Chase the Chance

"Chase the Chance"
Single by Namie Amuro
from the album Sweet 19 Blues
Released	December 4, 1995
Format	CD Single
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, techno
Length	21:02
Label	Avex Trax
Writer(s)	Tetsuya Komuro Takahiro Maeda
Producer	Tetsuya Komuro
Namie Amuro singles chronology
"Body Feels Exit" (1995) "Chase the Chance" (1995) "Don't Wanna Cry" (1996)

"Chase the Chance" is Namie Amuro's second solo single on the Avex Trax label. Released in December 1995, it debuted at number one on the Oricon charts becoming her first of five million selling singles. At the end of the month, she would make her first appearance as a solo artist on Kōhaku Uta Gassen performing the single. It is the last single before she and MAX permanently split ways.

Commercial tie-in

"Chase the Chance" was used as the theme song to the Nihon TV drama, "The Chef."

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tetsuya Komuro and Takahiro Maeda, all music composed by Tetsuya Komuro, arranged by Tetsuya Komuro.

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chase the Chance" (Original Mix)	4:25
2.	"Chase the Chance" (Trip Club Mix)	5:30
3.	"Chase the Chance" (G.Wright Jungle Mix)	6:43
4.	"Chase the Chance" (Original Karaoke)	4:22
Total length:		21:02

Personnel

• Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals

Production

• Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
• Arranger – Tetsuya Komuro
• Mixing – Gary Thomas Wright

TV performances

• December 31, 1995 – Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
December 4, 1995	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1	225,090	1,361,710	20 weeks

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Position	Sales Total
December 4, 1995	Oricon 1996 Year-End Chart	10	1,361,710

Preceded by "To Love You More" by Céline Dion

Oricon Weekly Singles Chart number-one single December 18, 1995

Succeeded by "To Love You More" by Céline Dion

External links

• Songwriter, Takahiro Maeda's thoughts on the single (Japanese)