"Wishing on the Same Star" is Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro

is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...

's 21st solo single under the Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

 label. Released on September 11, 2002, the song was meant to be her last before a hiatus that would have seen her transplanting herself from Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

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 to New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 for the purposes of artist development. As the last of her singles as a pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 artist, it is the most commercially successful from the album, Style

STYLE (Namie Amuro album)

- Personnel :* Namie Amuro - vocals, background vocals* Arkitec - vocals* Verbal - vocals* Zeebra - vocals* Mr. Blistah - additional vocals* Clench - additional vocals* Coyass - additional vocals* Kareb James - background vocals* L.L...

(2003).

The song retains the same arrangement and chorus from the 1991 single by freestyle

Freestyle music

Freestyle or Latin freestyle, sometimes referred to as Latin hip hop, is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 1980s. Mostly popular during the mid 80s to the early 90s...

 singer Keedy

Keedy

Keedy is an American freestyle singer–songwriter best known for the 1991 Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit, "Save Some Love". It was included on her only studio album.-Career:...

, as well as the 1994 single by Australian girl pop group Girlfriend

Girlfriend (band)

Girlfriend was a five-girl pop group from Australia, formed in the early 1990s. Their debut album Make It Come True was released in 1992 and became a major hit in Australia with hit songs such as "Take It From Me" and "Without You"...

 and the 1996 album cut by American dance music singer Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks is a female dance music singer born in Miami, Florida in 1954 and is the daughter of gospel singer and preacher Rev. Julius Cheeks. In 1978 she hit #10 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Mellow Lovin'," and then had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a...

.

Track listing

1. "Wishing on the Same Star" (Diane Warren
   Diane Warren
   Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
   
   , kenko-p) – 4:55
2. "Did U" (Namie Amuro, A. Mazza, Sundafu K., A. Ramen) – 3:57
3. "Wishing on the Same Star(Instrumental)" (Diane Warren) – 4:56
4. "Did U (Instrumental)" (A. Mazza, Sundafu K., A. Ramen) – 3:56

Personnel

• Namie Amuro – vocals, background vocals
• Kareb James – background vocals
• Yuko Kawai – background vocals
• Muriyama-Kiriyama Strings – Strings

Production

• Producers – Masaki Iehara, Cobra Endo
• Arrangement – Masaki Iehara, Cobra Endo
• Strings Arrangement – Tatsuya Murayama
• Mixing – Koji Morimoto, Rob Chiarelli
• Mixing assistant – Sang Park
• Instrument Programming – David L. Huff, Cobra Endo
• Vocal Direction – Mayumi Harada
• Music Video Director – UGICHIN
• Choreographer – WARNER

TV performances

• July 28, 2002 – Music Fest Peace of Ryukyu
• September 7, 2002 – CDTV
• September 12, 2002 – AX Music Factory
• September 14, 2002 – Pop Jam
• September 16, 2002 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
• September 27, 2002 – Music Station
  Music Station
  is a Japanese music television program. It began broadcasting on October 24, 1986 and continues to be broadcast weekly in High-definition from 8PM-9PM on tv asahi...
  
  
• December 5, 2002 – FNS Music Festival
  FNS Music Festival
  is an annual music show on the produced by Fuji Network System and Fuji Television.- Grand Prix Winners :- International guests :*a-ha*Sting*Jackie Chan*Destiny's Child*Kenny Loggins*Daniel Powter-References :...
  
  
• December 18, 2002 – Best Artist 30
• December 23, 2002 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ X'mas Special Live VI
• December 27, 2002 – Music Station Special Super Live 2002
• December 31, 2002 – 53rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen
  Kohaku Uta Gassen
  , more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...
  
  
• January 1, 2003 – CDTV Special Live 2002-2003

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
September 11, 2002	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	2
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2	97,253	12 weeks
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart