is the sixth single by Japanese singer/songwriter
Chisato Moritaka
(born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group. . The lyrics were written by Moritaka and the music was composed by
Hideo Saitō. The single was released by
Warner Pioneer
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and th ...
on February 25, 1989. The full title of the single is , a remix of "Stress" with
Middle Eastern-style synthesizer arrangements.
Background
During a rehearsal in the middle of her first national tour in 1988, Moritaka suffered abdominal pain and had to be hospitalized for a week after being diagnosed with acute
enteritis
Enteritis is inflammation of the small intestine. It is most commonly caused by food or drink contaminated with pathogenic microbes,Dugdale, David C., IIII, and George F Longretc"Enteritis" MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, 18 October 2008. Access ...
. Her doctor told her that the inflammation was caused by mental stress. As a result, the experience inspired her to write "The Stress".
Music video
The music video features Moritaka as a waitress having to deal with all kinds of customers at a ramen restaurant while visualizing her stress as a ghostly entity watching her. Since the video's release, the waitress uniform has been one of her regular costumes on her live performances.
The contents of the original
8" LaserDisc release were compiled in the 2000 DVD ''Chisato Moritaka DVD Collection No. 5: Mite/The Stress/17-sai''.
Chart performance
"The Stress" peaked at No. 19 on
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in ...
's singles chart and sold 40,000 copies, making it her first top-20 hit.
Other versions
Remixes of "The Stress" were released in the 1989 greatest hits album ''
Moritaka Land'' and the 1991 remix album ''
The Moritaka''.
Moritaka re-recorded the song as and uploaded the video on her
YouTube
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channel on April 25, 2014. This version is also included in Moritaka's 2015 self-covers DVD album ''Love Vol. 7''.
The song was remixed by
tofubeats
, known professionally as Tofubeats, is a Japanese singer, record producer, and DJ.
Kawai began producing music at the age of 14, under the name "DJ Newtown". He initially distributed his music online through websites such as 2channel and YouTub ...
in the 2014 collaboration album ''
Chisato Moritaka with tofubeats: Moritaka Tofu''.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
Chisato Moritaka
(born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group. , except where indicated; all music is composed and arranged by
Hideo Saitō, except where indicated.
Personnel
* Chisato Moritaka – vocals
* Hideo Saitō – guitar, drum and synthesizer programming
Chart positions
Natsumi Abe version
"The Stress" was covered by
Natsumi Abe
is a Japanese singer and actress, a former member of Morning Musume, and currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.
Biography Career
She was born in Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan.
On August 13, 2003, she released her first single, "22 Sai no Wat ...
in 2006 as her seventh single. This version reached No. 14 in Oricon's singles chart. Abe performed an a cappella version of the song in a
Georgia GABA commercial.
Track listing
Chart positions
References
External links
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1989 singles
1989 songs
1989 video albums
2006 singles
Japanese-language songs
Chisato Moritaka songs
Songs with lyrics by Chisato Moritaka
Songs with music by Hideo Saitō (musician, born 1958)
Warner Music Japan singles