Uncontrolled is the tenth studio album by Japanese pop and R&B musician Namie Amuro, released on June 27, 2012.

[3] Of the nine tracks released as singles before the album, four achieved digital sales high enough to receive certifications from Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ): "Fight Together", "Get Myself Back", and "Sit!

During an interview with Billboard Japan, Amuro stated that the English tracks were not made with overseas audience in mind.

"[10] T-SK, who began working with Amuro in 2011, produced "Go Round," "Let's Go," "Love Story" and "Yeah-Oh" — all songs written by Australian band The Nervo Twins.

"In the Spotlight (Tokyo)," "Hot Girls" and "Only You" were produced by Henrik Nordenback, Michael Smith and Peter Mansson respectively.

[11] The remaining two producers are also previous collaborators of Amuro's: T. Kura ("Funky Town" (2007), "New Look" (2008)) worked with Michico on the track "Sit!

Down!," while Japanese DJ Shinichi Osawa ("What a Feeling" (2008)) produced "Naked" with M-Flo member Verbal writing the lyrics.

[12] Japanese cosmetic firm KOSÉ used "Naked" and "Go Round" in campaigns for their Esprique line of eye-make up.

This was the first time in eight years since Amuro had a song associated with a popular Japanese animation, the last being "Come" and "Four Seasons" from her 2003 album Style.

and "Love Story" were used as the theme songs for the ensemble drama Watashi ga Ren'ai Dekinai Riyū (2011),[12] starring actresses Karina, Yuriko Yoshitaka and AKB48 member Yuko Oshima.

[14] "Only You," an album track, was used as the theme song for the WOWOW TV broadcast of the UEFA Euro 2012 soccer tournament.

[16] In May 2012, a smart phone application was released to Apple's App Store and Google Play, in promotion for the album, Amuro's 2012 tour, and her 20th anniversary.

[18] Amuro made appearances at radio stations in Fukuoka, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka and Kyoto.

[19] In Sapporo Station, a temporary Namie Amuro exhibit was erected at the Paseo department store.

[20] For promotion of the album, Amuro was featured in many fashion magazines, including Blenda, Gisele, Glamorous, Mina, S Cawaii!, Spring, Sweet and Vivi.

[21] Namie Amuro travelled to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore in late June and early July 2012 to promote the album.

[28] The song received enough radio airplay prior to the album's release to chart on the Japan Hot 100 at number 46.

[41] Yoshiki Aoyuki of Listen Japan agreed with the album's title, hearing that the music sounded unrestrained.

[43] Tetsu Hiraga of Hot Express was extremely impressed with the album, in particular "In the Spotlight (Tokyo)," calling it "the best kind of electro pop."

[52] The CD+DVD version of the album outsold the CD Only edition by more than eight times in the first week, according to physical data tracker SoundScan Japan.

[54] The first week total was better than Amuro's previous album, the collaboration compilation Checkmate!, which had sold 252,000 copies.

[55] However, Amuro's previous studio album, Past

[56] In Taiwan, Uncontrolled debuted at number five, underneath Yoga Lin, Big Bang, Nick Chou and Christine Fan.

[59] On September 16, 2012, the 20th anniversary of her debut as a member of the Super Monkey's, Amuro was planned to hold a special live concert in her birthplace of Okinawa.

The live features guest appearances by Ai, Chemistry's Kaname Kawabata, Mummy-D (of Rhymester), Anna Tsuchiya, Verbal (of M-Flo) and Zeebra.

[64] The finalised track list was first released on Amuro's official YouTube channel on June 8, 2012.