"Body Feels Exit" is Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro

is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...

's debut solo single on the Avex Trax

Avex Trax

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 label. Released nine days after her only album with former label, Toshiba-EMI

Toshiba-EMI

(formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...

, "Body Feels Exit" debuted in the top three and would be her first of 24 consecutive top ten solo singles.

Information

"Body Feels Exit" can be considered as her third single because she featured exclusively on "Stop the Music" and "Taiyou no Season," her two previous singles with the Super Monkey's

Super Monkey's

was an Okinawan pop-singing and dancing group that spawned the careers of Namie Amuro and some members of the girl group, MAX. The group went through several member and name changes before coming into prominence in 1995 with the release of their fifth single, Try Me ~Watashi o Shinjite~.- Pre-debut...

. It also marks the beginning of the collaboration between Namie and Tetsuya Komuro. The song can be described as an upbeat dance track. "Body Feels Exit" was a huge hit at the time and still today is one of the singer's most popular songs and a fan favorite. The original version of the song did not appear on her first studio album, Sweet 19 Blues, but featured on her first greatest hits compilation 181920.

Taito ad campaign

The song was used as background music in 8 commercials for TAITO to promote the X-55 model. Amuro appeared in all ad campaigns.

Track listing

Other versions

An English language

English language

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 version of "Body Feels Exit" was recorded by Eurobeat

Eurobeat

Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits....

 artist, Virginelle. It appears on the album, Super Eurobeat Vol. 80: Request Countdown 80 (1997), as part of a bonus disc of covers originally written by Tetsuya Komuro. Also performed by Anza Ohyama at a Sailor Moon Event in 1996.

Personnel

• Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals
• Tetsuya Komuro – background vocals, composing

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
October 25, 1995	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	3	221,420	881,640	19 weeks

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Position	Sales Total
October 25, 1995	Oricon 1995 Year-End Chart	70	510,880

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Position	Sales Total
October 25, 1996	Oricon 1996 Year-End Chart	83	370,760

External links

• Watch the "Body Feels EXIT" music video at Dailymotion
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