"Get Wild Life" is the fifth single by Japanese

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released on December 3, 2003. The single peaked in the top ten on the

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charts, ranking at #9 for the week, and remained on the charts for seven weeks. The single came with several bonus items, including a Lead 2003 Winter Campaign postcard, one of five possible

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"Get Wild Life" charted in the top ten of the

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s, taking #9 for the week, and remained on the charts for seven consecutive weeks. The single was released as a standard CD, including three bonuses: one of five possible

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that led to a downloadable

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, and a Lead 2003 Winter Campaign

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. The single included the

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and the

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"Field of Soul", along with both songs' corresponding instrumentals. While the

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was released for syndication to the public upon the single's release, it was not available for the public to purchase until their

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release '' Lead Movies 2'' in March 2005. "Get Wild Life" was written and composed by

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Shinji Tamura, with the rap lyrics written by KATSU. Shinji Tamura had previously written the music for Lead's prior single '' Funky Days!,'' and is most famous for his works in the '' Tales of'' series. KATSU had worked with Lead since their debut '' Manatsu no Magic.'' "Field of Soul" was written and composed by Fukanuma Motoaki, with the lyrics by Emi Inaba. Fukanuma Motoaki is best known as the solo unit ''Mellowhead,'' who began the project after the hiatus of the band ''PLAGUES,'' of which Motoaki was the vocalist and

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Promotional advertisements

To help promote the single, "Get Wild Life" was used as the main theme song to the 2004 film '' Kamachi'', which was based on the life of

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Kamachi Yamada, who died in 1977 at the age of 17. Despite being the main theme, the song was omitted from the film's official soundtrack.

Track listing

Charts

References

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