Toi et moi
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"Toi et Moi" is Namie Amuro
's 13th single under the Avex Trax
label, released on July 7, 1999.
movie, Revelation Lugia
. Although she had already experimented with urban music in the past, this single is considered as her first real attempt at it. Despite that, this is her first single to have a more urban sound, and her step-away from dance-pop to urban-pop.
It charted for 11 weeks. Toi et Moi was the 85th best-selling of 1999.
Namie Amuro
is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...
's 13th single under the Avex Trax
Avex Trax
, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...
label, released on July 7, 1999.
Overview
"Toi et moi" is French for You and Me. The song was used as the ending theme to the Japanese version of the second PokémonPokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
movie, Revelation Lugia
Pokémon: The Movie 2000
Pokémon: The Movie 2000, originally released in Japan as , is a 1999 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the second Pokémon feature-length film, complementing the Orange Islands saga of the series and featuring several new Pokémon, including Lugia and Slowking...
. Although she had already experimented with urban music in the past, this single is considered as her first real attempt at it. Despite that, this is her first single to have a more urban sound, and her step-away from dance-pop to urban-pop.
Charts
Toi et Moi debut at #3 with 121,970 copies sold in its first week and it sold 272,110 copies.It charted for 11 weeks. Toi et Moi was the 85th best-selling of 1999.
Track listing
- Toi et Moi - Straight Run – 4:17
- Toi et Moi - A&S NY Bounce Remix – 5:17
- Toi et Moi - TV Mix – 4:15
Production
- Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
- Additional Production – Anthony ACID & DJ Scribble
- Arrangement – Tetsuya Komuro
- Writers – MARC & TK
- Mixing – Eddie Delena
- Remixing – Anthony ACID & DJ Scribble