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Keep Tryin'
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- Artist
- Utada Hikaru
- Single
- Keep Tryin'
- Released
- 2006.02.22
- Catalog Number
- TOCT-5005
- Price
- ¥1,100
- Tracklist
- Keep Tryin'
- WINGS
- Keep Tryin' (Original Karaoke)
- Information
"Keep Tryin'" is Utada Hikaru's 16th Japanese single. "Keep Tryin'" was used as the au LISMO! "au LISTEN MOBILE SERVICE" CM song. The song takes it's title from the Groove Theory song, although they share nothing else in common. This is Utada's first single since "COLORS" in 2003 to have a B-side, and the first since "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" in 2004 to have a karaoke backing track.
"Keep Tryin'" reached #2 on Oricon charts (being beaten by HYDE's "SEASON'S CALL"). The single sold 125,077 copies in 2006, becoming the #82 single of the year. Despite such low physical sales, it reached 2,500,000 digital downloads, ranking at number one on OnGen's Weekly Download Chart for seven weeks and setting a record. On iTunes, it was the most downloaded song for 2006.
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Utada Hikaru
- Music
- Utada Hikaru
- Other Information
- Arrangement: Utada Hikaru
- Keyboards and Programming: Utada Hikaru, Matt Rohde
- Additional Programming: Alexis Smith
- Bass: David Carpenter
- Mixing: Goetz B. for 365 Artists at Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo
- Recording: Daniel Burns and Matsui Atsushi at Conway Recording Studios, L.A., and Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo
Music Video
The PV for "Keep Tryin'" was directed by Kiriya Kazuaki, and was the last work that he had contributed as Utada Hikaru's PV director. The PV makes several references to Utada's past PVs, including "FINAL DISTANCE" and "traveling". The two dresses worn in "SAKURA Drops" can be seen in a store window during the video.
Disambiguation
There are three versions of "Keep Tryin'" to be found in Utada's discography. These include:
- Keep Tryin'
- Found on the "Keep Tryin'" single as track #1 and on ULTRA BLUE album as track #2.
- Keep Tryin' (Original Karaoke)
- Found on the "Keep Tryin'" single as track #3. This is the standard version except without Utada's main vocals.
- Keep Tryin' (Utada United Live)
- Found on UTADA UNITED 2006 as track #19. This was one of the three songs used from the DVD to promote it on music video channels. The arrangement is similar to the standard version of the song.
Oricon Chart Positions
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 70,147 |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24,096 |
| 6 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13,373 |
| 11 | - | - | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 7,013 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 4,016 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 2,431 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | 1,592 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 936 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 129 | 619 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 180 | 454 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 176 | 400 |
Total Reported Sales: 135,077
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