is the debut single by
Aming
Aming (Japanese: あみん) is a female Japanese pop/folk duo composed of Takako Okamura and Haruko Kato that debuted in 1982 with their hit " Matsu wa", which reached number 1 on the Oricon Singles Chart. Their single "Kohakuiro No Omoide" (Japan ...
released on July 21, 1982 in Japan.
The single reached number 1 on the
Oricon Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard Single (music), singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track down ...
and remained in the chart for 29 weeks.
シングル売上TOP4作品
Oricon News
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in ...
.
Track list
# "Matsu wa" (待つわ) (4:24)
# "Michishirube" (未知標 (みちしるべ)) (4:35)
Personnel
Covers
* The song has been covered by former idol group W (Double You)
W was a Japanese duo formed in 2004 by Up-Front Promotion and associated with Hello! Project. The members consisted of Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago, former 4th generation members of the idol girl group Morning Musume. Tsuji and Kago had previously a ...
for their first album '' Duo U&U''.
* It had also been covered in Mandarin by Chinese singer Cheng Fangyuan (Traditional Chinese: 成方圓; Simplified Chinese: 成方圆) under the title "In the Summer" (Traditional Chinese: 在夏季裡; Simplified Chinese: 在夏季里).
See also
*1982 in Japanese music
In 1982 (Shōwa 57), Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.
During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world, and the second ...
References
現役女子大生デュオのあみん「待つわ」オリコンチャート1位獲得【1982年】
News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 30 August 2017.
Nikkan Sports. 15 February 2022.
* ttps://mantan-web.jp/article/20220215dog00m200041000c.html カムカムエヴリバディ：あみん「待つわ」がラジオから流れる 「虚無蔵の心境？」と話題に MANTAN WEB. 15 February 2022.
『白戸家』新CMに“29年前のあみん”が登場! 名曲「待つわ」にお父さん「待てるか!」
Oricon News. 28 September 2011.
1982 debut singles
1982 in Japanese music
Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Songs in Japanese
1982 songs
Philips Records singles
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