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| "Baby I Like" | ||||
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| Single by Mai Kuraki | ||||
| from the album Secret of My Heart | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | October 16, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Studio | Cybersound Studio, Boston[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:22 | |||
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| Songwriters | Mai Kuraki, Yoko Black. Stone, Jeffrey Qwest, Tomoo Kasahara | |||
| Producers | Kanonji, Perry Geyer | |||
| Mai Kuraki singles chronology | ||||
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"Baby I Like" is the debut American single by Japanese singer Mai-K. It was released on October 16, 1999,[2] while Kurai was still a high school student,[3] and distributed via East West Records and Bip! Records.[4] Two of the tracks were written by Yoko Black. Stone,[4] who had previously recorded all three songs. A collection of remixes of the A-side was released a few months later, on December 15.[5] Commercially, the single didn't perform well in the US music market.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby I Like" | Yoko Black. Stone | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Did I Hear You Say That You're In Love" | Jeffery Quest, Tomoo Kasahara | 4:08 |
| 3. | "'s All Right" | Yoko Black. Stone | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Baby I Like" (Oral Exciter House Remix) | Yoko Black. Stone | 5:34 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby I Like" (Turn Me On Remix) | Mark Kamins/Joey Moskowitz | |
| 2. | "Baby I Like" (Extacy Vocal Mix) | Justin Strauss | |
| 3. | "Baby I Like" (Hyper Dub Mix) | Justin Strauss | |
| 4. | "Baby I Like" (Oral Exciter House Remix) | Perry Geyer |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Giza USA News". Giza USA. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
In 1999, Mai-K was sent to Boston's Cybersound Studio to record her debut single.
- ↑ Mcclure, Steve (2002-01-16). "If at first you don't succeed". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
Following the October 1999 release of her single "Baby I Like" under the simplified name, "Mai K," Kuraki will release her latest album, "Secret of My Heart," on Jan. 22 on Giza U.S.A., a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of her Japanese label, Giza Studio.
- ↑ Miyamoto, Hideo (2014-04-28). "【倉木麻衣×BARKS連載対談】第二回（2000年～2001年）「R&Bテイストからロック系に変えた時に不安も。ナーバスになっていた時期もありました」". BARKS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-30.
烏丸：デビューは、高校2年の10月ですか。西室：アメリカ・デビュー（"Mai-K"名義による「Baby I Like」）は、そうですね。
- 1 2 "Mai K News". www.giza.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2000-03-04. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
『Baby I Like』収録の楽曲はR&B女性アーティストの最高峰ともいわれる、Yoko Black.Stoneのカヴァー曲。…『Baby I Like』をリリースしたU.S Bip! レコードの情報はwww.bip.bip.bip.comにアクセス!!
- ↑ "Baby I Like REMIXES | 倉木麻衣". Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-30.
