"Sweet Song" is a single released in early 2009 by "Lady Bird feat. Son'i (from Popteen)"; Lady Bird, a dance music duo consisting of DJ Ten and producer Kazuhisa Hirota, and fashion model Wei Son.[4]
| "Sweet Song" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Lady Bird feat. Son'i (from Popteen) | |
| Released | February 25, 2009[1] |
| Genre | Dance[1] J-pop[2] |
| Length | 30 min[1] |
| Label | BMG Japan[1] |
| Songwriter(s) | DJ Ten & Kazuhisa Hirota[3] |
Background
editThe main track "Sweet Song" had been a popular song in the Shibuya club scene and originally performed by another singer in Club Atom, a disco where DJ Ten had been scratching.[4] DJ Ten and Kazuhisa Hirota formed Lady Bird in late 2007[5] and auditioned many female vocalists for "Sweet Song"'s major release, before meeting Wei Son, a fashion model who had appeared on the Popteen magazine.[4]
Releases
editLady Bird and Wei Son first released "Sweet Song" as a chaku-uta (ringtone song) on December 1, 2008[6] with the name "Sweet Song feat. XXX (from Popteen)". "Sweet Song feat. XXX (from Popteen)" reached the top-20 on the Dwango chaku-uta chart by December 26, 2008, before the singer's name was revealed to be Son'i (Wei Son).[4]
The CD, "Sweet Song", was released on February 25, 2009, with six tracks; "Sweet Song", "Bitter Chocolate", "Sweet Song (DJ Kaya Remix)", "Sweet Song (Lady Bird Club Mix)", "Sweet Song (Inst)", and "Bitter Chocolate (Inst)". "Sweet Song" appeared on the Oricon singles chart 3 times, peaking at #47.[7]
Tracks
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sweet Song" | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Bitter Chocolate" | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Sweet Song (DJ Kaya Remix)" | 5:27 |
| 4. | "Sweet Song (Lady Bird Club Mix)" | 6:13 |
| 5. | "Sweet Song (Inst)" | 4:56 |
| 6. | "Bitter Chocolate (Inst)" | 3:55 |
"Sweet Song" was later included in Lady Bird's first album STYLiST,[9] and track #3, "Sweet Song (DJ Kaya Remix)", was featured in Dancemania's Hime Trance 4.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sweet Song", Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese)
- ^ "Sweet Song feat. Son'i (from Popteen) - Lady Bird", HMV (in Japanese)
- ^ "Sweet Song, Lady Bird X Son'i", Goo Lyrics (in Japanese)
- ^ a b c d "That Mysterious Popular Singer Was In Fact, 'Wei Son'", December 26, 2008, Barks (in Japanese)
- ^ History of Lady Bird, Oricon (in Japanese)
- ^ "Popular model 'Wei Son' debuts as a singer", December 25, 2008, Oricon (in Japanese)
- ^ "Sweet Song", Oricon (in Japanese)
- ^ Lady Bird X Son'i / Sweet Song (First Limited Edition), Yahoo! Shopping (in Japanese)
- ^ "Lady Bird's first full-album!", July 15, 2010, HMV News (in Japanese)
- ^ "'Hime Trance 4', Trance Paradise, Dancemania", EMI Music Japan (in Japanese)