Spring Rain

"Spring Rain" is MAX's 23rd single on the Avex Trax label and their second ballad single. It was released on February 20, 2002 after the announcement of lead singer Mina's pregnancy and marriage. It was Mina's last single with the group before she was replaced by Aki on their next single, "Eternal White."

Track list

#	Title	Songwriters	Time
1.	"Spring Rain"	Yuka Matsumoto, Kentarou Akutsu	5:01
2.	"Party Tune"	Yuka Matsumoto, Masato Hiraide	5:01
3.	"Be With You (Instrumental)"	Kentarou Akutsu	5:01
4.	"Don't Lose Yourself (Instrumental)"	Masato Hiraide	4:59

Production

Music

Spring Rain

Arrangement - H-Wonder
Guitars - Nozomi Fukukawa
Background vocals - Yuko Ohtani
Recording - Kenichi Nakamura, Masayuki Nakano
Mixing - Kenichi Nakamura

Party Tune

Arrangement - Masato Hiraide
Bass - Kitaro Nakamura
Background vocals - Yuko Ohtani
Recording - Kenichi Nakamura, Masayuki Nakano
Mixing - Masayuki Nakano

Art direction & design

Art direction & design - Yoshitaka Sato
Photography - Ryu Tamagawa
Stylish - Yasuhiro Watanabe
Hair - Taku
Make-up - Masaki Tanishige
Coordinator - Taizou Yasumoto

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
February 20, 2002	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	28^[1]	19,530	3 weeks^[2]

References

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Nana Reina Lina Mina Aki

Studio albums	Maximum (1996) Maximum II (1997) Maximum Groove (1998) Emotional History (2001) Jewel of Jewels (2006)

Compilations	Maximum Collection (1999) Precious Collection 1995–2002 (2002)

Remix albums	Super Eurobeat presents Hyper Euromax (2000) Maximum Trance (2002) New Edition: Maximum Hits (2008)

Music Videos	Maximum Clips (1997) Maximum Clips II (1999) Precious Clip Collection 1995-2002 (2002) MAX Best Clips (2002)

Concert tours	J-Pop Gig Tour '97 (1997) MAX Live Contact 1998 ~Max Up Your Life~ (1998) MAX Live Contact 1999 ~Sunny Holiday~ (1999) MAX Live Contact 2000 ~No boundly~ (2000) MAX Live Contact 2001 ~Bitter 4 Sweet~ (2001) MAX Presents Live Contact 2009 "New Edition" (2009)

Singles	Koi Suru Velfarre Dance: Saturday Night (1995) Kiss Me Kiss Me, Baby (1995) Tora Tora Tora (1996) Seventies (1996) Get My Love! (1996) Give Me a Shake (1997) Love Is Dreaming (1997) Shinin'on-Shinin'love (19997) Hikari no Veil (1998) Ride on Time (1998) Grace of My Heart (1998) Love impact (1999) Ano Natsu Eto (1999) Ginga no Chikai (1999) Isshoni... (1999) Never Gonna Stop It (2000) Magic (2000) Barairo no Hibi (2000) Always Love (2001) Perfect Love (2001) Moonlight (2001) Feel So Right (2001) Spring Rain (2002) Eternal White (2002) Festa (2003) Love Screw (2003) Be With You (2004) Nirai Kanai (2005) Anata o Omou Hodo (2005) Splash Gold: Natsu no Kiseki/Prism of Eyes (2006) Rough Cut Diamond (2009) Cat's Eye (2010)

Filmography	Ladies MAX (1996) Ladies MAX ~Give me a Shake~ (1997) Sweet Devil (1998) Churasan 2 (2003) Star Light (2006) Churasan 4 (2007)

Associated acts	Super Monkey's Namie Amuro

Related articles	MAX discography Avex Group Vision Factory

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