"Happy Wake Up!" is the seventh single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on October 3, 1994 as the lead single from Mizuki's third studio album Arisa III: Look. The title track was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. "Happy Wake Up!" is Mizuki's second single produced by Komuro. The song was written at Mizuki's request for an upbeat track to sing in concert. It was used in commercials for Knorr Cup Soup by Ajinomoto, starring Mizuki herself. The B-side, "Close to You," was also written and produced by Komuro.

"Happy Wake Up!"
Single by Arisa Mizuki
from the album Arisa III: Look
Released3 October 1994 (1994-10-03)
GenrePop, dance
Length4:36
LabelNippon Columbia
Songwriter(s)Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s)Komuro
Arisa Mizuki singles chronology
"Kimi ga Suki Dakara"
(1993)
"Happy Wake Up!"
(1994)
"Anata no Sedai e Kuchizuke o"
(1995)

Chart performance

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"Happy Wake Up!" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart at number 3 with 63,170 copies sold in its first week.[1] The single charted for sixteen weeks and has sold a total of 343,790 copies.[2][3] "Happy Wake Up!" was the 11th best-selling single of October 1994 and 16 November 1994.[4][5] It ranked number 96 on the Oricon Yearly Singles chart.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Tetsuya Komuro

No.TitleArranger(s)Length
1."Happy Wake Up!"Komuro, Cozy Kubo4:36
2."Close to You"Kubo5:39
3."Happy Wake Up! (Original Karaoke)"Komuro, Kubo4:36
Total length:15:27

Charts

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Chart (1994) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles[1] 3
Oricon Monthly Singles[4] 11
Oricon Yearly Singles[6] 96

References

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  1. ^ a b 1994年10月第3週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  2. ^ Happy wake up!/観月ありさ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  3. ^ ヴィジョンファクトリー(旧ライジング)@売上データ補完スレ (in Japanese). 20 January 2004. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b 1994年10月オリコンシングルランキング (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  5. ^ 1994年11月オリコンシングルランキング (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. ^ a b "1994年間シングルランキング TOP100" (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 August 2011.