"Piece" is a pop song by Japanese recording artist

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. It was released as her third single on February 25, 2009.

Background

"Piece" was written and composed by singer-songwriter Minako Kawae. The song first premiered on Aragaki's Tokyo FM radio show, "School of Lock!", January 21, 2009. The single features a cover of

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's hit song "Anata ni" and "Sparkle", written by Aragaki herself. "Piece" was released in three formats: standard edition, limited edition A, which has an illustration cover drawn by Aragaki herself and limited edition B, which has an illustration cover drawn by

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animator Yoshiyuki Momose, who also directed an animated music video for the song.

Chart performance

"Piece" peaked at #6 on the daily

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singles chart and #7 on the weekly chart, selling 18,204 copies in its first week.

Track listing

Charts and sales

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piece (Song) 2009 singles Yui Aragaki songs 2009 songs Warner Music Japan singles