4 Hot Wave

"4 Hot Wave"
Single by Koda Kumi
from the album Black Cherry
Released July 26, 2006
Format CD, DVD
Recorded 2006
Genre J-pop, R&B, rock, house
Label Rhythm Zone
Koda Kumi singles chronology
Koi no Tsubomi
(2006)
4 Hot Wave
(2006)
Yume no Uta/Futari de...
(2006)

"4 Hot Wave" is Japanese singer Koda Kumi's 32nd single on the Rhythm Zone label. It charted at #2 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for seventeen weeks.[1] The sales for the single became her highest selling single, even surpassing the total sales of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba in less than three weeks.[2] It became her highest debut single and reclaimed the title of Highest Debut Sales Female Artists, previously held by Ayumi Hamasaki's Blue Bird.[3]

Information

4 hot wave is singer-songwriter Kumi Koda's thirty-second single and is her first quadruple a-side, with each song containing a corresponding music video. It hit #2 on the Oricon Weekly charts and reclaimed the Highest Debut Sales Female Artists from Ayumi Hamasaki.

The sales for 4 hot wave made it her highest selling single, even surpassing the total sales of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba in less than three weeks.[4] Within its first week, the single sold 207,484 copies, with 489,000 in total. Despite losing the number-one spot to KinKi Kids' Natu Moyou, 4 hot wave outsold them by over 80,000 copies.[5] At the end of the year, the single ranked #2 on Highest Selling Single Female Artist, losing out to Naoru Amane's Taiyou no Uta, which was used in her film Midnight Sun.

Due to the single's success, it reclaimed the title of Highest Debut Sales Female Artists, from Ayumi Hamasaki's Blue Bird, which had originally taken the title from Koda Kumi's previous single, Koi no Tsubomi.[6]

The single was Kumi's first quadruple a-side, with each song's music video tying together into one story. The single's artwork was shot in Morocco while Kumi was in the country shooting for her new photo-book Maroc.[7] The videos for With your smile and I'll be there were shot in Australia, with I'll be there shot on Fraser Island.

"Ningyo-hime" was certified gold for full-length cellphone downloads.

Television advertisements

I'll be there was featured in a television advertisement for Sea Breeze, a sun-tan lotion company.[8]

Juicy was featured as a television advertisement for jewelry company GemCerey's Binary Face necklace, which was designed by Koda Kumi.[9]

With Your Smile was the image song for NTV's Pride & Spirit 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball and featured in a Dwango commercial.[10]

Ningyo-hime (人魚姫 / Mermaid Princess) was featured in a Vodafone 705T television advertisement.[11]

Music videos

The music videos tie-in together to show a story about rival treasure hunters attempting to gain a triad treasure.

While Ningyo-hime was shown to be a doll in the music video, she would perform it as a mermaid princess in her tour for the corresponding album, Black Cherry.

Live performances

During the single's promotion, Koda Kumi performed the songs at several events, including:

Track listing

(Official track list[12])

CD

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Introduction – I'll be there"      0:30
2. "Ningyo-hime (人魚姫 / Mermaid Princess)"  Koda KumiMiki WatanabeMiki Watanabe 4:25
3. "I'll be there"  Koda KumitasukuShintaro Hagiwara 4:12
4. "Interlude – Juicy•Ningyo-hime"      0:43
5. "Juicy"  Taira YooSTYSTY 4:27
6. "With your smile"  Koda Kumih-wonderToru Watanabe 4:16
7. "Outroduction – With your smile"      0:47

DVD

CD
No. TitleMusicDirector(s) Length
1. "Juicy" (music video)   5:26
2. "With your smile" (music video)   4:22
3. "I'll be there" (music video)   4:53
4. "Ningyo-hime" (music video)   4:40
5. "making of "MAROC"" (found on limited editions)   2:05

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak position First week sales Sales total
July 26, 2006 Oricon Daily Charts 1
Oricon Weekly Charts 2 207,484 390,685
Oricon Monthly Charts 1
Oricon Yearly Charts 14

Alternate versions

Juicy
  1. Juicy: found on the single and corresponding album Black Cherry (2006)
  2. Juicy [Pink Chameleons remix]: found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 4 (2012)
人魚姫
  1. 人魚姫: found on the single and corresponding album Black Cherry (2006)
  2. 人魚姫 [N15H vs. Heavens Wire D'n'B remix]: found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 5 (2013)
With your smile
  1. With your smile: found on the single and corresponding album Black Cherry (2006)
  2. With your smile [Groovehacker$ remix]: found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 3 (2011)

References

  1. "4 hot wave / Koda Kumi / Oricon Style". Oricon. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  2. "Single Sales Chart". HBR3 Sakura. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  3. "Koda Kumi: Two Girls with Two Golds '06!". Oricon. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  4. "Single Sales Chart". HBR3 Sakura. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  5. "Billboard Single Sales". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  6. "Koda Kumi: Two Girls with Two Golds '06!". Oricon. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  7. "MAROC Koda Kumi by Leslie Kee". Amazon Japan. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  8. "SEA BREEZE Official". SEA BREEZE. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  9. "GemCerey (Binary Face)". Pideo. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  10. "With your smile (Koda Kumi) Music Downloads". Dwango. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  11. Oricon Style: 4 hot wave Featured in CM Retrieved August 31, 2012
  12. "Discography". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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