4 Hot Wave

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"4 Hot Wave"
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Single by Koda Kumi
from the album Black Cherry
ReleasedJuly 26, 2006
Recorded2006
Genre
Length21:23
Label Rhythm Zone
Lyricist(s)
  • Koda Kumi
  • Taira Yo
Producer(s)
  • Miki Watanabe
  • Shintaro Hagiwara
  • STY
  • Toru Watanabe
Koda Kumi singles chronology
"'Koi no Tsubomi'"
(2006)		"4 Hot Wave"
(2006)		"'Yume no Uta/Futari de...'"
(2006)

4 Hot Wave (stylized as 4 hot wave) is the 32nd single by Japanese singer Koda Kumi, released through Rhythm Zone on July 26, 2006. The singles contains the quadruple A-side tracks "Ningyo-Hime", "I'll Be There", "Juicy", and "With Your Smile". All four songs were included on Kumi's fifth studio album Black Cherry , released in December 2006.

Contents

A commercial success, 4 Hot Wave charted at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart and stayed on the charts for seventeen weeks. The sales for the single became Koda’s highest selling single, even surpassing the total sales of "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba" in less than three weeks. It became her highest debut single and reclaimed the title of highest debut sales female artists, previously held by Ayumi Hamasaki's "Blue Bird" (2006).

Background

4 Hot Wave is singer-songwriter Koda Kumi's thirty-second single and is her first quadruple A-side, with each song containing a corresponding music video. Each song's music video tied together into one story. The single's artwork was shot in Morocco while Kumi was in the country shooting for her photo-book Maroc. [1] The videos for "With Your Smile" and "I'll be there" were shot in Australia, with "I'll Be There" shot on Fraser Island. "Ningyo-hime" was certified gold for full-length cellphone downloads.

Commercial performance

4 Hot Wave was commercially successful in Japan, it peaked number two on the Oricon Singles Charts and remained on the charts for seventeen consecutive weeks. [2] The sales for 4 Hot Wave made it her highest selling single, even surpassing the total sales of "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba" in less than three weeks. [3] Within its first week, the single sold 207,484 copies, with 489,000 in total. Despite losing the number-one spot to KinKi Kids' "Natu Moyou", 4 Hot Wave outsold them by over 80,000 copies. [4] At the end of the year, the single ranked number 2 on highest selling single female artist, losing out to Naoru Amane's "Taiyou no Uta", which was used in her film Midnight Sun.

Due to the single's success, it reclaimed the title of highest debut sales female artists, from Ayumi Hamasaki's "Blue Bird", which had originally taken the title from Koda Kumi's previous single, "Koi no Tsubomi". [5]

Television advertisements

Each song from the single was used for a promotional campaign during the single's release. "I'll Be There" was featured in a television advertisement for Sea Breeze, a sun-tan lotion company. [6] "Juicy" was featured as a television advertisement for jewelry company GemCerey's Binary Face necklace, which was designed by Koda Kumi. [7] "With Your Smile" was the image song for NTV's Pride & Spirit 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball and featured in a Dwango commercial. [8] "Ningyo-hime" (人魚姫 / Mermaid Princess) was featured in a Vodafone 705T television advertisement. [9]

Music videos

The music videos tie-in together to show a story about rival treasure hunters attempting to gain a triad treasure. "Juicy" is the first video in the story, showing Kumi with her crew seducing a group of men in a bar, who have a treasure map. In the end of the video, the men realize the women stole the map. "With Your Smile" is the second video, in which Koda is shown trying to outrun the men. The music video shows a race through the desert. "I'll Be There" is the video showing where the map led. In the video, Kumi is seen on a beach in Morocco, relaxing while enjoying the weather. The video ends with her finding the treasure.

"Ningyo-hime" shows what the treasure led to. Its theme is of Koda being controlled by a doctor, who is notorious for fusing parts of dolls together. While "ningyo hime" can translate to "mermaid princess," it can also translate to "doll princess," which is what the music video depicts. While "Ningyo-hime" was shown to be a doll in the music video, she would perform it as a mermaid princess in her tour for the corresponding album, Black Cherry. This was most likely due to the term "ningyo hime" being able to be translated as either "doll princess" or "mermaid princess".

Live performances

During the single's promotion, Koda Kumi performed the songs at several events, including:

Track listing

CD single [10]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Introduction – I'll Be There"   0:30
2."Ningyo-Hime" (人魚姫 / Mermaid Princess)Koda KumiMiki WatanabeMiki Watanabe4:25
3."I'll Be There"Koda KumiShintaro Hagiwaratasuku4:12
4."Interlude – Juicy • Ningyo-hime"   0:43
5."Juicy"Taira YoSTYSTY4:27
6."With Your Smile"Koda KumiToru Watanabe H-Wonder 4:16
7."Outroduction – With Your Smile"   0:47
DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Juicy" (Music Video)Kubo Shigeaki5:26
2."With Your Smile" (Music Video)Kubo Shigeaki4:22
3."I'll Be There" (Music Video)Kubo Shigeaki4:53
4."Ningyo-hime" (Music Video)Tadakoro Takashi4:40
5."making of "MAROC"" (found on limited editions) 2:05

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales total
July 26, 2006Oricon Daily Charts1
Oricon Weekly Charts2207,484390,685
Oricon Monthly Charts1
Oricon Yearly Charts14

Alternate versions

Juicy
  1. "Juicy": found on the single and corresponding album Black Cherry (2006)
  2. "Juicy (Pink Chameleons remix)": found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 4 (2012)
Ningyo-Hime
  1. "Ningyo-Hime": found on the single and corresponding album Black Cherry (2006)
  2. "Ningyo-Hime (N15H vs. Heavens Wire D'n'B remix)": found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 5 (2013)
With Your Smile
  1. "With Your Smile": found on the single and corresponding album Black Cherry (2006)
  2. "With Your Smile (Groovehacker$ remix)": found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 3 (2011)
I'll Be There
  1. "I'll Be There": found on the single and corresponding album Black Cherry (2006)
  2. "I'll Be There (JOE IRON Remix)": Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 9 -Special Edition- (2019)

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