"Piece" is a pop song by Japanese recording artist Yui Aragaki

Yui Aragaki

is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyū and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry.She is particularly recognized for her beauty and her movie projects.- Overview :...

. It was released as her third single on February 25, 2009.

Background

"Piece" was written and composed by singer-songwriter Minako Kawae. The song first premiered on Aragaki's Tokyo FM

Tokyo FM

Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd. is a radio station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flagship station of the Japan FM Network .-Program:*Countdown Station** DHC Countdown jp** cosmo Pops Best 10...

 radio show, "School of Lock!", January 21, 2009. The single features a cover of Mongol800

MONGOL800

is an Okinawan band from Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan consisting of three members. When they were aged 19, they released their first album. They have released five studio recordings, one single, and one live concert DVD. In 2001, despite low commercial attention, they sold over two-million records from...

's hit song "Anata ni" and "Sparkle", written by Aragaki herself.

"Piece" was released in three formats: standard edition, limited edition A, which has an illustration cover drawn by Aragaki herself and limited edition B, which has an illustration cover drawn by Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli

is a Japanese animation and film studio founded in June 1985. The company's logo features the character Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro...

 animator Yoshiyuki Momose, who also directed an animated music video for the song.

Chart performance

"Piece" peaked at #6 on the daily Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 singles chart and #7 on the weekly chart, selling 18,204 copies in its first week.

Track listing

Charts and sales

Chart (2009)	Peak positions	Sales
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....	6	25,283
Japan Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...  Daily Singles Chart	6
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	7
Japan SoundScan Singles Chart (Edition A)	14
Japan SoundScan Singles Chart (Standard Edition)	20

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Japan	February 25, 2009	Warner Music Japan Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... (Limited Edition A)
			CD (Limited Edition B)
			CD (Standard Edition)