''Howling'' is

Hitomi Yaida is a Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. She often goes by the nickname Yaiko. Yaida is an established musical artist in Japan and has also had minor club hits in the United Kingdom. Career 2000 Born in Toyonaka, Osaka, ...

's debut single under the name of ''Hitomi Yaida''. It was released independently by Aozora Records on May 3, 2000. Although only available in the

Kansai The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropoli ...

region of Japan,This song was available all over Japan later. the single reached number 50 on the

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...

charts. As a result of its popularity, Yaida was subsequently offered a recording contract with

Toshiba-EMI , formerly , was one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. on June 30, 2007, after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. Its CEO and president was Kazuhiko Koike. Wh ...

. This was Aozora's first ever release as the label itself was established the same day as the single was released. Aozora benefited from the attention this single attracted, also selling distribution contracts to Toshiba-EMI for its future catalogue.

Track listing

Personnel

*Hitomi Yaida - Music and Writing * Diamond Head - Backing and Production *Takashi Saito -

Electric Bass The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric but with a longer neck and scale leng ...

on "How?" and "I Like", Electric Bass and

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

on "I Like" and Wood Bass on "We'll Be..."

Notes and references

External links

Howling (Single) chart history
''oricon.co.jp'' Hitomi Yaida songs 2000 debut singles Songs written by Hitomi Yaida 2000 songs {{2000s-Japan-single-stub