Sweet 19 Blues (song)

"Sweet 19 Blues"
Single by Namie Amuro
from the album Sweet 19 Blues
B-side"Joy"
ReleasedAugust 21, 1996 (1996-08-21)
RecordedMay 1996
Genre
Length5:35
LabelAvex Trax
Songwriter(s)Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s)Tetsuya Komuro
Namie Amuro singles chronology
"You're My Sunshine"
(1996) 		"Sweet 19 Blues"
(1996) 		"A Walk in the Park"
(1996)

"Sweet 19 Blues" (stylized in all caps SWEET 19 BLUES) is the seventh single by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro. It was composed, written and arranged by Tetsuya Komuro for her debut album of the same name. A month after its release, her label Avex Trax released the song as a recut single due to overwhelming demand. The song's subject and the album in general was about the melancholic passing of another sweet year of youth, which is a particularly Japanese obsession.

Although it did not achieve the success of her previous singles, it still managed to debut at No. 2 on the Oricon Singles Chart with over 100,000 copies sold in its first week and eventually sold about half a million units overall; a great feat for a post-album single. The single was certified platinum by the RIAJ for 400,000 copies shipped to stores.

The song later served as the ending theme song for the 1996 comedy That's Cunning! Shijō Saidai no Sakusen?, in which she also starred.[1] Thus it marked the first and only time she used a track to promote a theatrically released flick. Twelve years later, Miliyah Kato's 2008 hit song "19 Memories" sampled the song.[2] In 2014, eighteen years after its release, a re-recorded version of "Sweet 19 Blues" was made for Amuro's compilation album Ballada.[3]

Production

After leaving Toshiba-EMI and signing with Avex Trax in 1995, Amuro started working on new music. Avex Trax hired Tetsuya Komuro, who previously worked with Amuro while she was with Super Monkey's.[4] Sweet 19 Blues featured a diverse cast of collaborators and composers, including Cozy Kubo, Akio Togashi, Takahiro Maeda, M.c.A.T, and Randy Waldman.[4] Komuro worked on Sweet 19 Blues while also recording his debut album with Japanese band Globe, which was finished around the same time as Amuro's album.[5]

The song was produced simultaneously with globe's "Is this love" in late May 1996. The concept of the two songs share a common theme: "a girl who stopped baring her belly button and wearing a mini-skirt and started wearing pants" and "a girl who hides her body and tries to show her inner self."[6] The songwriting process took longer than expected, but Komuro felt it accurately represented Amuro.

Composition

The song carries its album's title, which according to Ted Mills from AllMusic, was a reflection of a "melancholic passing of another sweet year of youth" and a "particular Japanese obsession".[7] Musically, the song is a melancholic ballad with R&B influences. The lyrics explore Amuro's feelings about leaving her youth behind.[8] "Sweet 19 Blues" is the final full-length recording on its parent album, replacing guitar riffs by Kazuhiro Matsuo with Michael Thompson.[9]

The song "Joy", which features vocals by M.C.A.T., is in fact a shortened version to what appears on the CD single of "Sweet 19 Blues"; two additional remixes appeared on it, whilst an original mix was featured on his single "Thunder Party".[10][11] "Joy" was originally on m.c.A.T's fifth studio album Crossover.[12]

Reception

Toru Hajima commented; "I think this was the first Japanese hit song that I know of in which the first bar of the opening song began with ♭III (flat third). This represents one 'invention' that symbolizes that Tetsuya Komuro is a songwriter who, since the 1990s, has created an era".[13]

Noritoshi Furuichi commented, "There is something strange about the way that 'absolute' and 'may be' are put together in one sentence."[14]

Chart performance

"Sweet 19 Blues" debuted at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart with 101,830 copies sold in its first week.[15] It dropped to number four the next week, selling 82,220 copies.[16] It dropped to number five on its third week, selling 59,140 copies.[17] The single stayed in the top ten one last week, ranking at number nine and selling 53,730 copies.[18] "Sweet 19 Blues" ranked at number 64 on the year-end Oricon Singles Chart for 1996.[19] The single charted in the top 100 for thirteen weeks,[20] selling a reported total of 452,890 copies.[21]

Music video

The original version of the "Sweet 19 Blues" music video was directed by Wataru Takeishi.[22] The new version of the video was directed by Kanji Suto.[23]

Track listing

CD single / Digital download EP[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet 19 Blues" (Straight Run)5:35
2."Sweet 19 Blues" (KC Dub Mix)5:37
3."Joy" (Straight Run)3:58
4."Joy" (Extended Summertime Mix)4:12

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the CD single's liner notes.[10]

TV Performances

  • ?, 1996 – Fun
  • August 23, 1996 – Music Station
  • August 24, 1996 – Mega Hit Night
  • August 31, 1996 – PopJam
  • August 31, 1996 – CDTV
  • September 16, 1996 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ Special
  • October 4, 1996 – Music Station Special
  • October 29, 1996 – Utaban
  • October 4, 1996 – Music Station Special
  • November 2, 1996 – 27 hours TV
  • November 26, 1996 – P-Stock
  • December 14, 1996 – 29th All Japan Request Awards
  • May 21, 1997 – TK Groove Museum HongKong
  • May 27, 1997 – TK Pan-Pacific Tour

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)[20] 2
Japan Monthly Singles (Oricon)[24] 5
Japan Yearly Singles (Oricon)[19] 64

Certification and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[25] Platinum 452,890[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "SWEET 19 BLUES". Amuro's official website (in Japanese). Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  2. ^ CD Journal staff(s) (February 6, 2008). "安室奈美恵「SWEET 19 BLUES」をモチーフにした、加藤ミリヤの新作が登場！". CD Journal (in Japanese). Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. ^ RBB Today staff(s) (May 28, 2014). "安室奈美恵、「SWEET 19 BLUES」の新MVで18年前の自分と"共演"". RBB Today (in Japanese). Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Japanese formats for Sweet 19 Blues listed below:
  5. ^ Globe (1996). Globe (liner notes). Japan: Avex Trax. AVCG-70001.
  6. ^ From "POPEYE" published by Magazine House, January 10-25, 1997, 148p-151p.
  7. ^ Mills, Ted (July 22, 1996). "Namie Amuro – Sweet 19 Blues (album review)". AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  8. ^ "安室奈美恵 新作『SWEET 19 BLUES』発表 19歳の私へ ～...soon nineteen～". CD&DL (in Japanese). Japan. August 1998. pp. 10–13.
  9. ^ "Special Interview 小室サウンドを一手に担ったスゴ腕職人 松尾和博". Guitar Magazine (in Japanese). Japan. November 2019. p. 126.
  10. ^ a b Sweet 19 Blues (CD liner). Namie Amuro. Avex Trax. 1996. p. 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ Thunder Party (CD single; Liner notes). M.C.A.T. Avex Trax. 1996. AVDD-20159.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ Crossover (Liner notes). m.c.A·T. Japan: Avex Trax. 1996. AVCD-11491.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ "ヒット曲は発明だ！" published by Pony Canyon Music Publishing Co. by Toru Hajima, 173p.
  14. ^ "小室哲哉の楽曲は「自由と破壊」を感じる？広瀬香美・古市憲寿がその魅力を語る". ntv.co.jp (in Japanese). 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  15. ^ "オリコン 1996.9.2". Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. ^ "オリコン 1996.9.9". Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  17. ^ "オリコン 1996.9.16". Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "オリコン 1996.9.23". Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  19. ^ a b "オリコン 1996年TOP100". Archived from the original on May 8, 2005. Retrieved February 23, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ a b "SWEET 19 BLUES 安室奈美恵". Oricon. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  21. ^ a b "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  22. ^ Ballada (DVD liner notes). Dimension Point. 2014. AVCN-99010.
  23. ^ 安室奈美恵「SWEET 19 BLUES」MV (from BEST AL「Ballada」） on P.I.C.S. Studio
  24. ^ "オリコン(oricon)「1996年09月」の月間シングルCDランキング". Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  25. ^ "Japanese single certifications" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1996年10月 on the drop-down menu

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