Gentle Words
| "Gentle Words" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by Koda Kumi | ||||
| from the album Feel My Mind | ||||
| Released | December 10, 2003 (JP) | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 26:19 | |||
| Label |
Rhythm Zone RZCD-45099 (Japan, CD) | |||
| Writer(s) |
Koda Kumi (words; "Gentle Words" & "Without Your Love") D.A.I (music; "Gentle Words") Daisuke Imai (words & music "Without Your Love") Jun Natsume (words; "Saigo no ame") Takashi Tsushimi (music; "Saigo no ame") | |||
| Koda Kumi singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Gentle Words" is Koda Kumi's ninth domestic solo single. The single charted at #15 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for ten weeks.[1] The b-side Saigo no Ame (最後の雨 / Last Rain) is a cover of Yasushi Nakanishi's song of the same name.[2]
Information
"Gentle Words" is Kumi Koda's ninth single. The single ranked No. 15 on the Oricon Weekly chart and remained on the chart for teen weeks.
Despite coming off of the success of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba, both this single and her last single, Come With Me, failed to break the top ten.[3]
The single did have one B-side, Saigo no Ame, which was a cover of the song originally released by Yasushi Nakanishi in 1992.[4]
Promotional advertisements
"Gentle Words" was used in the advertisement for SATO Healthcare's sinus gel Stona (ストナ).[5][6]
Background narration
“I can’t create a hit song on my own . . . I felt depressed a lot." - Koda Kumi
Due to the low chart ranking of the single and its predecessor, COME WITH ME, Koda Kumi fell into a depression, feeling as though she was unable to create a song without a famous composer's help. However, she began to turn her frame of mind around, believing that when she finally made it, people wouldn't think she made it just became of a tie-in, but, instead, because she was in the song. She then decided that she would continue and not let anything hold her back.
"I vowed to myself to continue to run towards my dream." - Koda Kumi[7]
Track listing
(Source[8])
| CD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Gentle Words" | Koda Kumi | D.A.I | h-wonder | |
| 2. | "Without Your Love" | Koda Kumi • Daisuke Imai | Daisuke Imai | Daisuke Imai | |
| 3. | "Saigo no Ame (最後の雨)" | Jun Natsume | AKIRA | Tsushimi Takashi | |
| 4. | "Gentle Words" (Instrumental) | DAI | h-wonder | ||
| 5. | "Without Your Love" (Instrumental) | Daisuke Imai | Daisuke Imai | ||
| 6. | "Saigo no Ame" (Instrumental) | AKIRA | Tsushimi Takashi | ||
Sales
Initial week estimate: 9,531
Total estimate: 27,164
Alternate versions
- Gentle Words
- Gentle Words: Found on the single (2003) and corresponding album feel my mind (2004)
- Gentle Words [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2003)
- Saigo no Ame
- Saigo no Ame: Found on the single (2003)
- Saigo no Ame [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2003)
- Saigo no Ame [Time Heals Version]: Found on BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ (2007)
References
- ↑ "Gente Words / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Yasushi Nakanishi "Saigo no Ame" lyrics". J-Lyric. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ↑ "COME WITH ME / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Jpop Recommend #133 Saigo no Ame by Yasushi Nakanishi". JPopAsia. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "KODA KUMI"Gentle Words"". Recochoku. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ↑ "SATO Healthcare Co., Ltd". SATO. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ↑ "(koda kumi) KODA REKI". KODA REKI. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Gentle Words". Rhythm Zone. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
External links
- avex network inc. (2005), Koda Kumi Official Web Site
- Oricon Style (2005), Ranking - Oricon Style