Koishikute (Koda Kumi song)

"恋しくて (Koishikute)"
Single by Koda Kumi
from the album Bon Voyage
B-side Alone
Released December 26, 2012
Format CD, CD+DVD, Playbutton+GOODS
Recorded 2012
Length 10:19
Label Rhythm Zone
Writer(s) Koda Kumi, Mayo Okamoto
Koda Kumi singles chronology
"Go to the top"
(2012)		 "Koishikute"
(2012)		 "Summer Trip"
(2013)

"Koishikute" (恋しくて; "I Yearn for You") is the fifty-fourth single by Japanese singer Koda Kumi, released on December 26, 2012, pushed back from the original release date of December 5, 2012. The single debuted #4 on the Oricon Daily Charts.[1] The b-side, "Alone," is another ballad, a cover of the song originally sung by Mayo Okamoto in 1996, making it the first time Koda Kumi has had a single with both a ballad for the a-side and the b-side since 2005's release of "Hands".[2] "Alone" was later released on her second cover album Color the Cover.

"Koishikute" was certified gold for 100,000 downloads in January 2014.[3]

Tracklist

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Koishikute (恋しくて)"  Koda KumiM.I, Jam9Masaki Iehara 5:11
2. "Alone"  Mayo OkamotoMayo OkamotoMakoto Minagawa 5:08
Total length:
 10:09
DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Koishikute" (Music Video) 5:29
2. "Koishikute" (Making Video)  

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak position First day/week sales Sales total
December 26, 2012 Oricon Daily Charts 4
Oricon Weekly Charts 7[4] 18,540 23,183
Oricon Monthly Charts 27 21,901

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Koishikute Debuts at #4" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 26, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  2. ↑ "hands by Koda Kumi". Jpop Asia. January 19, 2005. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  3. ↑ レコード協会調べ　1月度有料音楽配信認定 [Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications]. RIAJ (in Japanese). February 28, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Weekly Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. January 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-06.