is the 32nd single by Japanese singer/songwriter
Chisato Moritaka. Written by Moritaka and Yuichi Takahashi, the single was released by
One Up Music on June 11, 1997. The song was used by
Lawson
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for their store commercials. The B-side is "Mirai", which was used at the
54th National Sports Festival in Moritaka's hometown of
Kumamoto.
Background
Being a fan of
the Beatles, Moritaka fulfilled a life-long dream with "Sweet Candy" by recording her drum tracks at
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music c ...
. The music video was also filmed in parts of
London during the recording sessions.
Moritaka performed the song on the 48th ''
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK netw ...
'', which was her sixth and final appearance on the annual New Year's Eve special.
Chart performance
"Sweet Candy" peaked at No. 10 on
Oricon's singles chart and sold 93,000 copies.
Other versions
Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her
YouTube channel on July 23, 2012. This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album ''Love Vol. 1''.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
Chisato Moritaka; all music is arranged by Yuichi Takahashi.
Personnel
* Chisato Moritaka – vocals, drums
* Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, keyboards
* Shin Hashimoto – piano, keyboard
* Yukio Seto – guitar, bass
* Nobuyuki Mori – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
* Wakaba Kawai – trombone
* Futoshi Kobayashi – trumpet
* Shiro Sasaki – trumpet
Chart positions
References
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1997 singles
1997 songs
Japanese-language songs
Chisato Moritaka songs
Songs with lyrics by Chisato Moritaka
One Up Music singles