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| Released | 5 February 2003 | |||
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| Length | 32:00 [1] | |||
| Label | Giza Studio | |||
| Producer | Kannonji | |||
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Secret & Lies is the debut extended play (EP) by Japanese pop band U-ka Saegusa in dB, released on 5 February 2003 by Giza Studio. The album peaked at number twenty on the Oricon weekly albums chart and has sold over 30,111 copies nationwide. [2]
"Whenever I Think of You" was released on 12 June 2002 as the lead single. The single reached number forty-one in Japan and has sold over 6,580 copies nationwide. [3] The song served as the theme songs to the Japanese anime television series, Cheeky Angel . "Whenever I Think of You" was covered and recorded by the song's writer, Akihito Tokunaga for his first studio album, Route 109 (2020).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Arranger | Length |
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| 1. | "Graduation" |
| Akihito Tokunaga | 4:22 |
| 2. | "It's for You" |
| 4:44 | |
| 3. | "Secret & Lies" |
| Tokunaga | 4:28 |
| 4. | "Tears Go by" |
| Tokunaga | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Whenever I Think of You" |
| Tokunaga | 5:01 |
| 6. | "Happy Birthday to You" |
| Akira | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Stay My Dream" |
| Masazumi Ozawa | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Whenever I Think of You" (TV Version) |
| Tokunaga | 1:34 |
| Total length: | 32:00 | |||
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon) [2] | 20 |
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