Daite

"Daite"
Single by Chisato Moritaka
from the album Hijitsuryokuha Sengen
LanguageJapanese
English titleHold Me
B-side"Waka Sugita Koi"
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1989 (1989-09-25)
Recorded1989
Genre
Length4:57
LabelWarner Pioneer
Composer(s)Yuichi Takahashi
Lyricist(s)Chisato Moritaka
Producer(s)Yukio Seto
Chisato Moritaka singles chronology
"17-sai"
(1989) 		"Daite"
(1989) 		"Michi/Seishun"
(1990)
Music video
Daite on YouTube

"Daite" (だいて, lit. "Hold Me") is the eighth single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. Written by Moritaka and Yuichi Takahashi, the single was released by Warner Pioneer on September 25, 1989. The song marked a departure from her previous pop singles, using a 1960s classic rock style. It is included in the 1991 remix album The Moritaka.[1]

Music video

The music video was filmed in Tokyo, but clever editing is used to suggest it was held at the Las Vegas Club, with Moritaka playing a Rickenbacker electric guitar alongside a group of non-Japanese male and females strumming guitars and a saxophonist on stage. During the time, she only started playing the electric guitar and would not master it until her sixth studio album Rock Alive in 1992.[2][3]

Chart performance

"Daite" peaked at No. 8 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 57,000 copies.[4][5]

Other versions

The album version of "Daite", from the 1989 album Hijitsuryokuha Sengen, is arranged with a slower tempo and less instruments.

Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on May 6, 2013.[6] This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album Love Vol. 4.[7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka; all music is composed and arranged by Yuichi Takahashi.

8 cm CD
No.TitleLength
1."Daite (Las Vegas Version)" (Daite (Rasu Begasu Vājon) (だいて (ラスベガス・ヴァージョン), lit. "Hold Me (Las Vegas Version)"))4:57
2."Waka Sugita Koi" ((若すぎた恋, lit. "Too Young for Love"))4:29
Cassette
No.TitleLength
1."Daite (Las Vegas Version)" 
2."Waka Sugita Koi" 
3."Daite (Las Vegas Version)" (Karaoke) 
4."Waka Sugita Koi" (Karaoke) 

Personnel

  • Chisato Moritaka – vocals
  • Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals
  • Ken Shima – piano
  • Hirokuni Korekata – guitar
  • Teruo Goto – tenor saxophone

Chart positions

Charts (1989) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[4] 8

References

  1. ^ "｢だいて｣ (CT/CD)". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. ^ "Biography". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  3. ^ Moritaka, Chisato (2012-06-29). 『だいて (ラスベガス・ヴァージョン)』 セルフライナーノート. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  4. ^ a b "だいて/森高千里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  5. ^ "森高千里(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  6. ^ Moritaka, Chisato (2013-05-06). 森高千里 『だいて』 【セルフカヴァー】. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. ^ "「デビュー25周年企画 森高千里 セルフカバーシリーズ "LOVE" Vol.4」". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-04.