Daite

"Daite" (だいて, lit. "Hold Me") is the eighth single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. Written by Moritaka and Yuichi Takahashi, the single was released by Warner Pioneer on September 25, 1989. The song marked a departure from her previous pop singles, using a 1960s classic rock style. It is included in the 1991 remix album The Moritaka.[1]

"Daite"
Single by Chisato Moritaka
from the album Hijitsuryokuha Sengen
LanguageJapanese
English titleHold Me
B-side"Waka Sugita Koi"
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1989 (1989-09-25)
Recorded1989
Genre
Length4:57
LabelWarner Pioneer
Composer(s)Yuichi Takahashi
Lyricist(s)Chisato Moritaka
Producer(s)Yukio Seto
Chisato Moritaka singles chronology
"17-sai"
(1989)		 "Daite"
(1989)		 "Michi/Seishun"
(1990)
Music video
Daite on YouTube

Music video

The music video was filmed in Tokyo, but clever editing is used to suggest it was held at the Las Vegas Club, with Moritaka playing a Rickenbacker electric guitar alongside a group of non-Japanese male and females strumming guitars and a saxophonist on stage. During the time, she only started playing the electric guitar and would not master it until her sixth studio album Rock Alive in 1992.[2][3]

Chart performance

"Daite" peaked at No. 8 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 57,000 copies.[4][5]

Other versions

The album version of "Daite", from the 1989 album Hijitsuryokuha Sengen, is arranged with a slower tempo and less instruments.

Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on May 6, 2013.[6] This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album Love Vol. 4.[7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka; all music is composed and arranged by Yuichi Takahashi.

8 cm CD
No.TitleLength
1."Daite (Las Vegas Version)" (Daite (Rasu Begasu Vājon) (だいて (ラスベガス・ヴァージョン), lit. "Hold Me (Las Vegas Version)"))4:57
2."Waka Sugita Koi" ((若すぎた恋, lit. "Too Young for Love"))4:29
Cassette
No.TitleLength
1."Daite (Las Vegas Version)" 
2."Waka Sugita Koi" 
3."Daite (Las Vegas Version)" (Karaoke) 
4."Waka Sugita Koi" (Karaoke) 

Personnel
  • Chisato Moritaka – vocals
  • Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals
  • Ken Shima – piano
  • Hirokuni Korekata – guitar
  • Teruo Goto – tenor saxophone

Chart positions
Charts (1989) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[4] 8

References
  1. "｢だいて｣ (CT/CD)". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. "Biography". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  3. Moritaka, Chisato (2012-06-29). 『だいて (ラスベガス・ヴァージョン)』 セルフライナーノート. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  4. "だいて/森高千里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  5. "森高千里(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  6. Moritaka, Chisato (2013-05-06). 森高千里 『だいて』 【セルフカヴァー】. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. "「デビュー25周年企画 森高千里 セルフカバーシリーズ "LOVE" Vol.4」". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
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