Our Days

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"Our Days"
OUR DAYS.jpg
Single by Ami Suzuki
from the album Infinity Eighteen Vol. 1
B-side "Rain of Tears"
Released29 September 1999 (JP)
Genre J-pop
Length26:20
Label Sony Music
AICT-1137 (Japan, CD)
Composer(s) Tetsuya Komuro
Lyricist(s) Mitsuko Komuro and Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s) Tetsuya Komuro

"Our Days" is the 8th single released by Japanese singer Ami Suzuki under label Sony Music Japan.

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The song was a huge success at the time of its release, debuting at number one in the Oricon charts, [1] and being also one of the best-selling singles of Suzuki. The song "Our Days" was her second single that was written by Mitsuko Komuro, and also was used as the main theme of "Professional Style", a home product made by Kanebo. The maxi single included a clip of "Rain of Tears", a song of Suzuki that appeared on a Kodak TV Commercial called "Snap Kids".

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

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mitsuko Komuro and Tetsuya Komuro; all music is composed by Tetsuya Komuro

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Our Days (Original Mix)"4:55
2."Our Days (Serenity Mix)"4:55
3."Our Days (TV Mix)"4:55
4."Rain of Tears (CM Version)"1:13

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References

  1. "OUR DAYS - 鈴木亜美". Oricon . Retrieved 29 November 2024.