Namie Amuro - Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! / Love Story
CD
CD + DVD
1) Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down !
2) Love Story
3) Higher
4) arigatou (thank the world for LOVE ... gift song for 2011)
5) Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! (Instrumental)
6) Love Story (Instrumental)
7) Higher (Instrumental)
Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! / Love Story is Namie Amuro's 36th single & it was released yesterday on 7th Dec .
Namie's new single comes about 5 months + since the release of her previous single NAKED / Fight Together / Tempest .
Despite being a double A-side single release , Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! does not have a music video .
The 1st A-side Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! is a dance song & it's produced by T.Kura & michico . The R&B production team otherwise known as Giant Swing , hasn't worked with Namie since her 2009 album PAST < FUTURE .
Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! is currently used as the theme song used for the drama Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu .
Producer Nakano Toshitaka explained his reason for choosing Namie to sing for the drama in that , “When I was planning the main character for Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu , I thought that Namie was the only one who could sing the theme song .
Namie is charismatic to young women & has an impact on their lifestyle , so I wanted her to give them courage . She has written the song after reading the script , so I expected it to be a support song for women that involves sadness & power .”
Meanwhile , Namie expressed , “This time , I am very honoured to receive this offer to provide the theme song for Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu . Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! overlaps scenes from the drama , so I hope viewers could relate to it even more . I am also looking forward to watching the drama .”
The 2nd A-side Love Story is described as an adult ballad . While Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! is used as the opening track for Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu , Love Story serves as the ending theme song to the drama .
The song's about how Namie has grown up & moved on from the love she left behind .
Namie's not really that known for her ballads but Love Story is very pretty & I feel it compliments & contrasts Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! pretty well .
Unlike Tempest which's a dramatic sounding emotional ballad , Love Story presents a more under-stated music approach that Namie undertook .
There're 2 B-sides included in the single & it has been close to 4 years since Namie included B-sides in her singles , the last being 2007's FUNKY TOWN .
Higher is a downright bad ass R&B uptempo track . It's almost able to rival Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! since both tracks are extremely upbeat but with that said , Higher is a class of its own .
The 2nd B-side arigatou (thank the world for LOVE ... gift song for 2011) is currently used in the Kose Esprique Love Colour ads featuring Namie herself in which in the ads , Namie sang this B-side acapella style .
arigatou (thank the world for LOVE ... gift song for 2011) is available as a free download track through her recently launched official Facebook website & it is a big surprise present from Namie for the year-end as this is the very 1st time a song of hers is available to be downloaded for free .
Let alone , this is the song that Namie sings at the end of her encore segment during her current ongoing nationwide namie amuro LIVE STYLE 2011 Arena tour .
Though 2011 was a tough year for Japan , this is a present from Namie with gratitude toward people all over the world for their support for Japan .
Namie Amuro concludes 2011 with this another solid single release in the form of Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! / Love Story . Compared to previous years , 2011 sees Namie being more active on the release front , in the form of releasing her 1st collaboration album Checkmate ! & also NAKED / Fight Together / Tempest & now Sit ! Stay ! Wait ! Down ! / Love Story .
I'm pretty sure 2012 will see the release of a new studio album . I hope that will happen since Namie didn't release 1 this year .
But regardless of which , here's hoping 2012 will be another eventful year for Namie in the music release department .
