Kiss (Chara EP)

Kiss (キス, Kisu) is the second EP released by Chara, which was released on September 24, 2008[1] (two months after her 12th original album, Honey). It was her first EP marketed as a mini-album as opposed to a single. It debuted at #30 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for six weeks.[2]

Kiss
EP by
Chara
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2008
Recorded2008
GenreAlternative pop
Length23:23
LabelUniversal Music
Chara chronology
Honey
(2008)		 Kiss
(2008)		 Carol
(2009)

The EP comprises three covers and two versions of one original song. Kieru (きえる, Disappear) was used as the theme song for the film version of the novel Snakes and Earrings (蛇にピアス, Hebi ni Piasu). The song Kiss is a different version of Kieru, featuring the same arrangement but different lyrics. The lyrics of both songs were written in collaboration with Snakes and Earrings author Hitomi Kanehara, with Kanehara primarily writing Kieru and Chara primarily writing Kiss.

The cover tracks are Tomorrow, a cover of the song from the 1977 musical Annie, Time After Time, a cover of the hit 1984 single by Cyndi Lauper and Ya Ya (Ano Toki o Wasurenai) (あの時代を忘れない, I Won't Forget Those Times), a cover of Japanese rock band Southern All Stars' 1982 single. Tomorrow was used in Astellas Pharma commercials. Time After Time, a duet with Super Butter Dogs vocalist Hanaregumi, had already been released on the 2008 compilation album We Love Cyndi – Tribute to Cyndi Lauper released two months prior.

Music video
Chara in the music video.

A music video for the title track Kiss was created, and shot by Fumiko Hirano.[3] It is a grayscale film, depicting Chara with a lover at a windy beach. The couple embrace and lightly caress each other, through wide camera arcs. A minute and a half into the video, they slowly begin to kiss. The scene is interspersed with other scenes of the pair caressing. The pair watch an offshore tornado arrive, and are covered in written paper notes. Objects float by in the distance, such as a motorcycle and a house. A door floats down to them, showing a different sunlit beach through it.

As of December 10, 2009 the music video for Kiss has been viewed 148,000 times at the two official Universal channels on popular video-sharing website YouTube.[4][5]

Track listing
CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Kiss"Chara, Hitomi KaneharaCharaChara5:23
2."Tomorrow" (from the musical Annie)Martin CharninCharles StrouseZentarō Watanabe3:02
3."Time After Time (featuring Hanaregumi)" (Cyndi Lauper cover)Rob Hyman, Cyndi LauperRob Hyman, Cyndi LauperMakoto Minagawa, Chara5:01
4."Ya Ya (Ano Toki o Wasurenai) (あの時代を忘れない, "I Won't Forget Those Times")" (Southern All Stars cover)Keisuke KuwataKeisuke KuwataChara4:36
5."Kieru (きえる, "Disappear")"Hitomi Kanehara, CharaCharaChara5:21

Japan Sales Rankings
Release Chart Peak position First week sales Sales total
September 24, 2008 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 13
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 30 5,845 12,052
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 719

References
  1. ""「kiss」"". Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  2. ""kiss/Chara"". Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  3. ""Chara kiss"". Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  4. ""kiss / Chara"". Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  5. ""kiss / Chara"". Retrieved 2009-12-10.
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