daily Oricon singles chart and #7 on the weekly chart, selling 18,204 copies in its first week. [4] [5]

Track listing [ edit ]

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Piece" Minako Kawae Kawae 4:25
2. "Sup?kuru" ( スパ?クル "Sparkle") Yui Aragaki Yoshihiko Chino 4:13
3. "Anata ni" ( あなたに "To You") Kiyosaku Uezu Mongol800 4:18
4. "Piece (Naked Voice Version)" Kawae Kawae 2:50
5. "Piece (Instrumental)"   Kawae 4:23
Total length: 20:09

Charts and sales [ edit ]

Chart (2009) Peak
positions 		Sales
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [6] 6 25,283 [5]
Japan Oricon Daily Singles Chart [4] 6
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart [5] 7
Japan SoundScan Singles Chart (Edition A) [7] 14
Japan SoundScan Singles Chart (Standard Edition) [7] 20

Release history [ edit ]

Region Date Label Format
Japan February 25, 2009 [1] Warner Music Japan CD (Limited Edition A)
CD (Limited Edition B)
CD (Standard Edition)

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "ナタリ? - ガッキ?新曲「piece」??！SOLで宇宙初オンエア" . Oricon (in Japanese). 2009-01-16 . Retrieved 2010-09-30 .
  2. ^ a b c "ガッキ?が新曲でモンパチの名曲をカバ? ニュ?ス-ORICON STYLE-" . Oricon (in Japanese). 2009-01-20 . Retrieved 2010-09-30 .
  3. ^ " "新垣結衣×百?ヨシユキ（スタジオジブリ）"コラボが?現！ - CDJournal.com ニュ?ス" . CDJournal (in Japanese). 2009-02-13 . Retrieved 2010-09-30 .
  4. ^ a b "アクトレスシンガ?／新垣結衣 Act_02 - 邦?女性ソロ - 2chブラウザ READ2CH" (in Japanese) . Retrieved 2010-09-30 .
  5. ^ a b c "☆若手人?女優?合スレッド507☆" (in Japanese) . Retrieved 2010-09-30 .
  6. ^ (in Japanese) 2009/03/09 "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN" . Billboard . Retrieved 2010-09-30 .
  7. ^ a b "週刊 CDソフト TOP20" . SoundScan (in Japanese) . Retrieved 2010-09-30 .

External links [ edit ]

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