is a song by Japanese entertainer

Akina Nakamori is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow M ...

. Written by Takashi Matsumoto and

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, it was released as a double-A single with " Kataomoi" on March 24, 1994, by

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. It was also the second single from her 15th studio album '' Unbalance+Balance''.

Background

"Aibu" was one of two songs written by Matsumoto and Komuro (the other being "Norma Jean") for ''Unbalance+Balannce'', which was in production since summer 1992 to the album's release on September 22, 1993. It was originally planned to be released as Nakamori's first single under MCA Victor, but "

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" was ultimately chosen instead. "Aibu" was eventually selected as the double A-side of "Kataomoi", a song originally made popular by

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in the 1970s.

Chart performance

"Kataomoi"/"Aibu" peaked at No. 17 on

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's weekly singles chart and sold over 133,900 copies.

Track listing

Charts

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aibu 1994 singles 1994 songs Akina Nakamori songs Japanese-language songs Songs with lyrics by Takashi Matsumoto (lyricist) Songs written by Tetsuya Komuro Universal Music Japan singles MCA Records singles