"フレンジャー" Furenjā / "Frienger" |
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Single by Ai Otsuka | ||||
from the album Love Piece | ||||
Released | April 12, 2006 | |||
Format | CD, CD+DVD | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | J-Pop | |||
Label |
avex trax AVCD-30915/B (Japan, CD+DVD) AVCD-30916 (Japan, CD) |
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Songwriter(s) | Ai Otsuka | |||
Ai Otsuka singles chronology | ||||
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"Frienger" (フレンジャー; Furenjā) is Ai Otsuka's 11th single under the avex trax label and her first of three singles in 2006.
"Frienger" is a catchy, upbeat song. The title is actually a portmanteau of the words "Friend" and "Ranger". The song was used in the CM for au mobile service and was the theme song for the television program "Sports Uruguzu". The B-side track, "Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri", was used in a Music.jp CM. The music video for the song was filmed in Taiwan.
"Frienger" debuted at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with 70,414 copies sold. It maintained high sales for the following two weeks and sold a total of 173,115 copies in 2006. "Frienger" was Otsuka's best-selling single of 2006 and the 60th best-selling single of 2006 overall. It is currently her fourth best-selling single.
All tracks written by Ai Otsuka.
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)