Dear J (song)

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"Dear J"
Dear J-Tomomi Itano coverart.jpg
Single by Tomomi Itano
from the album Swag
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2011 (2011-01-26)
Genre J-pop, Dance-pop
Length3:39
Label King Records
Songwriter(s) Yasushi Akimoto, Keyz, Carlos K
Producer(s) corin
Tomomi Itano singles chronology
"Dear J"
(2011)		"Fui ni"
(2011)
Music video
"Dear J" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
HotexpressFavorable [1]

"Dear J" is the debut solo single released by former AKB48 member Tomomi Itano. It was released in four versions: three regular CD+DVD editions and a limited theater CD-only edition. First pressings of the regular editions came with a photo and an application card for tickets to a debut commemoration event, while all theater editions came with a handshake event ticket and a photo. The title track was used as a Samantha Thavasa TV commercial song.[ citation needed ] The second track of the theater edition, "Tsundere!", is from Team A's 5th stage. The original was sung by Itano, Rie Kitahara, and Amina Sato, while the "Dear J" version was sung by Itano and the members of the AKB48 unit Natto Angels Z. Itano was a member of its original unit, Natto Angels. The single reached number 2 on the Oricon weekly charts and charted for 24 weeks.

Contents

Track listing

Type-A DVD track list

  1. "Dear J" -music clip-
  2. Tomomi Itano collection -special movie-

Type-B CD track list

  1. "Dear J"
  2. "Stay By My Side"
  3. "Dear J" -off vocal ver.-
  4. "Stay By My Side" -off vocal ver.-

Type-B DVD track list

  1. "Dear J" -music clip-
  2. Tomomi Itano interview -special movie-

Type-C CD track list

  1. "Dear J"
  2. "Thank You"
  3. "Dear J" -off vocal ver.-
  4. "Thank You" -off vocal ver.-

Type-C DVD track list

  1. "Dear J" -music clip-
  2. Making of Tomomi Itano -special movie-

Theater edition CD track list

  1. "Dear J"
  2. "Tsundere!" (Tomomi Itano, Haruka Ishida, Sumire Sato, Moeno Nito, Miho Miyazaki) (AKB48 cover)
  3. "Dear J" -off vocal ver.-
  4. "Tsundere!" -off vocal ver.-

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales totalChart run
26 January 2011Oricon Daily Singles Chart2
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart2162,671216,42324

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References

  1. ↑ Jun Yamamoto (2011). "レビューリスト/音楽情報サイト:hotexpress". Hotexpress (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
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