''Bad Communication'' is the first mini-album by the

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ese rock duo

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, released in 1989. The album was the first hit album for the band, debuting at number 15. The album also includes the band's first two English versions of previous songs—in this case, "Out of the Rain" and " Dakara Sono Te Wo Hanashite", both from their debut album—dubbed "Off the Lock Style". It peaked at number 12 on the Oricon weekly albums chart in 1991, and by 1993, was certified million by the

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. It was eventually certified 3× platinum, selling over 1,200,000 copies. The song was used in a commercial for Fujitsu's

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computers. "Bad Communication" has been remade three times: an edited "E-Style" version with English lyrics, which appeared on '' Wicked Beat'' and '' B'z The Best "Pleasure"'', the "(000-18)" bluesy unplugged version from the album ''

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'', and one version called "-Ultra Pleasure Style-" as the opening of '' B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure"''. The song is played very often in concert.

Writing

According to vocalist

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, he wanted the song title to mean "communication that is not half-baked or half-hearted." He also said he wrote the lyrics in a "thankless" manner, hoping people would hear them and think, "Oh, communication is necessary after all".

Controversy

The guitar riff has been noted to be similar to

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's " Trampled Under Foot", which has led to accusations of plagiarism.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes."Bad Communication" liner notes. Air Records. 1989 B'z *

– vocals *

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– guitars Additional Musicians * Ikkies – backing vocals * Amy – voice Production *

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– production, programming, arrangement * Masayuki Nomura – mixing, recording engineer * Masahiro Shimada – recording engineer * Hisato Ishi – recording engineer * Yasuo Sasaki – assistant engineer * Takayuki Ichikawa – assistant engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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Bad Communication on B'z no bise
Translation in French / Traduction en français) {{Authority control B'z EPs 1989 debut EPs Japanese-language EPs 1980s Japanese-language albums