Hide and Seek (Namie Amuro song)

"Hide and Seek" is the leading track of Japanese star Namie Amuro's 2007 album Play. It is one of the two new songs (the other being "Hello") to have a music video and is being used to promote the album. It has dance, hip hop, and R&B tones and has a synthesized voice in the verses. Namie Amuro has stated in an interview that "Hide & Seek" was the perfect song to open the album because of its "marching band" feel at the beginning of the song. Amuro won the "Best R&B Video" prize for the song at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2008.[1]

"Hide and Seek"
Promotional single by Namie Amuro
from the album Play
Released2007
Length4:34
LabelAvex Trax
Songwriter(s)Nao'ymt

Music video

The video's theme is featured on the cover of Namie Amuro's album Play. The video features Namie Amuro and six male dancers doing choreography amid cranes. Also, there are small television screens displaying her image upon them while singing. Namie is also seen dancing behind police caution tape, and other times plainly against a blinding white background wearing a sleeveless shirt. At one point during the bridge, she is singing on a motorcycle with the dancers playing trumpets.

Certifications
Certifications for "Hide＆Seek"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[2]
Digital single 		Gold 100,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[3]
Ringtone 		2× Platinum 500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2008 授賞作品一覧" (in Japanese). MTV Video Music Awards Japan. 2008-05-31. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  2. "Japanese digital single certifications – Namie Amuro – Hide＆Seek" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved September 11, 2021. Select 2014年7月 on the drop-down menu
  3. "Japanese ringtone certifications – Namie Amuro – Hide＆Seek" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved September 11, 2021. Select 2014年7月 on the drop-down menu



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