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Namie Amuro – How To Be A Girl

How To Be A Girl is Namie Amuro’s 8th single. It was released on May 21, 1997 and reached #1 on Oricon charts. It sold a total of 772,130 copies and charted for 11 weeks. This single was the 23rd best-selling single of 1997.

tracklist:
1. How to be a Girl -Straight Run
2. How to be a Girl -ADULT EDUCATION MIX
3. How to be a Girl -Instrumental

Now we have Namie Amuro’s first rock attempt, How To Be A Girl. What a wierd title. It’s makes you feel like you’re reading an instruction manual. XD Well, anyway, this song is quite good. It opens with a creepy sound, leading us to the drums. After that, the instruments come in and the song comes to a full blast. To tell you guys honestly, This song was a grower for me. I hated this song before but, now It climed up to the top spot in my favorite songs (listed in the Right Now… Page). I didn’t like it before because mainly, I’m not fond of this kind of music but, after lots and lots of listens, I gained a lot of interest in it. Another thing why I liked it is because of the blending of the instruments and of course, Namie’s Effort in trying this type of music. For the fact that it’s Namie’s first try with Rock, something she haven’t done before, I have to say she succeeded. This songs sounds like a rock song but, not fully, I contains a little twist. There are some sounds that sounds like pop, while some are Rock but, what the heck, That’s the main reason why the song is great! As for her vocals, As usual, It’s good.

The next track in this single is the Adult Education Mix of How To Be A Girl. There’s one thing I have to say about this remix. And that is, It’s not as good as the original. It has a 25% chance for me liking it and the 75% chance is for me hating it. They removed all the rock and pop elements and replaced them with wierd electro ones. Definitely a 2 thumbs down for me.

Favorite Track:
How To Be A Girl

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