"Ai o Tomenaide" | ||||
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Single by Koda Kumi | ||||
from the album Japonesque | ||||
Released | September 21, 2011 | |||
Format | CD Single, digital download | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
Genre | J-pop, ballad | |||
Label | Rhythm Zone | |||
Songwriter(s) | Koda Kumi | |||
Koda Kumi singles chronology | ||||
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"Ai o Tomenaide" (愛を止めないで / Don't Stop the Love) is the 51st single by pop/R&B singer/songwriter Koda Kumi. It was released on September 21, 2011 in three separate editions: CD only, CD only [Second Virgin Edition] and CD+DVD. The single peaked at #6 on the Oricon Singles Charts. The "Second Virgin Edition" remained on the charts for fourteen weeks, while the standard edition remained on the charts for eight weeks.
The title track was used as the theme song to the film Second Virgin.
Ai o Tomenaide (愛を止めないで / Don't Stop the Love) is the fifty-first single by Japanese artist Koda Kumi and was used as the theme song to the film Second Virgin. The single was released in three editions on September 21. The single debuted at #6 on Oricon. The standard editions stayed on the charts for two months, while the "Second Virgin Edition" remained on the charts for fourteen weeks.
Each edition carried a different track list on the CD portion. The "Second Virgin Edition" carried the strings and music box versions of "Anata Dake ga", while the standard editions contained the track "You are not alone," the latter of which garnered a music video on the DVD. The strings version of "Anata Dake ga" was composed by writer and composer Masaki Iehara, who had previously worked with Kumi for her songs "To be one" (2003), "Unmei" (2006), "Aishou" (2007), "Ai no Kotoba" (2009) and "Universe" (2010).
The single was the number one digital single during the weeks of September 14 through September 20, and September 21 through September 27. It was certified platinum for 250,000 downloads in January 2014.