is the third

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from Yuki Saito, released on October 21, 1986 by

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. It reached #2 on the

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s. The original LP release contained ten songs, though the CD released at the same time had two additional songs: "Aozora no Kakera" and "Yubiwa Monogatari", both from the "

Aozora no Kakera is the seventh single by Japanese pop singer Yuki Saito. It was released August 21, 1986, by Canyon Records together with . It was ranked #1 on the Oricon charts and #3 on The Best Ten chart, and is the only single from Saito to reach #1 on the ...

" single release earlier that year.

History

''Chime'' was released on LP,

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, and CD on October 21, 1986 by

. The original LP and cassette releases contained ten songs each, and the CD contained two additional songs: "Aozora no Kakera" and "Yubiwa Monogatari", both from the "

" single release earlier that year. The LP and cassette album contain one song released previously as a single, and the CD contains three. All three contain an additional nine songs not previously released as singles. The album reached #2 on the Oricon charts and sold 267,000 copies. reached #3 on the

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charts, #6 on

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chart, and #19 by Oricon in overall sales for singles in 1986. The site references ''Single Chart-Book Complete Edition 1968-2005'', by Oricon Entertainment. April 25, 2006. (). It was used as the first theme song for the 1986

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anime television series ''

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''. It was also used as an image song for the "Morning Fresh" line of shampoos and styling products from

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.The cover of the single gives the following information just to the right of the title: CX-TV系放映「めそん一刻」主題歌　新星堂「モーニングフレッシュ」イメージ・ソング, which translates to "CX-TV Network televised ''Maison Ikkoku'', Shinseido 'Morning Fresh' image song". (with

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) reached #1 on the

charts and #3 on

chart. It was used in commercials for the Axia brand of

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from

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in Japan. ''Chime'' has been rereleased twice since the original release in 1985. It was released as a "Gold CD" on March 21, 1989 (catalog #D35A-0478), and in a special paper jacket packaging and remastered high quality (or "HQ") CD on August 5, 2009 (catalog #PCCA-50132).

Chart history

Track listing

LP (catalog #C28A0520, released October 21, 1986)
Cassette (catalog #28P6657, released October 21, 1986) CD (catalog #D32A-0234, released October 21, 1986)
Gold CD (catalog #D35A-0478, released March 21, 1989)
HQ CD (catalog #PCCA-50134, released March 25, 2009)

Notes

References

{{Authority control 1986 albums Pony Canyon albums Yuki Saito (actress) albums CIMP albums