70% (Yūgure no Uta)
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| Single by Chara | ||||
| from the album Strange Fruits | ||||
| Released | February 24, 1999 March 17, 1999 (vinyl) |
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| Format | CD Single, vinyl | |||
| Genre | Trip hop, downtempo | |||
| Length | 4:11 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Japan | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chara, Zentarō Watanabe | |||
| Producer(s) | Zentarō Watanabe | |||
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''70% (Yūgure no Uta)'' (70%—夕暮れのうた 70% (Evening Song), pronounced Nana Jū Pāsento Yūgure no Uta) is a song by Japanese singer Chara. It was released as the third single from her album Strange Fruits on February 17, 1999. It debuted at #36 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted for three weeks.
In official descriptions of the song, it is described as having "a cool sound with painful vocals," as well as fusing a club sound with a Beatles-style melody.
The single was released as the lead track from Strange Fruits in February 1999, a month before the album's release.
The song was released on vinyl a month later, on the same day as the album's release. The vinyl's cover was taken from the same photoshoot as the album's was. The vinyl features an exclusive DJ Hasebe remix of the title track, along with an unpublished duet with her then husband, Tadanobu Asano ("Afureteiru" (あふれている Overflowing)) as well as two remixes of an album track, "Tsutawatte" (つたわって Walking Along). Tadanobu Asano wrote and composed "Afureteiru" for Chara himself.
The B-side of the single, "Chisa na Tenohira (1998.10.22)" (小さな手のひら Little Palms), was a live recording at NHK Hall of a song from her 'Yen Town Band' concept album Montage. Other recordings from this concert date are found on Chara's live album, Live 97-99 Mood.
Other than on Strange Fruits, the song also features on Chara's greatest hits albums Caramel Milk: The Best of Chara and Sugar Hunter: The Best Love Songs of Chara.
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