Message/Personal

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"Message/Personal"
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Single by Aya Ueto
from the album Message
Released May 14, 2003 (2003-05-14)
Format CD single
Recorded 2003
Genre Pop, pop rock
Length 4:33 ("Message")
4:49 ("Personal")
Label Flight Master
Writer(s) Yūho Iwasato, HΛL, T2ya
Producer(s) Sin, T2ya
Aya Ueto singles chronology
"Hello"
(2003)
"Message/Personal"
(2003)
"Kanshō/Mermaid"
(2003)

"Message/Personal" is a double A-side single by Japanese pop singer Aya Ueto. It was released on May 14, 2003 as the first single from her second album Message and is her fourth single overall.

Background

"Message/Personal" is Ueto's first double A-side single. "Message" was written by Yūho Iwasato, composed by HΛL, arranged and produced by Sin and is the title track to Ueto's second album Message.[1] The song was used in commercials for 8×4 by Kaou.[1] "Personal" was written and produced by T2ya and served as ending theme to the TV Tokyo anime Konjiki no Gash Bell!!.[1] Ueto has stated that "Message" is one of her personal favorites to sing in concert.[2] The single was released on the same month as the start of Ueto's first tour and the release of her first feature film Azumi.

Chart performance

"Message/Personal" peaked at #5 on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart and debuted at #10 on the Weekly Singles Chart with 18,002 copies sold. The single charted for a total of six weeks and sold over 28,000 copies.[3][4][5]

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Message"   Yūho Iwasato HΛL 4:33
2. "Personal"   T2ya T2ya 4:49
3. "Breath of My Heart (Be Positive Mix)"   Yōji Kubota Miki Watabe 4:17
4. "Message (Under Island Style)"   T2ya T2ya 4:34
5. "Personal (Instrumental)"     T2ya 4:49
Total length:
23:20

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection album liner notes.[2]

Charts and sales

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Sales
Japan Oricon Daily Singles Chart[3] 5 28,367[5]
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[4] 10
Japan SoundScan Singles Chart[6] 9

References

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