"Alone in My Room" is a song by

Ami Suzuki is a Japanese recording artist, DJ, and actress from Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. Having been discovered at the talent TV show ''Asayan'', she was one of the most popular female teen idols in the late 1990s. However, in 2000, Suzuki faced legal probl ...

, released as her second single in September 1998.

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"Alone in My Room", like Ami's first single, "Love the Island", was used by the Japanese Government to promote winter tourism on the island of

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. The song was also used multiple times as the opening theme of ''ASAYAN'', a television show. The complete single, including all its tracks, were creations of Ami's music mastermind in the

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days,

Tetsuya Komuro is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced contemporary electronic dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the ...

. Two of the remixes bear the initials T.K. because of this. The single was the first one released by Ami in

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format, including more than three songs on it. The maxi CD was housed in a

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-type 12 cm slimline single case. The case used was 7 mm thick, showing artwork through the front, and also through the spine and part of the back of the case. The CD itself was inserted upside-down, allowing the artwork on the disc itself to show through the transparent back of the case. The CD also included an

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that advertised Suzuki's previous single. Following her blacklisting from the music industry in September 2000, production and distribution of the single stopped in its entirety.

Track listing

# ''Alone in My Room'' # ''Love the Island'' (TK ragga mix) # ''Alone in My Room'' (Club TK mix) # ''Alone in My Room'' (Instrumental)

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

External links

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