“Keep Tryin’” is Utada Hikaru’s 16th Japanese single and 22nd single overall, released on February 22, 2006. The single was a Double-A-Side. “Keep Tryin’” was the first promotional song (January – April 2006) for Lismo! au Listen Mobile Service. The song first aired on radio on January 30, 2006 and the music video was first broadcasted on February 15, 2006. The single reached #40 on the Global Track Chart during the 10th week of 2006. Despite low physical sales, “Keep Tryin’” has been a strong digital seller. Not only has spend the most weeks atop OnGen’s digital charts, for a total of two and half months, but it also sold 2,500,000 downloads.
This single also marked the return of a karaoke track to Utada’s singles. The last single with a karaoke track was 2004’s Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro. CDJapan believes this new single is “…set to revolutionize the music industry” and that it was “…her best work to date”.
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