is a song recorded by Japanese singer
Shizuka Kudo
, known by her maiden name , is a Japanese singer, actress and former idol, born in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan. She was a member of Onyanko Club between May 1986 and September 1987 and went on to have a successful solo career with 11 number-one hits ...
. It was released as a single by
Pony Canyon
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on September 21, 1990. The song made its first album appearance on the compilation album ''
Unlimited'', released that same year.
Background
The song is described as a folk ballad driven by acoustic guitar.
It was written by Miyuki Nakajima and
Tsugutoshi Gotō and arranged by
Draw4. It marks the first collaboration between Nakajima and Kudo since "
Kōsa ni Fukarete
is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo, released as a single through Pony Canyon on September 6, 1989. It is Kudo's last single to be released in 7-inch vinyl format. The song, which has never appeared on an original album, was include ...
". Lyrically, the song involves Kudo cryptically describing herself to a potential lover, comparing herself to "a rose, a poison, a mystery, or maybe a flame" and asking him whether or not he would ultimately choose to be with her. Nakajima wrote the song from the perspective of Kudo and based herself off of her first impressions of her. In 1992, Nakajima covered the song in concert during the ''Carnival 1992'' tour.
Chart performance
"Watashi ni Tsuite" debuted at number-one on the
Oricon Singles Chart, selling 76,000 copies in its first week and becoming the last in a string of eight consecutive number-one singles.
The single charted in the top 100 for a total of 13 weeks. The song ranked at number two on the monthly Oricon Singles Chart, bested only by
TMN's "Time to Count Down".
It ranked at number 46 on the year-end Oricon Singles Chart.
Track listing
Charts
See also
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List of Oricon number-one singles
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number-one on the Oricon Singles Chart, the preeminent singles chart in Japan, which was created in 1967, and monitors the number of physical single purchases of the most popular singles.
1960s and 1 ...
References
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1990 songs
1990 singles
Folk ballads
Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Songs written by Miyuki Nakajima
Shizuka Kudo songs
Pony Canyon singles
Songs written by Tsugutoshi Gotō