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{{Infobox song

| name = Spending All My Time

| cover = Spending all my time cover.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| caption = CD cover

| type = single

| artist = Perfume

| album = Level3

| B-side = {{ubl|ポイント (Point)|Hurly Burly}}

| released = August 15, 2012

| recorded = 2012

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Dance|techno|
EDM|electro}}

| length = 3:53

| label = Universal J

| writer = Yasutaka Nakata

| producer = Yasutaka Nakata

| prev_title = Spring of Life

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Mirai no Museum

| next_year = 2013

| misc = {{External music video|{{ YouTube|H4znsXCH_2Y|"Spending all my time"}} }}

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"Spending All My Time" (stylized in sentence case) is a song by Japanese girl group Perfume from their fourth studio album Level3 (2013). The song was released as the album's second single on 15 August 2012. It was written, composed and produced by Yasutaka Nakata. The song is a dance pop track, which features instrumentation from synthesizers and keyboards. It is the group's first English-language single, and their second English effort since their 2008 track, "Take Me, Take Me", from their debut album Game.

"Spending All My Time" received favorable reviews from music critics, who commended the group's English-language attempt and praised the production and composition. The song became their seventh consecutive single to stall at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart in Japan. The track became their first charting single in Taiwan. Yusuke Tanaka directed the accompanying music video for the single, which shows Perfume as students in a psychic academy. Perfume has performed the song in a number of live performances throughout Japan.

Background and composition

Japanese producer and Capsule musician Yasutaka Nakata had written, arranged and composed the song.{{cite AV media notes|title=Level 3|others=Perfume|publisher=Universal Music Japan; Universal J; Perfume Records|year=2013|type=Album|id=UPCP-1001}} Nakata has collaborated with all of Perfume's records and songs from 2003 onwards.{{cite web |title=Perfume |url=http://www.tkma.co.jp/tjc/j_pop/perfume/profile.html |language=ja |publisher=Tokuma Japan Communications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316043208/http://www.tkma.co.jp/tjc/j_pop/perfume/profile.html |archive-date=March 16, 2007 |access-date=January 7, 2015}} It was recorded in Tokyo, Japan and was mixed and mastered by Nakata. It is a dance and techno,{{cite journal|journal=The Japan Times|access-date=18 April 2015|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/10/22/music/cd-reviews/perfume-level3/#.VTICwSGqqko|title=Perfume "Level 3"|author=St. Michael, Patrick|date=22 October 2015}}{{cite journal|journal=Land of Rising|access-date=18 April 2015|url=http://landofrisingsound.com/perfume-level3/|title=Perfume - Level 3 album review|author=Shenmue, Alex|date=29 October 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084331/http://landofrisingsound.com/perfume-level3/|archive-date=4 March 2016}} and incorporates instrumentation from synthesizer and keyboards. Writing for Land of Rising, Alex Shenmue noted "'Spending all my Time' brings back the techno sounds after the dreaming atmosphere of Sleeping Beauty [...]” "Spending All My Time" is the group's first English-language single to date, and their second overall.{{efn|"Spending All My Time" is the group's first English-language single, but their second overall English song. The first was "Take Me, Take Me" which was on the group's 2008 album Game.{{cite AV media notes|title=Game|others=Perfume|date=2008|type=Album|publisher=Tokuma Japan Communications|id=TKCA-73325}}|group=nb}} A writer for CDJournal had compared the song to works by French disc jockey David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia, but called the composition “a little different,” to their previous work.{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/spending-all-my-time/4112061603 |title=Perfume / Spending all my time |website=CD Journal |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719023615/https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/spending-all-my-time/4112061603 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |language=ja }}

Perfume had found recording English lyrics hard; member Kashiyuka explained, "'Spending all my time' is completely in English, so I struggled really hard with the pronunciation. When I’m singing along to the melody, my accent becomes more Japanese – like katakana-speak, so I’m wondering what people outside Japan will think when they hear it [...] Also, it’s not a particular word, but I’m interested to know which genre people will classify us in as artists."”{{cite journal|journal=Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom|access-date=21 April 2015|url=http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/webmagazine/2013/05/perfume.html|title=Interview with Japanese pop sensation Perfume |author=Unknown author}}

Reception

"Spending All My Time" received favorable reviews from most music critics. Shenmue wrote that the new mix for the album “fits the album's concept.” Selective Hearing's writer Nia felt she could see the song alongside "Enter the Sphere" and "Party Maker" “blasting in a club, but there are also some surprisingly calm tracks on the album. It’s kind of like a series of crescendos and decrescendos”.{{cite journal|journal=Selective Hearing|access-date=18 April 2015|url=http://selective-hearing.com/perfume-level3-review|title=Perfume – Level3 album review|author=Nia|date=29 November 2013|archive-date=27 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127220406/http://selective-hearing.com/perfume-level3-review/|url-status=dead}} Ian Martin, who had written their extended biography at Allmusic, had highlighted the song as an album standout and career standout.{{cite journal|journal=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=21 April 2015|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/perfume-mn0001574684/songs|title=Perfume – Songs, Highlights, Awards and Credits|author=Martin, Ian|date=29 November 2013}} Patrick St. Michael, writing for The Japan Times, said the composition wasn't an “improvement” but commented that it was “simple, catchy pop”. A writer from CDJournal had favored the production and composition, comparing it to Western music.

The song charted in both Japan and Taiwan. Reaching number two on the Oricon Singles Chart,{{cite web | script-title=ja:Perfumeの作品 |trans-title=Perfume Products | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/325277/products/ |language=ja | work=Oricon | access-date=January 5, 2015}} it became the group's eighth consecutive single to stall at number two. The song also reached number two on the Japan Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine | title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=08&day=27 | magazine=Billboard |language=ja | date=22 August 2012 | access-date=7 January 2015}} The song reached number eight in Taiwan, becoming their first charting single in that country.{{cite web | url=http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx | language=zh | title=G-Music J-Pop Chart | publisher=G-Music | access-date=9 April 2014 | archive-date=5 October 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005170924/http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx | url-status=dead }}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|name=GMusic|Week references for G-Music: JPN 2012 week 15, "Spending All My Time" 2012 week 35, Love the World 2012 week 41, "Mirai no Museum" 2013 week 10, "Magic of Love" and Perfume World Tour 1st 2013 week 21, Level3 2013 week 40, "Sweet Refrain" 2013 week 48, "Cling Cling" 2014 week 30, Perfume 3rd Tour JPN and Perfume 4th Tour in Dome: Level3 2014 week 44.}} In August 2012, "Spending All My Time" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 100,000 physical units.

Release and promotion

Selected as the second single of Level3, the song was released as a stand-alone digital download on 15 August 2012.{{cite web|publisher=iTunes Store (JP)|title=Spending All My Time – Single – Perfume|date=15 August 2012|access-date=21 April 2015|url=https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/spending-all-my-time-single/id549417083}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Two CD singles were issued; a standalone CD with which included the b-sides "Point" and "Hurly Burly", and a bonus DVD version.{{cite AV media notes|title=Spending all my time|others=Perfume|date=2012|type=CD and DVD edition|publisher=Universal Music Japan}} The first B-side "Point" was used as the commercial song for "KIRIN Chu-hi Hyoketsu Yasashii Kajitsu no 3%".{{cite web|url=http://www.kirin.co.jp/brands/hyoketsu/ |title=KIRIN キリン 氷結 |publisher=Kirin |access-date=20 October 2013}} The second B-side, "Hurly Burly" was used as the commercial song for "KIRIN Chu-hi Hyoketsu". "Hurly Burly" was used as the closing theme song to the 2014 short film Fastening Days.{{cite web|url=http://www.ykkfastening.com/fd/en/credit.html |title=YKK presents "Fastening Days." |work=YKK |publisher=YKK Cooperations |access-date=12 May 2015}}

The official music video was directed by Japanese director Yusuke Tanaka and premiered on Perfume's YouTube channel in June 2013. It features Perfume in school uniforms and shows them using psychic abilities including psychokinesis, spoon bending, and using Zener cards. The scenes of the psychic abilities are bookended by band member A-chan unsuccessfully opening a door that is locked from the outside.{{cite web|publisher=Youtube.com|title=[MV] Perfume「Spending All My Time」|date=18 June 2013|access-date=21 April 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4znsXCH_2Y}}

Track listing

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| headline = CD

| total_length = 24:26

| all_writing = Yasutaka Nakata

| title1 = Spending all my time

| length1 = 3:53

| title2 = Point

| note2 = {{Nihongo2|ポイント}}

| length2 = 3:47

| title3 = Hurly Burly

| length3 = 5:13

| title4 = Spending all my time

| note4 = Original Instrumental

| length4 = 3:53

| title5 = Point

| note5 = Original Instrumental

| length5 = 3:47

| title6 = Hurly Burly

| note6 = Original Instrumental

| length6 = 5:13

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Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Remix

{{Track listing

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| headline = Digital Download

| title1 = Spending all my time (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Remix)

| length1 = 4:38

| title2 = Spending all my time (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Extended Mix)

| length2 = 7:36

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Credits and personnel

Details adapted from the liner notes of the "Mirai no Museum" CD single.

=Song credits=

=Visual credits=

  • Yusuke Tanaka – director
  • Takahiko Kajima – video producer
  • Kazunali Tajima – camera
  • Mikiko – choreographer

Charts and certifications

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!Chart (2000)

!Peak
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scope="row"|Japan Singles (Oricon)

| style="text-align:center;"|2

scope="row"|Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)

| style="text-align:center;"|2

scope="row"|Japan Hot 100 Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine | title=Japan Billboard Hot Airplay | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_airplay&year=2012&month=08&day=27 | magazine=Billboard | language=ja | date=August 27, 2013 | access-date=April 21, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427124712/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_airplay&year=2012&month=08&day=27 | archive-date=April 27, 2015 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|4

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=Certification=

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{{Certification Table Entry |region=Japan |artist=Perfume |title=Spending All My Time |type=single |award=Gold |refname=cert |relyear=2012|certyear=2012|certmonth=8 }}

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Release history

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scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format

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scope="row" rowspan="2"|Japan

|rowspan="9"|15 August 2012

|CD single

|rowspan="9"|Universal Music Japan, Perfume Records

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rowspan="2"|CD/DVD

|{{cite AV media notes|title="Spending All My Time"|others=Perfume|publisher=Universal Music Japan; Universal J; Perfume Records|year=2012|type=CD and DVD single}}

scope="row"|Taiwan

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scope="row"|Japan

|rowspan="6"|Digital download

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scope="row"|United States

|{{cite web|publisher=iTunes Store (US)|title=Spending All My Time – Single – Perfume|date=15 August 2012|access-date=21 April 2015|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/spending-all-my-time-single/1445025359}}

scope="row"|Australia

|{{cite web|publisher=iTunes Store (AU)|title=Spending All My Time – Single – Perfume|date=15 August 2012|access-date=21 April 2015|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/spending-all-my-time-single/id549417083}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|New Zealand

|{{cite web|publisher=iTunes Store (NZ)|title=Spending All My Time – Single – Perfume|date=15 August 2012|access-date=21 April 2015|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/spending-all-my-time-single/id549417083}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|Canada

|{{cite web|publisher=iTunes Store (CA)|title=Spending All My Time – Single – Perfume|date=15 August 2012|access-date=21 April 2015|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/spending-all-my-time-single/549417083}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|{{cite web|publisher=iTunes Store (UK)|title=Spending All My Time – Single – Perfume|date=15 August 2012|access-date=21 April 2015|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/spending-all-my-time-single/id549417083}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Notes

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External links

  • {{YouTube|id=11HolcykJYo|title=Spending all my time (Teaser Movie)}}
  • {{YouTube|id=P2Y6XsYXhtw|title=Spending all my time (Music Video)}}

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