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Best Fiction
BEST FICTION (CD).jpg
Standard edition and digital cover.
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJuly 30, 2008
Recorded2002–2008
Genre
Length73:53
Label Avex Trax
Producer
Namie Amuro chronology
Play
(2007)
Best Fiction
(2008)
Past<Future
(2009)
Alternative cover
BESTFICTIONCD+DVD.jpg
CD+DVD cover
Track list
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Do Me More"New song 
2."Wishing on the Same Star" Style  
3."Shine More"Style 
4."Put 'Em Up"Style 
5."So Crazy"Style 
6."Alarm" Queen of Hip-Pop  
7."All for You"Queen of Hip-Pop 
8."Girl Talk"Queen of Hip-Pop 
9."Want Me, Want Me"Queen of Hip-Pop 
10."White Light"Single 
11."Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" Play  
12."Baby Don't Cry"Play 
13."Funky Town"Play 
14."New Look"New song 
15."Rock Steady"New song 
16."What a Feeling"New song 
17."Sexy Girl"New song 
DVD track list
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Do Me More"Yusuke Tanaka 
2."Wishing on the Same Star"Masashi Muto 
3."Shine More"Ugichin 
4."Put 'Em Up"Ugichin 
5."So Crazy"Muto 
6."Alarm"Ugichin 
7."All for You"Muto 
8."Girl Talk"Ugichin 
9."Want Me, Want Me"Muto 
10."White Light"Muto 
11."Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick"Muto 
12."Baby Don't Cry"Muto 
13."Funky Town"Hidekazu Sato 
14."New Look" Yuichi Kodama  
15."Rock Steady"Tanaka 
16."What a Feeling"Hidekazu Sato 
17."Sexy Girl"Kensuke Kawamura 

Charts

Certification and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [60] Million1,554,654 [53]

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
JapanJuly 30, 2008 Avex Trax [11]
Hong Kong2008 [35]
South Korea [36]
Taiwan [37]
Japan2012 [38] [39]
VariousN/A [61]

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baby Don't Cry (Namie Amuro song)</span> 2007 single by Namie Amuro

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wild (Namie Amuro song)</span> 2009 single by Namie Amuro

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!/Love Story</span> 2011 single by Namie Amuro

"Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! / Love Story" is an extended play by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro from her tenth studio album and debut bilingual album Uncontrolled (2012). The EP contains the songs "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!" and "Love Story" from the parent album and two new tracks "Higher" and "Arigatou". The EP was produced by Michico, T. Kura, Miriam Nervo, Olivia Nervo, T-SK, Tesung Kim, and Nao'ymt, and is divided into two dance-pop songs and two pop ballads.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dr. (Namie Amuro song)</span> 2009 single by Namie Amuro

"Dr." is a song by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, taken as the only A-side single from her ninth studio album Past<Future (2009). The track was written, composed, arranged and produced entirely by long-time collaborator Nao'ymt, and recorded at Azabu-O Studios in Minato, Tokyo. Musically, "Dr." is a dance number that is influenced by modern club music, and also samples an orchestral section from the musical piece "Boléro", composed by French conductor Maurice Ravel. Lyrically, it is a love song that uses the titular term to metaphorically describe Amuro's lover.

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Preceded by
Ketsunopolis 4
(Ketsumeishi)
Japan Record Award for the Best Album
2008
Succeeded by