4 Hot Wave

Infobox Single
Name = 4 hot wave


Artist = Koda Kumi
from Album = Black Cherry
B-side =
Released = 26 July, 2006
Format = CD, DVD
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Pop, R&B, Rock
Length =
Label = Rhythm Zone
Writer =
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Koi no Tsubomi"
(2006)
This single = "4 hot wave"
(2006)
Next single = "Yume no Uta / Futari de..."
(2006)
Misc = Extra album cover
Type = Single


Lower caption = The CD + DVD Cover

"4 hot wave" is Kumi Koda's 32nd single under the Rhythm Zone label. This is a quadruple A-side single, meaning it has four songs considered A-sides on it, a first for Koda Kumi. It was released on July 26; roughly 2 months after the release of her last single, "Koi no Tsubomi". The covers of this single were taken while Kumi was in Morocco to shoot her new photobook, "Maroc", which is also due out in July. It was not able to grab the top spot on Oricon's weekly charts, but managed to peak at number one on the daily charts by the third day. So far in the year, this single has had the highest 1st week sales total of any solo female artist in 2006, at 207,000 copies.Fact|date=June 2007 This single has also become her highest selling single ever and surpassed the sales of her previous highest-selling single, "real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", in only 3 weeks.

Overview

Neowing.jp has described the four songs that are to be released on the single.
*"Ningyo-hime" is to be a song with a "impressive crashing rock sound",
*"I'll be there" is a "mid-tempo tune that'll make you feel summer",
*"Juicy" is a "hard R&B track that matches those from the US", and
*"With your smile" is a "aggressive dance tune".

Television advertisements

"I'll be there" was featured in a television advertisement for Seabreeze, a sun-tan lotion company. This advertisement showed a group of young adults on a beach; it did not feature Kumi.

"Juicy" will be featured in a television advertisement for Gem Cerey.

"With your smile" is the image song for NTV's 2006 Japan Pro Baseball and was also featured in a Dwango television advertisement.

"Ningyo-hime" will be featured in a Vodafone 705T television advertisement. Vodafone is a popular mobile service in Japan.Fact|date=June 2007 Making-of:

Track listing

CD portion

# Introduction ~I'll be there~
#
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed and arranged by Miki Watanabe
# I'll be there
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed by Shintaro Hagiwara
Arranged by tasuku
# Interlude ~Juicy/Ningyo-hime~
# Juicy
Written by Yo Taira (Digz, Inc.)
Composed and arranged by STY (Digz, Inc.)
# With your smile
Written by Koda Kumi
Composed by Toru Watanabe
Arranged by h-wonder
# Outroduction ~With your smile~

DVD portion

# Juicy (music video)
# With your smile (music video)
# I'll be there (music video)
# Ningyo-hime (music video)
# "Maroc" Photobook Offshoot (First Press Editions only)

Music videos

The music videos for these 4 songs are interconnected starting with Juicy to With your smile to I'll be there to Ningyo-hime. The clearest similarities are among the first three music videos, following a plot regarding Kumi distracting a group of men via seduction and stealing a treasure map, only to be chased while looking for whatever treasures the map leads to. However, there are no significant plot similarities starting with the sexually provocative Juicy to the more peaceful summer tune of With your smile, etc.

Live performances

* July 3, 2006 – Popjam DX – Medley (I'll be there / Ningyo-hime)
*July 21, 2006 – Music Station – "I'll be there"
*July 22, 2006 – MelodiX! – "I'll be there"
*July 28, 2006 – Music Station – "Ningyo-hime"
*July 29, 2006 – Music Fair 21 – "I'll be there" (with TRF), "Koi no Tsubomi" (with TRF), "Joy" (with TRF), "Ningyo-hime"
*July 29, 2006 – CDTV – "Ningyo-hime"
*July 30, 2006 – Cable Awards
*August 3, 2006 – Utaban – "I'll be there"

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)