title: Strange Fruits
text: # Strange Fruits
  
  Strange Fruits (ストレンジ・フルーツ, Sutorenji Furūtsu) is the seventh studio album by Chara, which was released on March 17, 1999. It debuted at #3 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for 9 weeks.
  
  Chara self-produced this album. Three singles prior to this album's release: "Duca", "Hikari to Watashi" and "70% (Yūgure no Uta)". "Duca" and "Hikari to Watashi" were both released in 1998, while "70% (Yūgure no Uta)" was released a month before the album's release. "Hikari to Watashi" was used as the commercial song for Warner-Lambert Calorio diet pills in 1998. An album track, Atashi wa Koko yo (あたしはここよ, I'm Here), was used in Snow Brand Liebender ice-cream commercials.
  
  ## Singles
  
  | Date | Title | Peak position | Weeks | Sales |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | July 18, 1998 | "Duca" | 25 (Oricon) | 5 | 43,760 |
  | October 21, 1998 | "Hikari to Watashi" | 17 (Oricon) | 5 | 53,630 |
  | February 17, 1999 | "70% (Yūgure no Uta)" | 36 (Oricon) | 3 | 21,630 |
  
  ## Japan Sales Rankings
  
  | Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | March 17, 1999 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 3 | | | |
  | March 17, 1999 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 3 | 164,010 | 317,310 | 9 weeks |
  | March 17, 1999 | Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 74 | | | |
  