Be Together (TM Network song)

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"Be Together"
Song by TM Network
from the album Humansystem
Released11 November 1987
RecordedJuly – August 1987
Genre
Length3:07
Label Epic/Sony Records
Songwriter(s) Mitsuko Komuro and Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s) Tetsuya Komuro

"Be Together" is a song from Japanese band TM Network released in 11 November 1987. [1] It was written by Mitsuko Komuro and composed by Tetsuya Komuro, it was included in their fifth album Humansystem. [2] Despite the fact that it wasn't released as a single and was not popular at its initial release, the 1999 cover made by Ami Suzuki the song became very popular in Japan, and it has since been covered by several artists. [3]

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Scandinavian artist Ni-Ni created a cover of "Be Together", which was included in the video game Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix , and is also featured on her album Mermaid among her most popular songs. [4] In 2010 it was also covered by voice actor and singer Minori Chihara for the anime series Occult Academy . [5]

Ami Suzuki version

"Be Together"
Ami Suzuki Be Together.png
Single by Ami Suzuki
from the album Infinity Eighteen Vol. 1
B-side "Night Sky"
Released14 July 1999 (JP)
Recorded1999
Genre
Label Sony Music
AICT-1063 (Japan, CD)
AIJT-5035 (Japan, vinyl)
Songwriter(s) Mitsuko Komuro and Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s) Tetsuya Komuro
Ami Suzuki singles chronology
"Don't Leave Me Behind/Silent Stream"
(1999)		"Be Together"
(1999)		"Our Days"
(1999)

"Be Together" was released as the seventh single by J-pop singer Ami Suzuki, on July 14, 1999. It was produced by Tetsuya Komuro (formerly of TM Network, who had originally released the song). The song was used in TV commercials of Mos Burger, and it became one of the most popular songs of 1999 in Japan. [6]

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This is Suzuki's first cover recording, curiously of her mentor Tetsuya Komuro's group of the 80's TM Network. The single was released in two formats: maxi single and vinyl. The maxi included original and instrumental version the song, a live-like version, and also a b-side titled "Night Sky". It became her first number one single on the Oricon charts and became the 17th best selling single of 1999. [7]

Following her blacklisting from the music industry in September 2000, production and distribution of the single stopped in its entirety.

In 2008 the song was re-arranged by Yasutaka Nakata, and since then when Suzuki performs live this version is used, though it hasn't been officially released. [8]

Track listing

CD single
No.TitleLyricsMusicMusic and arrangementLength
1."Be Together (Original Mix)"Mitsuko KomuroTetsuya KomuroTetsuya Komuro4:22
2."Be Together (Band Mix)"   4:11
3."Night Sky"MarcCozy KuboCozy Kubo4:21
4."Be Together (TV Mix)"   4:22
Vinyl
No.TitleLyricsMusicMusic and ArrangementLength
1."Be Together (Original Mix)"   4:19
2."Be Together (TV Mix)"   4:20
3."Don't Leave Me Behind (Mood II Swing Club Mix)"MarcCozy KuboCozy Kubo4:53
4."Don't Leave Me Behind (Mood II Swing Club Instrumental)"   4:41

Personnel

Production

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) [7]

ReleaseChartPeak position
14 July 1999Oricon Daily Singles Chart1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart1
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart2
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart17

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