Be Together (TM Network Song)
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"Be Together" is a song from Japanese band TM Network released in 11 November 1987. It was written by Mitsuko Komuro and composed by
Tetsuya Komuro is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and has introduced contemporary electronic dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of t ...
, it was included in their fifth album ''Humansystem''. Despite the fact that it wasn't released as a single and was not popular at its initial release, the 1999 cover made by
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the song became very popular in Japan, and it has since been covered by several artists. Scandinavian artist Ni-Ni created a cover of "Be Together", which was included in the video game '' Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix'', and is also featured on her album ''Mermaid'' among her most popular songs. In 2010 it was also covered by voice actor and singer
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Ami Suzuki version

"Be Together" was released as the seventh single by
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Ami Suzuki is a Japanese recording artist, DJ, and actress from Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. Following her late 90s fame as a popular teen idol, Suzuki went on to become known for her self-penned lyrics and music production. In 2000, Suzuki entered a legal bat ...
, on July 14, 1999. It was produced by Tetsuya Komuro (formerly of TM Network, who had originally released the song). The song was used in TV commercials of Mos Burger, and it became one of the most popular songs of 1999 in Japan.


Information

This is Suzuki's first cover recording, curiously of her mentor Tetsuya Komuro's group of the 80's TM Network. The single was released in two formats: maxi single and
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. The maxi included original and instrumental version the song, a live-like version, and also a b-side titled "Night Sky". It became her first number one single on the
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charts and became the 17th best selling single of 1999. Following her blacklisting from the music industry in September 2000, production and distribution of the single stopped in its entirety. In 2008 the song was re-arranged by
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, and since then when Suzuki performs live this version is used, though it hasn't been officially released.


Track listing


Personnel

* Ami Suzuki – vocals


Production

* Producer –
Tetsuya Komuro is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and has introduced contemporary electronic dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of t ...


Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)


References

{{authority control 1999 singles 1999 songs Ami Suzuki songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Songs written by Tetsuya Komuro Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles