Fast Car (Namie Amuro song)
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| "Fast Car" | |
|---|---|
| Promotional single by Namie Amuro | |
| from the album Past<Future | |
| Released | December 16, 2009 |
| Recorded | 2009 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 3:20 |
| Label | Avex Trax |
| Songwriters |
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| Producer | Dsign Music |
"Fast Car" is a song by Namie Amuro. It was released as the main promotional track from her 9th album, Past<Future, in November 2009.[1] Amuro finds the song indicative of her sound on Past<Future. The album puts more emphasis on songs with "bright melodies/coolness," instead of the R&B/hip-hop beats of Play and previous albums.[2]
The song is an upbeat pop song with a retro, with influences of "cabaret" jazz.[2] The lyrics use a 'fast car' as a metaphor for how the song's protagonist sees her lover. She wants him to "speed it up," and states that "nobody else can ride (him)" (誰にも 乗らせない, dare ni mo norasenai.)[3] Amuro describes the lyrics as being a "playful adult love song," where a woman is teasing a boy by saying that he is hers.[2] Amuro chose the song for her album after listening to a demo from pop music production team Dsign Music. She liked it for its "analog atmosphere," and said it reminded her of the Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette.[4] The song was composed and its English lyrics written by the Dsign Music team,[3] while female Japanese rapper Tiger wrote the song's lyrics, who had previously worked with Amuro in 2003 single "So Crazy."[2]
Release
The song was first released to radio on November 24, when it was played on the J-Wave "Groove Line" radio show.[1] It was released as a ringtone download on December 2.[5] The song charted on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in early December, and peaked at #5 on the December 28 chart.[6] The song also charted on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart Top 100 at #24 (though only after the album has been released, due to the song not being released for full chaku-uta (cellphone download) or digital download).[7]
