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Wikipedia article
"'Sweet Song'" is a single released in early 2009 by "Lady Bird feat. Son'i (from Popteen)"; Lady Bird, a dance music duo consisting of DJ Ten and producer Kazuhisa Hirota, and fashion model Wei Son.[http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000045984 "That Mysterious Popular Singer Was In Fact, 'Wei Son'"], December 26, 2008, 'Barks'
Background
The main track "Sweet Song" had been a popular song in the Shibuya club scene and originally performed by another singer in Club Atom, a disco where DJ Ten had been scratching. DJ Ten and Kazuhisa Hirota formed Lady Bird in late 2007[http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/443912/profile/history/ History of Lady Bird], 'Oricon' and auditioned many female vocalists for "Sweet Song"'s major release, before meeting Wei Son, a fashion model who had appeared on the 'Popteen' magazine.
Releases
Lady Bird and Wei Son first released "Sweet Song" as a chaku-uta (ringtone song) on December 1, 2008[http://contents.oricon.co.jp/news/ranpara/081225_01.html "Popular model 'Wei Son' debuts as a singer"], December 25, 2008, 'Oricon' with the name "Sweet Song feat. XXX (from Popteen)". "Sweet Song feat. XXX (from Popteen)" reached the top-20 on the 'Dwango' chaku-uta chart by December 26, 2008, before the singer's name was revealed to be Son'i (Wei Son).
The CD, "Sweet Song", was released on February 25, 2009, with six tracks; "Sweet Song", "Bitter Chocolate", "Sweet Song (DJ Kaya Remix)", "Sweet Song (Lady Bird Club Mix)", "Sweet Song (Inst)", and "Bitter Chocolate (Inst)". "Sweet Song" appeared on the Oricon singles chart 3 times, peaking at #47.[http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/443912/products/music/806140/1/ "Sweet Song"], 'Oricon'
Tracks
"Sweet Song" was later included in Lady Bird's first album 'STYLiST',[http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/1007070034/ "Lady Bird's first full-album!"], July 15, 2010, 'HMV News' and track #3, "Sweet Song (DJ Kaya Remix)", was featured in Dancemania's 'Hime Trance 4'.[http://www.emimusic.jp/dancemania/tranceparadise/disco/tocp64384.htm "'Hime Trance 4', Trance Paradise, Dancemania"], 'EMI Music Japan'
References
Category:2009 singles
Category:2009 songs
Category:BMG Japan singles
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