Stars (Mika Nakashima song)

"Stars"
Single by Mika Nakashima
from the album True
Released 7 November 2001
Format CD single
Genre J-pop
Label Sony
Writer(s) Daisuke Kawaguchi, Yasushi Akimoto
Mika Nakashima singles chronology
"Stars"
(2001)
"Crescent Moon"
(2002)

"Stars" is Mika Nakashima's debut single. The single was released on November 7, 2001, reached #3 on Oricon Weekly Top 200, and sold 469,180 copies, making it her highest-selling single to date. "STARS" was the theme song of the Japanese TV drama Kizudarake no Love Song, in which Mika also made her acting debut.

The song is best described as a luxurious, adult contemporary ballad with an easy listening-tinged arrangement and a haunting melody.

Track listing

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Stars"  Yasushi AkimotoDaisuke KawaguchiKeiichi Tomita  
2. "Tears: Konayuki ga Mauyōni... (粉雪がまうように...)"  Yasushi Akimoto, Mika NakashimaKoji HayashiDreamfield  
3. "Stars" (Instrumental)     
4. "Tears: Konayuki ga Mauyōni..." (Instrumental)