Title
ALARM
Artist
Amuro Namie
Year
2004
Lyrics: JUSME
Music: MONK
Arrangement: MONK
Producer: MONK
VERSIONS
[2004.03.17] ALARM
[2004.03.17] ALARM
[2005.07.13] Queen of Hip-Pop
[2008.07.30] BEST FICTION
CREDITS
Amuro Namie: vocals
Vocal Direction: Sano Kenji
Multiple Instruments: MONK
Recorded By: Wako Toshihiro
Mixed By: Onishi Yoshiaki
COMMENTARY
ALARM‘s original demo title was CLOCK.
ALARM is the only solo single by Amuro Namie that did not chart on the Oricon Weekly top 10. As a consequence, when the artist announced her retirement in September 2017, fans decided to launch a special campaign to push ALARM to the weekly top 10, so Amuro could achieve a new record.
The purchase campaign was launched between November 13th-19th and was both supported by music stores and ALARM‘s songwriter, MONK. avex trax also accepted to reissue the single, so enough copies could be made available in stores. Unfortunately, the single only reached #14 with 6,808 copies sold.
Drag queen Margaret makes an appearance in ALARM‘s music video. At the end of the video, a ring is thrown at the screen and picked up by a long-haired man whose look is reminiscent of Amuro’s former husband.
mandom LUCIDO-L’s commercial features a different choreography for ALARM.
MUSIC VIDEO
Director: UGICHIN
Director of Photography: Hashimoto Yuzuru
Producer: Murakoshi Hayato
Hair & Make-Up: Kurihara Satomi
Stylist: Goto Noriko
Choregraphy: WARNER
[2005.12.17] FILMOGRAPHY 2001-2005
[2008.07.30] BEST FICTION
LIVE TOURS
| [2003-2004] So Crazy Tour featuring Best singles 2003-2004 [2004] Tour “fan space 04” [2005] Space of Hip-Pop ~Namie Amuro Tour 2005~ [2006] Best Tour “Live Style 2006” [2008-2009] Best Fiction Tour 2008-2009 [2014] Live Style 2014 |
TV & EVENTS
| [2004.03.18] AX Music Factory [2004.04.02] Pop Jam [2004.04.03] CDTV [2004.04.05] Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ [2004.04.09] Music Station [2004.05.23] MTV Video Music Awards Japan [2004.07.24] MTV Buzz ASIA |
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