The Stress
"The Stress" (ザ・ストレス, Za Sutoresu) is the sixth single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. Written by Moritaka and Hideo Saitō, the single was released by Warner Pioneer on February 25, 1989. The full title of the single is "The Stress -Stress Chūkintō Version-" (ザ・ストレス -ストレス 中近東バージョン-, lit. "The Stress -Stress Middle East Version-"), a remix of "Stress" with Middle Eastern-style synthesizer arrangements.[1][2]
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Single by Chisato Moritaka | ||||
from the album Mite | ||||
Language | Japanese | |||
B-side | "Yurusenai" | |||
Released | February 25, 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
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Length | 4:53 | |||
Label | Warner Pioneer | |||
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Producer(s) | Yukio Seto | |||
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Music video | ||||
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Released | April 25, 1989 | |||
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Language | Japanese | |||
Label | Warner Pioneer | |||
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Background
During a rehearsal in the middle of her first national tour in 1988, Moritaka suffered abdominal pain and had to be hospitalized for a week after being diagnosed with acute enteritis. Her doctor told her that the inflammation was caused by mental stress. As a result, the experience inspired her to write "The Stress".[3][4]
Music video
The music video features Moritaka as a waitress having to deal with all kinds of customers at a ramen restaurant while visualizing her stress as a ghostly entity watching her. Since the video's release, the waitress uniform has been one of her regular costumes on her live performances.[4][5] The contents of the original 8" LaserDisc release were compiled in the 2000 DVD Chisato Moritaka DVD Collection No. 5: Mite/The Stress/17-sai.[6]
Reception
"The Stress" peaked at No. 19 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 40,000 copies, making it her first top-20 hit.[7]
Other versions
Remixes of "The Stress" were released in the 1989 greatest hits album Moritaka Land and the 1991 remix album The Moritaka.
Moritaka re-recorded the song as "Stress (25th Anniversary Ver.)" (ストレス(25周年記念Ver.)) and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on April 25, 2014.[8] This version is also included in Moritaka's 2015 self-covers DVD album Love Vol. 7.[9]
The song was remixed by tofubeats in the 2014 collaboration album Chisato Moritaka with tofubeats: Moritaka Tofu.[10]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka, except where indicated; all music is composed and arranged by Hideo Saitō, except where indicated.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Stress -Stress Chūkintō Version-" (Za Sutoresu -Sutoresu Chūkintō Bājon- (ザ・ストレス -ストレス 中近東バージョン-, lit. "The Stress -Stress Middle East Version-)) | 4:53 |
2. | "Yurusenai" ((ユルセナイ, lit. "Unforgivable")) | 3:26 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Overheat Night" (Ōbāhīto Naito (オーバーヒート・ナイト)) | Hiromasa Ijichi | |||
2. | "Get Smile" | Ijichi | Ken Shima | Shima | |
3. | "The Stress -Stress Chūkintō Version-" (Za Sutoresu -Sutoresu Chūkintō Bājon- (ザ・ストレス -ストレス 中近東バージョン-, lit. "The Stress -Stress Middle East Version-)) | ||||
4. | "Making of 'The Stress' (BGM: Modorenai Natsu)" ((メイキング・オブ・「ザ・ストレス」 (BGM「戻れない夏」), Making of "The Stress" (BGM: Summer Can't Return))) | Kanon Kuwa | Shima | Shima |
Chart positions
Charts (1989) | Peak position |
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Japanese Oricon Singles Chart | 19 |
Natsumi Abe version
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Single by Natsumi Abe | ||||
from the album Natsumi Abe ~Best Selection~ 15 Shoku no Nigaoe Tachi | ||||
Language | Japanese | |||
B-side | "The Stress (Crisis Version)" | |||
Released | June 28, 2006 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Length | 3:56 | |||
Label | hachama | |||
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"The Stress" was covered by Natsumi Abe in 2006 as her seventh single. This version reached No. 14 in Oricon's singles chart. Abe performed an a cappella version of the song in a Georgia GABA commercial.[11][12]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka; all music is composed by Hideo Saitō.
No. | Title | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "The Stress" (Za Sutoresu (ザ・ストレス)) | Keiichi Ueno | 3:59 |
2. | "The Stress (Crisis Version)" (Za Sutoresu (Kiki Bājon) (ザ・ストレス (危機Version))) | Manao Doi | 4:15 |
3. | "The Stress (shakabone HIDE Remix)" (Za Sutoresu (Shakabone Hide Rīmikkusu) (ザ・ストレス (shakabone HIDE Remix))) | shakabone HIDE | 4:23 |
4. | "The Stress (A cappella Version)" (Za Sutoresu (A kapera Bājon) (ザ・ストレス (アカペラVersion))) | 0:44 | |
5. | "The Stress (Original Karaoke)" (Za Sutoresu (Orijinaru Karaoke) (ザ・ストレス (オリジナルカラオケ))) | Ueno | 3:56 |
Chart positions
Charts (2006) | Peak position |
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Japanese Oricon Singles Chart | 14 |
References
- "「ザ・ストレス ストレス・中近東ヴァージョン」 (CT/EP/CD)". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- "森高千里「ザ・ストレス」". Ameba. 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- "Biography". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- Moritaka, Chisato (2012-09-10). 『ザ・ストレス -ストレス 中近東バージョン-』 セルフライナーノート. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- "「ザ・ストレス」(VHS/LD)". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- "「CHISATO MORITAKA DVD COLLECTION No.5 見て/ザ・ストレス/17才」(DVD)". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- "ザ・ストレス-ストレス中近東ヴァージョン-/森高千里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- Moritaka, Chisato (2014-04-25). 森高千里 『ストレス(25周年記念Ver.)』 【セルフカヴァー】. YouTube. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- "「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.7」". Chisato Moritaka Official Website. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- "森高千里 with tofubeats 森高豆腐". Warner Music Japan. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- "安倍なつみ / ザ・ストレス". Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- "安倍なつみ / ザ・ストレス". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
External links
- Chisato Moritaka
- "The Stress" at MusicBrainz
- "The Stress" at Discogs
- Natsumi Abe
- "The Stress" at Discogs