Promise (Kohmi Hirose song)

{{Infobox song | name = Promise | cover = Kohmi Hirose Promise.jpg | cover_size = | caption = Single cover art | type = Single | artist = Kohmi Hirose | album = Rhapsody | released = {{Start date|1997|11|27}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|J-pop|flamenco}} | length = {{duration|m=4|s=41}} | label = Victor Entertainment | writer = {{hlist|Kohmi Hirose}} | producer = {{hlist|Hirose}} | prev_title = Natsu da Mon | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Pianissimo (song) | next_year = 1998 | prev_track = | track_no = | next_track = | misc = {{Audio sample | type = single | file = Promise sample.ogg | description = "Promise" }} }} "'''Promise'''" (stylized as "'''promise'''") is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Kohmi Hirose, from her seventh studio album, ''Rhapsody'' (1998). It was released on November 27, 1997, by Victor Entertainment as the album's second single. It is Hirose's second best-selling single, behind "Romance no Kamisama", selling over 600,000 copies. "Promise" was featured in commercials for the Alpen company's 1998 winter campaign.<ref name="alpen">{{cite web|title=時代を彩った冬ソング満載！広瀬香美デビュー25周年に向け企画盤|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/203112|publisher=Natalie|date=September 26, 2016|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref>

==Internet meme== The song was popularized on the Internet through its use in the {{nihongo|"Get Down"|ゲッダン|Geddan}} meme, which originated on Nico Nico Douga and then spread to YouTube. The meme featured glitchy gameplay footage from the Nintendo 64 game ''GoldenEye 007'' achieved via slowly pulling the cartridge loose, but not loose enough to fully disconnect it, resulting in character models moving their limbs and bodies rapidly in abnormal fashion. People imitated the glitch in real life through stop motion and then superimposed the chorus of "Promise" over the resulting video.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plante |first1=Chris |title=My favorite meme has been erased from the internet by copyright claims |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/23/12012902/nintnedo-64-goldeneye-meme-geddan-get-down |website=The Verge |access-date=August 27, 2021 |date=June 23, 2016}}</ref>

==Chart performance== "Promise" entered the Oricon Singles Chart at number 14, with 32,000 copies sold.<ref name="object_ori">{{cite web|title=オリコンシングル 1997.12.8|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/971208.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> The song climbed one spot to number 13 in its second week, selling 34,000 copies,<ref name="object_ori-2">{{cite web|title=オリコンシングル 1997.12.15|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/971215.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> and again to number 12 on its third week, selling 42,000 copies.<ref name="object_ori-3">{{cite web|title=オリコンシングル 1997.12.22|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/971222.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> "Promise" peaked at number four on its fourth charting week, with 69,000 copies sold.<ref name="object_ori-4">{{cite web|title=オリコンシングル 1997.12.29|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/971229.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> It spent the following four weeks within the top ten, selling 244,000 copies.<ref name="object_ori-5">{{cite web|title=オリコンシングル 1998.1.12|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/980112.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref><ref name="object_ori-6">{{cite web|title=オリコンシングル 1998.1.19|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/980119.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref><ref name="object_ori-7">{{cite web|title=オリコンシングル 1998.1.26|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/980126.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref><ref name="object_ori-8">{{cite web|title=オリコンシングル 1998.2.2|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/980202.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> The single charted for a total of sixteen weeks, selling a reported total of 542,000 copies.<ref name="orideta">{{cite web|title=広瀬香美 - アーティスト別シングル売上補完|url=https://www19.atwiki.jp/orideta/pages/48.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> It peaked at number ten on the monthly Oricon Singles Chart for the month of January 1998 and charted at number 45 on the year-end Oricon Singles Chart for the year 1998.<ref name="cd100">{{cite web|title=オリコン(oricon)「1998年01月」の月間シングルCDランキング|url=http://cd100.net/oricon/19980101.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref><ref name="object_ori-1998">{{cite web|title=オリコン 1998年TOP100|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1998.html|accessdate=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912071027/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1998.html|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = | all_writing = Kohmi Hirose | extra_column = Arranger(s)

| title1 = Promise | extra1 = {{hlist|Akimitsu Honma|Kohmi Hirose}} | length1 = 4:41

| title2 = Chocolate | extra2 = {{hlist|Honma|Hirose}} | length2 = 5:03

| title3 = Promise | note3 = Karaoke | extra3 = {{hlist|Honma|Hirose}} | length3 = 4:41

| total_length = {{Duration|m=14|s=25}} }}

==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !scope="col"| Chart (1997–98) !scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"| Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)<ref name="oricon">{{cite web|title=promise 広瀬香美|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/206140/products/293341/1/|work=Oricon|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|4 |- ! scope="row"| Japan Monthly Singles (Oricon)<ref name="cd100"/> | style="text-align:center;"|10 |- ! scope="row"| Japan Yearly Singles (Oricon)<ref name="object_ori-1998"/> | style="text-align:center;"|45 |}

==Certification== {{Certification Table Top}} |- ! scope="row"| Japan (RIAJ)<ref name="riaj">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゴールドディスク認定|trans-title=Gold Disc Certifications|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|quote=Select 1998年1月 on the drop-down menu|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|language=Japanese|date=January 1998|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> | Platinum | 542,000<ref name="orideta"/> |- ! scope="row"| Japan (RIAJ)<ref name="riaj-2">{{cite web|script-title=ja:有料音楽配信認定|trans-title=Digital Music Download Certifications|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/hs.html|quote=Select 2014年2月 on the drop-down menu|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|language=Japanese|date=February 2014|accessdate=January 17, 2018}}</ref> | Gold | 100,000* (digital)<ref name="riaj-2"/> |- {{End}}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1997 songs Category:1997 singles Category:Kohmi Hirose songs Category:Internet memes Category:Song recordings produced by Kohmi Hirose Category:Songs written by Kohmi Hirose Category:Victor Entertainment singles