Precious (Yuna Ito song)

Infobox Single
Name = Precious


Artist = Yuna Ito
from Album = HEART...
Released = May 3, 2006
Format = CD single
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = J-pop
Length = 00:20:06
Label = Sony Music of Japan
Writer =
Producer =
Last single = "Faith / Pureyes"
(2006)
This single = "Precious"
(2006)
Next single = "Stuck on You"
(2006)

"Precious" is the third single by Yuna Ito. It's the theme song to the movie (starring Hideaki Ito and Ai Kato) and was released on May 3, 2006. Both "I'm Free" and "Secrets" are more up-beat songs then "Precious".

"Precious" reached a peak of #2 on the daily charts and #3 on the weekly charts. The following week, her single stayed high on the charts and was #3 for the second week in a row. Her sales jumped from 39,000 copies the first week to 44,000 copies the second week. In two weeks, it has already surpassed the sales of her last single, "Faith / Pureyes".

This single has been billed as a double b-side single due to the fact it has 2 b-sides.

On the half-yearly charts of 2006, "Precious" was the 2nd most-downloaded song, 3rd most-downloaded ringtone, 5th most-downloaded PV, and overall (combined ranking for all 3 catogories) ranked 2nd.

The PV (promotional video) for the title track "Precious" was shot in New Zealand, where Ito and her staff stayed for 5 days.

Despite the song being released for more than two years, it managed to climb back up the charts, with a peak of 17. [citeweb|url=http://recochoku.jp/recochoku_ranking/all.html|title=Precious back on charts after 2 years from release date.|publisher=recochoku.jp|accessdate=2008-08-02|language=Japanese]

Track listing

# Precious
# I’m Free
# Secrets
# Precious –Instrumental-

Live Performances

*April 29, 2006 — CDTV - "Precious"
*April 29, 2006 — Music Fair 21 - "Precious" + "ENDLESS STORY"
*May 5, 2006 — Music Station - "Precious"
*May 5, 2006 — Music Fighter - "Precious"
*May 26, 2006 — Music Station - "Precious"
*November 20, 2006 — Best Hit Song Festival 2006 - "Precious"
*December 6, 2006 — FNS Kayousai 2006 - "Precious"
*December 16, 2006 — 39th Japan Yusen Taisho - "Precious"
*December 29, 2006 — Sakigake Ongaku Banzuke - "Precious" and "Truth"
*December 31, 2006 — CDTV 2006-2007 Special - "Precious"

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References