60s 70s 80s
- Artist
- Amuro Namie
- Single
- 60s 70s 80s
- Released
- 2008.03.12
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-31393/B (CD+DVD)
- AVCD-31394 (CD)
- Price
- ¥2,000 (CD+DVD)
- ¥1,260 (CD)
- CD Tracklist
- NEW LOOK
- ROCK STEADY
- WHAT A FEELING
- NEW LOOK (Instrumental)
- ROCK STEADY (Instrumental)
- WHAT A FEELING (Instrumental)
- DVD Tracklist
- NEW LOOK (PV)
- ROCK STEADY (PV)
- WHAT A FEELING (PV)
- Information
"60s 70s 80s" is the 32nd single released by Amuro Namie. The single was released in two editions: CD+DVD and CD. The single is a triple A-side, and all of the songs were used for Vidal Sassoon's commercial campaign. Each one the songs represent a certain decade in time and even sample a hit song from that time. "NEW LOOK" represents the 1960's and features a sample from The Supremes' "Baby Love". "ROCK STEADY" represents the 1970's and features a sample from Aretha Franklin's song "Rock Steady". The last song, "WHAT A FEELING" represents the 1980's and features samples from Irene Cara's "What a Feeling", which was the theme for the 1983 film Flashdance.[1]
The single came after the release of Amuro's #1 seventh studio record PLAY. "60s 70s 80s" is the lead-in single to Amuro's third best-of album BEST FICTION. Amuro first performed these songs on January 17th 2008, in front of a selected audience of 150 people. "60s 70s 80s" has been certified platinum for shipments of over 250,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. It also reached #34 on the Global Chart, and #12 on Hong Kong's Japanese Chart. The single also took the #1 spot on the newly instated Billboard Japan.
Oricon Chart Positions
The single peaked at #1 on the daily and weekly Oricon charts, and continued to rank for a total of 21 weeks. It was the #18 best-selling single of 2008.
In the first week "60s 70s 80s" sold 114,719 copies, becoming Amuro's best first-week sales since 2001's "NEVER END". This is Amuro's first #1 single in ten years, with the last being the Komuro Tetsuya produced "I HAVE NEVER SEEN" in 1998. The single reached #2 in its third week, being out sold by 20th Century's "Ore ja Nakya, Kimi ja Nakya" by only 1,686 copies.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales | Total Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 114,719 | 114,719 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38,162 | 152,881 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37,212 | 190,093 |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24,067 | 214,160 |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17,932 | 232,092 |
| 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 14,784 | 246,876 |
| 5 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 9,903 | 256,779 |
| 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8,806 | 265,585 |
| 8 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 6,402 | 271,987 |
| 12 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 4,680 | 276,667 |
| 14 | - | 50 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 39 | 3,184 | 279,851 |
| 27 | 44 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 34 | 32 | 39 | 2,846 | 282,697 |
| 24 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 35 | 51 | 2,002 | 284,699 |
| 34 | - | - | - | 45 | - | 43 | 53 | 1,616 | 286,315 |
| 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 1,279 | 287,594 |
| 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 1,657 | 289,251 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80 | 1,155 | 290,406 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 83 | 866 | 291,272 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 99 | 673 | 291,945 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 | 619 | 292,564 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 140 | 533 | 293,097 |
- Total Reported Sales: 293,097
References
External Links
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
