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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Sometime Samurai
| cover = Towa Tei - Sometime Samurai single cover.png
| alt =
| type = promo
| artist = Towa Tei featuring Kylie Minogue
| album = Flash
| released = February 2005
| recorded = 1996; 2003 (vocal re-recording)
| studio = Sangenjaya, Setagaya, Japan (demo);
London (vocal re-recording)
| genre = House
| length =
| label =
*Voltage Unlimited
*V2
| writer =
*Kylie Minogue
*Towa Tei
| producer =
*Kylie Minogue
*Towa Tei
| misc =
}}
"'Sometime Samurai'" is a song written and performed by Japanese music producer Towa Tei and Australian singer Kylie Minogue for Tei's album 'Flash' (2005). It was originally recorded as a demo alongside "GBI (German Bold Italic)" in 1996, but remained unreleased for eight years until Minogue had the opportunity to re-record her vocals in 2003. Before its inclusion on 'Flash', the song was mentioned in Minogue's book 'Kylie: La La La'. The song was written about Minogue's then-boyfriend, photographer Stphane Sednaoui.
It was released in Japan as a promotional radio single to promote the release of 'Flash'. A music video was also made for the song, but did not feature Minogue as she was busy touring her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour.
Background and composition
In 1996, coming back to a studio in Sangenjaya, Setagaya, Japan after going for drinks, Tei received a hand-written fax that had "a picture of some sort" on it that said: "Music with you! Kylie. Call Me". She then came to Japan to perform and met Tei, at which point they worked on some songs for her album at Sangenjaya. The results of the session were "GBI (German Bold Italic)" and a demo of "Sometime Samurai", with Chisato Moritaka's drums being included. "GBI" was released as a single in 1997, while "Sometime Samurai" was left uncompleted.
Minogue especially liked "Sometime Samurai", but her record company did not understand it, and it was ignored. By the time Tei was working on his fifth studio album 'Flash' in late 2003, Minogue contacted Tei for the first time in years, saying: "I can't get over that song either. I should be able to sing it better now, so I'd like to re-record it. Can you come to London?" The song was finally completed in London and included on Tei's album.
Dan Grunebaum from Japanese English-language magazine 'Metropolis' described the track as "about as kitschy as they come, with the lithesome Minogue burbling over a four-to-the-floor house beat and elastic, sampled sitars."
Release and reception
The song was used for a commercial celebrating the 80th Anniversary of , the most popular brand of Japanese mayonnaise, in 2005.
Visuals
The music video for the song was directed by Daniel Gorrel and edited by Evan Andrews.
"Sometime Samurai" is featured as a backdrop interlude video on Minogue's KylieX2008 concert tour.
Formats and track listings
*'Japanese promotional radio CD single'
#"Sometime Samurai" (Radio edit) 3:39
*'Japanese limited released 'Melody / Sometime Samurai' 12" EP'
#"Melody" 6:13
#"Melodypella" 2:24
#"Risk Some Soul" 4:33
#"Sometime Samurai" 3:58
#"Red Card Jumbo" 0:44
Credits and personnel
* Lyrics and music Kylie Minogue and Towa Tei
* Vocals Kylie Minogue
* E.Guitars Hiroshi Takano and Hajime Tachibana
* Bass and Moog Yumiko Ohno
* Drums Chisato Moritaka
* A Samurai Stphane Sednaoui
References
Category:2005 singles
Category:1996 songs
Category:Kylie Minogue songs
Category:Songs written by Kylie Minogue
Category:Songs written by Towa Tei
Category:Towa Tei songs
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