is a song by
Chara. It was released as the first single from her album ''
Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
'' on .
It debuted at #24 on the Japanese
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 Nov ...
album charts, and charted for five weeks. The song was used in commercials for the
NEC
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It prov ...
brand 'Foma N702iS' cellphone.
Chara wrote the song in 2005.
The main guitar chords in the song were recycled from the song from her 2005 independently released album ''
Something Blue
"Something old" is the first line of a traditional rhyme that details what a bride should wear at her wedding for good luck:
Something old,
something new,
something borrowed,
something blue,
and a ilversixpence in her shoe.
The old item pr ...
''.
She wrote in the style of
Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasi ...
.
The B-side is a cover of
Akiko Kosaka Akiko can refer to:
* Akiko (comic book), ''Akiko'' (comic book), an American comic book
* Akiko (film), ''Akiko'' (film), a 1961 Italian comedy film
* Amiga custom chips#Akiko, Akiko (Amiga), a custom chip used in the Amiga CD32 games console
* Ak ...
's 1973 debut single.
Music video
The music video was shot by director . It begins with an animated/
CGI image of an egg that cracks becomes a bird. This bird flies off past several doors, and enters one into a space scene. The scene switches to Chara in an almost completely white room with a white dress. She wears her hair half-straight and half in an
afro
The afro is a hair type created by natural growth of kinky hair, or specifically styled with chemical curling products by individuals with naturally curly or straight hair.Garland, Phyl"Is The Afro On Its Way Out?" ''Ebony'', February 1973. ...
(with the division being vertically down the centre of her head). The scene switches to a drawing a Chara falling through a dark, psychedelic scene, followed by a white-backed scene depicting different drawings. Chara returns to the white room, however with a different hair-style and now drawn animals floating around her. Occasionally the originally dressed Chara appears behind her. The video ends with more psychedelic scenes and the bird flying away into space/clouds.
Track listing
Single
Chart Rankings
Oricon Charts (Japan)[ (subscription only)]
References
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Chara (singer) songs
2006 singles
Japanese-language songs
2006 songs
Songs written by Chara (singer)
Universal Music Japan singles