Promise to Promise

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"Promise to Promise"
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Single by Arisa Mizuki
from the album Arisa's Favorite: T.K. Songs and Fiore II
ReleasedJuly 24, 1996
Format CD single
Genre Pop
Length4:23
Label Nippon Columbia
Songwriter(s) Tetsuya Komuro, Takahiro Maeda
Producer(s) Komuro
Arisa Mizuki singles chronology
"Kaze mo Sora mo Kitto..."
(1996)		"Promise to Promise"
(1996)		"Forever Love"
(1997)

"Promise to Promise" is the twelfth single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on July 24, 1996 as the first and only single from Mizuki's second compilation album Arisa's Favorite: T.K. Songs , which features the "Urban Street Mix" version. The "Straight Run" version was included on Mizuki's third compilation album Fiore II . The title track served as theme song for the first season of the Fuji TV drama Nurse no Oshigoto, starring Mizuki herself. "Promise to Promise" was written by Tetsuya Komuro and Takahiro Maeda, and composed and produced by Komuro, making it Mizuki's fourth single to be produced by Komuro. Komuro wrote the song after having read the script for the drama.

Alisa Mizuki is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. Mizuki is represented by the talent agency Vision Factory. Born in Nerima, Tokyo to Japanese-American parents, Mizuki began modelling for magazines and appearing in commercials at the age of four.

<i>Arisas Favorite: T.K. Songs</i> 1996 greatest hits album by Arisa Mizuki

Arisa's Favorite: T.K. Songs is the second compilation album by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki, released through Nippon Columbia on November 27, 1996. The twelve-track set is a collection of songs written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro, selected from Mizuki's past albums and singles. The compilation is Mizuki's last album on which she is credited as Arisa Mizuki.

<i>Fiore II</i> 1997 greatest hits album by Alisa Mizuki

Fiore II is the third compilation album by Japanese recording artist Alisa Mizuki, released through Nippon Columbia on December 20, 1997. The thirteen-track set features a selection of songs from Mizuki's third and fourth studio albums, Arisa III: Look and Cute, chosen by Mizuki herself, as well as five original songs. Fiore II is Mizuki's last album released under Nippon Columbia. The album is also Mizuki's first to credit her as Alisa Mizuki, rather than Arisa Mizuki.

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Chart performance

"Promise to Promise" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart at number 17 with 34,470 copies sold in its first week. [1] It stayed in the top 20, at number 19, on its second week, with 26,840 copies sold. [2] The single charted for eleven weeks and has sold a total of 143,020 copies. [3] [4]

Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tetsuya Komuro, Takahiro Maeda; all music composed by Komuro.

Tetsuya Komuro Japanese musician

Tetsuya Komuro is a retired Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the disco Velfarre located in Roppongi, Tokyo. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in pop throughout the 1990s.

No.TitleArranger(s)Length
1."Promise to Promise (Straight Run)"Komuro4:23
2."Promise to Promise (Urban Street Mix)"Komuro4:34
3."Promise to Promise (TV Mix)"Komuro4:23
Total length:13:23

Charts and sales

Chart (1996)Peak
position		Sales
Oricon Weekly Singles [1] 17143,020 [4]

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