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Stay with Me (Kumi Koda song)

"Stay with Me"
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Single by Kumi Koda
from the album Trick
B-side Winter Bell
Released December 24, 2008
Genre J-pop, pop
Length 04:58
Label Rhythm Zone
Writer(s) Kumi Koda
Kumi Koda singles chronology
"Taboo"
(2008)
"Stay with Me"
(2008)
"It's All Love!"
(2009)

"Stay with Me" (stylized as stay with me) is the forty-second single by Japanese R&B/pop artist Kumi Koda. It charted at #1 on the Oricon Weekly charts and remained on the charts for nine weeks. This became the first time Kumi released two consecutive #1 singles, whereas her previous single, "Taboo," also charted at number one.

The single was released in both CD and CD+DVD, with limited editions of both. A version was also released exclusively for her fan club.

stay with me is Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda's forty-second single. It debuted at #1 on Oricon, making it her sixth number-one single and the first time in her career to have released two number-one singles back-to-back, whereas Taboo had also charted at #1. The single remained on the Oricon charts for nine weeks.

stay with me was described as a "winter love ballad" by her official site. Limited editions of the single featured an orgel version of stay with me, a poster and a draw card, similar to that of Taboo.

This was also the second time one of her singles received an exclusive release for her fan club. Those editions included a poster, but also gave the buyers the option of a mirror or mousepad with the fan club CD picture on it.

The single contained one b-side, Winter Bell. This was a more upbeat song and carried an overall Christmas-time feel with signature bells being heard in the song's opening and during the song's chorus.

The single is certified Gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies.

stay with me was released in three editions:

Limited editions of the CD and CD+DVD versions came with a poster and the bonus "orgel version" of stay with me.

stay with me was used in advertisements for au LISMO and Sony Ericsson in Japan.


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