"White Light / Violet Sauce" is
Namie Amuro
Namie Amuro ( ; ja, 安室奈美恵, Amuro Namie, label=none; born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese former recording artist, producer, songwriter, dancer, model, actress and entrepreneur who was active between 1992 and 2018. A leading figure of ...
's 29th solo single under the
Avex Trax label. It was her first single since the release of her smash hit album ''
Queen of Hip-Pop
''Queen of Hip-Pop'' is the seventh studio album, by recording artist Namie Amuro, It was released on July 13, 2005 after four singles and was her most commercially successful effort in five years before ''Play'' was released, the album receive ...
'' (2005). Unlike her two previous singles, "White Light / Violet Sauce" was released in one format. An altered version of "Violet Sauce" called "Violet Sauce (Spicy)" is featured on the album "
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". The other A-side, "White Light" was included in her compilation album "
Best Fiction".
Overview
The song "Violet Sauce" was first announced in early September when news broke out that it would be used as the theme to the
Japanese release of the
American
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motion picture adaptation of
Sin City
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. The song features a cameo from ''Sin City'' director,
Robert Rodriguez
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, who can be heard saying "Welcome to Sin City" in a
distort
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ed voice. It also features a collaboration with Tomoyasu Takeuchi of Super Butter Dog & Maboroshi who plays
guitar
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on the song. On September 30, "Violet Sauce" was unveiled online in
commercials and in full on the music service, ONget.
Her management company, Vision Factory, officially announced that the single would be a double a-side single on their official
website
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on October 7, 2005. The other a-side, "White Light" is her first ballad single since 2004's "
All for You." Various online music retailers have described the song as having a
Christmas
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theme. A b-side to the single entitled, "Nobody" was to be included but was shelved. The song was said to be a sequel to "White Light." It was reported in early 2007 that "Nobody" would be the b-side on her first single in 2007,
Baby Don't Cry.
Commercial endorsements
"Violet Sauce" is the image song to the movie, ''Sin City.'' Amuro approached GaGa productions who were distributing the film in Japan to do the theme song. The production company felt that her image and music fit the film and agreed to allow her to contribute to the film. The song is currently being used in ''Sin City'' adverts online and on
television
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. It was later used to promote the live DVD "
Namie Amuro Best Tour "Live Style 2006"".
"White Light" was used in Dwango Iromelo Mix commercials. Dwango is a
ringtone service.
Track listing
# "White Light"
# "Violet Sauce"
# "Violet Sauce" (Anotha Recipe)
# "White Light" (Instrumental)
# "Violet Sauce" (Instrumental)
Digital Download
# "White Light"
# "Violet Sauce"
# "Violet Sauce" (Anotha Recipe)
Personnel
* Namie Amuro – vocals
* Tomoyasu Takeuchi – guitar
Production
* Producers – Nao'ymt
* Mixing – Tsutomu Toyama & D.O.I.
* Art Direction –
Ryuichi Shirota (See also
Shirota)
* Design – Ryuichi Shirota & Katsunori Ishibashi
* Photographer – Shoji Uchida
* Stylists – Keiko Miyazawa & Mihoko Tanaka
* Hair & Make-Up – Akemi Nakano & Eriko Ishida
TV performances
* November 7, 2005 – Hey! Hey! Hey!
* November 17, 2005 – Utaban
* November 18, 2005 – Music Fighter
* November 19, 2005 – CDTV
* November 25, 2005 – Music Station
* November 30, 2005 – 1 Oku 3000 Banjin ga Erabu! Best Artist 2005
* December 23, 2005 – Music Station Super Live
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
RIAJ certification
"White Light / Violet Sauce" has been certified gold for shipments of over 100,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
References
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Namie Amuro songs
2005 singles
Avex Trax singles
2005 songs