Anata ni Nara... | |
Cover: | Miho Nakayama - Anata ni Nara.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Miho Nakayama |
Album: | Blanket Privacy |
Language: | Japanese |
English Title: | For You... |
B-Side: | Holiday |
Recorded: | 1993 |
Genre: | J-pop |
Length: | 5:28 |
Label: | King Records |
Composer: | Joe Hisaishi |
Lyricist: | Miho Nakayama |
Prev Title: | Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni |
Prev Year: | 1993 |
Next Title: | Tada Nakitaku Naru no |
Next Year: | 1994 |
is the 27th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written by Nakayama and Joe Hisaishi, the single was released on July 7, 1993, by King Records.[1] [2] [3]
"Anata ni Nara..." was recorded in London and used as the theme song of the Toho film Samurai Kids. The B-side, "Holiday", was used by Asahi Soft Drinks for their Tea Quality commercials.
"Anata ni Nara" peaked at No. 8 on Oricon's weekly singles chart. It sold over 280,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.[4] [5]
Hisaishi self-covered the song in English as "I Believe in You" on his 1995 album Melody Blvd.