 " Take Back " was written by Kumi and produced by Max Matsuura . It was released as Koda 's debut recording and the first single from her debut studio album , Affection ( 2002 ) , on 6 December 2000 . " Take Back " has been described as a soft pop and R & B song . During an interview , it was revealed that " Take Back " and her earlier works were strictly oriented to R & B music , as " Koda didn 't get into R & B until Avex signed her to its Rhythm Zone label [ ... ] " . At the earlier stages of creating " Take Back " and Affection , she only listened to Japanese music and stated that " [ she 's ] the sort who likes reading the lyrics , and Western music is in English , which [ she ] wasn 't very good at . If [ she ] wouldn 't understand it , [ she ] couldn 't sing it , even at karaoke , so [ she ] didn 't listen to it much . " After discovering fellow label mate , m @-@ flo , Kumi was inspired by his R & B work and wanted to emulate his style into her work , whereby Rhythm Zone asked her to listen to Western music to widen her musical influences . For the North American release , American DJ and producer Jonathan Peters remixed the single ; it was chosen by Rhythm Zone as the final remix for that country . According to Kumi , " [ they ] hadn 't really intended to release [ the remix ] , but remixes were all the rage then " . Particularly , Avex 's New York office confessed that they thought the remix would do well thought the club scene . 
