"Try Me" is a song originally recorded by English singer
Lolita
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, written by Hinoky Team with production from Italian producer
Dave Rodgers
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.
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History
Two years after Max Matsuura began a career distributing studio albums from othe ...
released the song on 21 December 1994 as Lolita's first and only single from the album of the same name. A month later, Japanese girl group
Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's recorded their own rendition of the track, subtitled .
The song with a new track called "Memories (Ashita no Tame ni)" was released as the fifth single overall from the group. It peaked to number 8 on the
Oricon
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chart, marking their highest-charted song at the time, selling 733,000 copies in the country. The group performed the track at the
37th Japan Record Awards.
The song later made its appearance on Amuro's commercial for the sportswear brand Minami in the same year.
Release
"Memories (Ashita no Tame ni)" is a translation from Norma Sheffield's "Memories".
The song later appeared on two of Amuro's
compilations ''
Original Tracks Vol.1'' and ''
181920''. A new mix with the extended version of the song appeared on Amuro's first
studio album
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''
Dance Tracks Vol. 1'' (1995).
The single reached #8 on the weekly Oricon charts and charted for 25 weeks.
It sold 732,950 copies, becoming the #45 single of 1995.
Live performances
Track listing
References
{{Super Monkey's
Super Monkey's songs
1995 singles
Black-and-white music videos