Howling (Hitomi Yaida song)

"Howling"
Single by Hitomi Yaida
from the album daiya-monde
Released	3 May 2000
Format	CD
Genre	J-pop
Label	Aozora Records ZORA-001
Writer(s)	Yaiko[1]
Producer(s)	Diamond Head
Hitomi Yaida singles chronology
Nothing (1999) Howling (EP) (2000) B'coz I Love You (2000)

Howling is Hitomi Yaida's debut single under the name of Hitomi Yaida.^[2] It was released independently by Aozora Records on May 3, 2000.

Although only available in the Kansai region of Japan,^[3] the single reached number 50 on the Oricon charts. As a result of its popularity, Yaida was subsequently offered a recording contract with Toshiba-EMI.

This was Aozora's first ever release as the label itself was established the same day as the single was released. Aozora benefited from the attention this single attracted, also selling distribution contracts to Toshiba-EMI for its future catalogue.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yaiko,^[1] arranged by Diamond Head. 

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"How?"
2.	"I Like"
3.	"We'll Be..."
Total length:		12:00

Personnel

• Hitomi Yaida - Music and Writing
• Diamond Head - Backing and Production
• Takashi Saito - Electric Bass on "How?" and "I Like", Electric Bass and Percussion on "I Like" and Wood Bass on "We'll Be..."

Notes and references

1. Yaiko is Hitomi Yaida's pen name.
2. Yaida released previously her debut single: nothig from Bandai Music Entertainment under the name of "SEESEE".
3. This song was available all over Japan later.

External links

• (Japanese) Howling (Single) chart history oricon.co.jp