| "Kimi ga Iru Dake de" | ||||
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| Single by Kome Kome Club | ||||
| from the album Octave | ||||
| B-side | Aishiteru | |||
| Released | May 4, 1992 | |||
| Format | 8cm CD Single | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 4:40 | |||
| Writer(s) | Kome Kome Club | |||
| Producer | Kome Kome Club | |||
| Kome Kome Club singles chronology | ||||
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Kimi ga Iru Dake de (君がいるだけで, lit. "Just by you being here") is a Japanese song by Kome Kome Club released on May 4, 1992. On the Japanese Oricon chart, it sold 924,780 copies in one week and debuted at the number-one position. It held the top rank in total of six weeks. It sold over 2.89 million copies and is the top-selling J-Pop single of the 1990s and fifth best-selling song in Japan since 1968, when the official Oricon sales records start.[1] The song was the best promotion single of their new album Octave, which sold around two million copies.[2] The song won the grand prix award at the 34th Japan Record Awards of pops [sic] and rock genre.[3]
It was used for the theme song of the drama Sugao no Mama de, which starred 80's idol singer Akina Nakamori.
| Preceded by "Itsumademo Kawaranu Aio" by Tetsurō Oda "Blowin'" by B'z |
Japanese Oricon Chart number one single May 18, 1992 – June 1, 1992 (3 weeks) June 22, 1992 – July 6, 1992 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Blowin'" by B'z "If" by Chage and Aska |