Gentle Words
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| Single by Koda Kumi | ||||
| from the album Feel My Mind | ||||
| Released | December 10, 2003 (JP) | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 26:19 | |||
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Rhythm Zone RZCD-45099 (Japan, CD) |
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| Songwriter(s) | Koda Kumi (words; "Gentle Words" & "Without Your Love") D.A.I (music; "Gentle Words") Daisuke Imai (words & music "Without Your Love") Jun Natsume (words; "Saigo no ame") Takashi Tsushimi (music; "Saigo no ame") |
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"Gentle Words" is Koda Kumi's ninth domestic solo single. The single charted at #15 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for ten weeks. The b-side Saigo no Ame (最後の雨 / Last Rain) is a cover of Yasushi Nakanishi's song of the same name.
"Gentle Words" is Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda's ninth domestic single. The single peaked low on the Oricon Weekly charts at #15 and remained on the chart for ten weeks.
Despite coming off of the success of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba, both this single and her last single, Come With Me, failed to break the top ten.
The single did have one b-side, Saigo no Ame, which was a cover of the song originally released by Yasushi Nakanishi in 1992.
"Gentle Words" was used in the advertisement for SATO Healthcare's sinus gel Stona (ストナ).
“I can’t create a hit song on my own . . . I felt depressed a lot." - Koda Kumi
Due to the low chart ranking of the single and its predecessor, COME WITH ME, Koda Kumi fell into a depression, feeling as though she was unable to create a song without a famous composer's help. However, she began to turn her frame of mind around, believing that when she finally made it, people wouldn't think she made it just became of a tie-in, but, instead, because she was in the song. She then decided that she would continue and not let anything hold her back.
"I vowed to myself to continue to run towards my dream." - Koda Kumi
(Source)
Initial week estimate: 9,531
Total estimate: 27,164
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