Get Wild Life

Get Wild Life (stylized as GET WILD LIFE) is the fifth single by Japanese hip hop group Lead released on December 3, 2003. The single peaked in the top ten on the Oricon charts, ranking at #9 for the week, and remained on the charts for seven weeks.

"Get Wild Life"
Single by Lead
from the album Brand New Era
B-side"Field of Soul"
ReleasedDecember 3, 2003
Recorded2003
GenreJ-pop, hip hop
LabelFlight Master
CD (PCCA-70059)
Songwriter(s)Shinji Tamura
Emi Inaba
Fukanuma Motoaki
KATSU
Producer(s)Shinji Tamura
Lead singles chronology
"Funky Days!"
(2003)		 "Get Wild Life"
(2003)		 "Night Deluxe"
(2004)

The single came with several bonus items, including a Lead 2003 Winter Campaign postcard, one of five possible trading cards and a specialized URL to download a themed wallpaper and screensaver.

Information

Get Wild Life is the fifth domestic single by the Japanese hip-hop group Lead. The single charted in the top ten of the Oricon Singles Charts, taking #9 for the week, and remained on the charts for seven consecutive weeks.[1]

The single was released as a standard CD, including three bonuses: one of five possible trading cards, a URL that led to a downloadable wallpaper and screensaver, and a Lead 2003 Winter Campaign postcard.[2] The single included the title track and the b-side "Field of Soul," along with both songs' corresponding instrumentals.[3] While the music video was released for syndication to the public upon the single's release, it was not available for the public to purchase until their DVD/VHS release Lead Movies 2 in March 2005.[4]

"Get Wild Life" was written and composed by musical composer Shinji Tamura, with the rap lyrics written by KATSU.[5] Shinji Tamura had previously written the music for Lead's prior single Funky Days!, and is most famous for his works in the Tales of series.[6] KATSU had worked with Lead since their debut Manatsu no Magic. "Field of Soul" was written and composed by Fukanuma Motoaki, with the lyrics by Emi Inaba. Fukanuma Motoaki is best known as the solo unit Mellowhead, who began the project after the hiatus of the band PLAGUES, of which Motoaki was the vocalist and guitarist.[7]

Promotional advertisements

To help promote the single, "Get Wild Life" was used as the main theme song to the 2004 film Kamachi, which was based on the life of poet and painter Kamachi Yamada, who died in 1977 at the age of 17.

Despite being the main theme, the song was omitted from the film's official soundtrack.

Track listing
CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Get Wild Life"Shinji Tamura • KATSUShinji TamuraShinji Tamura 
2."Field of Soul"Emi InabaFukanuma MotoakiFukanuma Motoaki 
3."Get Wild Life" (Instrumental) Shinji TamuraShinji Tamura 
4."Field of Soul" (Instrumental) Fukanuma MotoakiFukanuma Motoaki 

Charts
Release Chart Peak position
December 3, 2003 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 9

References
  1. "Ｌｅａｄのシングル売り上げランキング". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  2. "GET WILD LIFE Lead Maxi CD". CD Japan. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  3. "GET WILD LIFE Official Information". Lead Official. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  4. "Lead MOVIES 2 [DVD]". Amazon Japan. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  5. "GET WILD LIFE 歌詞 Lead". Mojim. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  6. "Shinji Tamura Discography". Discogs. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  7. "PLAGUES Official". Lavaflow Records. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
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