"Freaky" (stylized as ''FREAKY'') is the 36th single by Japanese singer

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, released on June 27, 2007. The single took the #1 spot on the

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charts, making it her fourth #1 single, and charted for fifteen weeks.

Information

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Kumi Koda's thirty-sixth single under the

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sub-label

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. It charted #1 on the

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s, making it her fourth to do - the others being ''

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'' and '' Yume no Uta/futari de....'' It remained on the charts for fifteen weeks with over 250,000 shipped. "Freaky," the title track, was certified platinum for downloads by

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. The single came in CD and CD+DVD, with limited editions for both. The limited editions contained a fold-out promotional poster. The CD+DVD version harbored instrumentals for the four tracks on the single, while the CD only carried remixes. While the song contained four separate tracks, it was only listed as a double

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, due to "Sora" and "girls" not having corresponding

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s and being listed as

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s. On the corresponding album for the single, ''

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;'' however, "Run For Your Life" was omitted from the CD portion. Initially, "Run For Your Life" was not going to be on the single and, instead, would have been the song " anytime," which was released as a single seven months later. This is most apparent in the music video, whereas both "Run For Your Life" and "anytime" were filmed at the same location in

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. A reason for the switch was never released, though fans speculated it was to give Kumi a ballad to be released during the winter months, whereas '' Ai no Uta'' was released in early

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Promotions

"Freaky" was used as the song to advertise

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's Honda ZEST SPORTS vehicle. "Sora" (空 / Sky) was used as the

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for

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's mobile fanfun SoftBank 815T. "Run For Your Life" was used to advertise

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company KOSE's new Visee line. "girls" was used as the theme song for Koda Kumi's new

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game ''SANKYO FEVER LIVE IN HALL''.

Packaging

''Freaky'' was released in four editions, two regular editions and two first press editions: *CD: contains eight musical tracks - four songs with instrumentals for each song. *CD irst Press Edition contains eight musical tracks - four songs with remixes for each song. *CD+DVD: contains eight musical tracks - four songs with instrumentals for each song - with two music videos and two making videos. *CD+DVD irst Press Edition contains eight musical tracks - four songs with remixes for each song - with two music videos and two making videos. First Press editions of both the CD and CD+DVD versions contained a foldout promotional poster.

Track listing

(Source)

CD only

CD+DVD

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Alternate Versions

FREAKY #FREAKY: Found on the single (2007) and corresponding album

(2008) #FREAKY urtek Collective's Action Remix featuring Peter Rap'': Found on the CD only version of the single (2007) #FREAKY nstrumental'': Found on the CD+DVD version of the single (2007) #FREAKY aramel Pod Remix'': Found on

Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 3 ''Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 3'' is the fourth remix album by Japanese people, Japanese singer/songwriter Kumi Koda. Like her first Koda Kumi Driving Hit's, Driving Hit's, all of the songs are remixed by duo House Nation. It came in at #6 on Oricon, ...

(2011) #FREAKY ATZ Remix'': Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 8 (2018) Sora #Sora: Found on the single (2007) #Sora ukihiro Fukutomi Remix'': Found on the CD only version of the single (2007) and

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(2009) #Sora nstrumental'': Found on the CD+DVD version of the single (2007) Run For Your Life #Run For Your Life: Found on the single (2007) #Run For Your Life Kaskade_Remix.html" ;"title="Kaskade.html" ;"title="Kaskade">Kaskade Remix">Kaskade.html" ;"title="Kaskade">Kaskade Remix'': Found on the CD only version of the single (2007) and

(2009) #Run For Your Life nstrumental'': Found on the CD+DVD version of the single (2007) girls #girls: Found on the single (2007) #girls [CUBISMO GRAPHICO Beach Girls MIX]: Found on the CD only version of the single (2007) #girls nstrumental'': Found on the CD+DVD version of the single (2007) #girls AKAROT "TOKYO FANTASTIC" Remix'': Found on

Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 6 ''Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 6'' is the eighth remix album by Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda. It was released on March 19, 2014 and came in at No. 19 on Oricon, only remaining on the charts for four weeks. As with her two previous ''Driving Hi ...

(2014)

References

{{authority control 2006 singles 2006 songs Koda Kumi songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Rhythm Zone singles Songs written by Koda Kumi Songs written by Tommy Henriksen