D.D.D.

"D.D.D."
Single by Kumi Koda featuring Soulhead
from the album Best: Second Session
Released	21 December 2005 (JP)
Format	CD
Genre	J-pop, J hip hop
Label	Rhythm Zone RZCD-45303 (Japan, CD) SM Entertainment SMJTCD-091 (Korea, CD)
Writer(s)	SOULHEAD
Kumi Koda featuring Soulhead singles chronology
"Birthday Eve" (2005) "D.D.D." (2005) "Shake It Up" (2005)

"D.D.D." is a J-Pop song which is written by Japanese R&B duo Soulhead and their producer Octopussy; Soulhead wrote the lyrics while the team wrote the music together and Octopussy made the musical arrangement. The song appears on Koda's 6th album Best: second session, and it is also the 3rd single in the so-called ~12 Single Collection~. As with the other 11 singles in this collection, the cover of the single represents a stylized version of a traditional dress from a culture; this time it draws its inspiration from the United Kingdom and the symbolic figure Britannia. The single was a limited edition release of 50,000 copies, and was released with Kumi Koda credited as the main artist and Soulhead as featured artists. It was also touted as "Girl's Anthem from 3 Diamonds" which indicates that "D.D.D." is an abbreviation for "Diamond Diamond Diamond". The song is an uptempo R&B-influenced girl power anthem, heavily inspired by Missy Elliott and Rockwilder's production of "Lady Marmalade", using a 4-bar rhythm and a blend of synths and guitars. The lyrics are in Japanese with lines, phrases and words in English, and it is sung like a duet, only with rap by Tsugumi of Soulhead. A variation of "D.D.D." called "Xxx" and credited to Soulhead featuring Kumi Koda first appeared on the double A-side single Pray/Xxx, released by Soulhead on 1 February 2006.

Information

"D.D.D." was featured in Suzuki's CM for the resale of Chevy's MW from 2006 to 2007. This single's cover represents Britain.

Track listing

1. "D.D.D." feat. Soulhead
2. "D.D.D." feat. Soulhead (instrumental)

Charts and sales

Oricon Ranking (Weekly)	Sales
1	48,036

References

1. Avex Network (2005), Koda Kumi Official Web Site