Message/Personal

"Message/Personal"
Single by Aya Ueto
from the album Message
Released	May 14, 2003
Format	CD single
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	4:33 ("Message") 4:49 ("Personal")
Label	Flight Master
Writer(s)	Yūho Iwasato, HΛL, T2ya
Producer(s)	Sin, T2ya
Aya Ueto singles chronology
"Hello" (2003) "Message/Personal" (2003) "Kanshō/Mermaid" (2003)

"Message/Personal" is a double A-side single by Japanese pop singer Aya Ueto. It was released on May 14, 2003 as the first single from her second album Message and is her fourth single overall.

Background

"Message/Personal" is Ueto's first double A-side single. "Message" was written by Yūho Iwasato, composed by HΛL, arranged and produced by Sin and is the title track to Ueto's second album Message.^[1] The song was used in commercials for 8×4 by Kaou.^[1] "Personal" was written and produced by T2ya and served as ending theme to the TV Tokyo anime Konjiki no Gash Bell!!.^[1] Ueto has stated that "Message" is one of her personal favorites to sing in concert.^[2] The single was released on the same month as the start of Ueto's first tour and the release of her first feature film Azumi.

Chart performance

"Message/Personal" peaked at #5 on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart and debuted at #10 on the Weekly Singles Chart with 18,002 copies sold. The single charted for a total of six weeks and sold over 28,000 copies.^[3][4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Message"	Yūho Iwasato	HΛL	4:33
2.	"Personal"	T2ya	T2ya	4:49
3.	"Breath of My Heart (Be Positive Mix)"	Yōji Kubota	Miki Watabe	4:17
4.	"Message (Under Island Style)"	T2ya	T2ya	4:34
5.	"Personal (Instrumental)"		T2ya	4:49
Total length:				23:20

Credits and personnel

Message Sin – producer, keyboards and programming Yūho Iwasato - songwriter HΛL - songwriter Hideyuki Fukasawa - synthesizer Kenji Suzuki - guitar Chieko Kinbara - strings Kumiko Yoshida - chorus Hironobu Asano – engineering, audio mixing Nao Yoshida - production coordinator

Personal T2ya – songwriter, producer, keyboards and programming Naoki Hayashibe - guitar Yumi Kawamura - chorus Yasuyuki Hara – engineering Jun'nosuke Sato – engineering Hironobu Asano – audio mixing

Credits adapted from Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection album liner notes.^[2]

Charts and sales

Chart (2003)	Peak position	Sales
Japan Oricon Daily Singles Chart[3]	5	28,367[5]
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[4]	10
Japan SoundScan Singles Chart[6]	9

References

1. 2ヶ月連続シングルリリース記念「上戸彩年鑑 2002～2004」. Barks (in Japanese). 2004-06-14. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
2. Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection (Line r Notes [CD]). Aya Ueto. Pony Canyon. 2006. 4988013186743.
3. Oricon (2003-05-14). "BoAたんを応援しよう！！8輯" (in Japanese). 2channel. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
4. Oricon. "上戸彩のCDアルバムランキング、上戸彩のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
5. Oricon (2011-01-21). "ポニーキャニオン＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). JBBS Live Door. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
6. "週刊 CDソフト TOP20". SoundScan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-01-27.