Be Mine! (Maaya Sakamoto song)

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"Be Mine!"
Single by Maaya Sakamoto
from the album Follow Me Up
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2014 (2014-02-05)
GenrePop
Length4:01
LabelFlyingDog
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Maaya Sakamoto
Maaya Sakamoto singles chronology
"Secrear"
(2013)
"Be Mine!" / "Saved."
(2014)
"Replica"
(2014)
Audio sample

"Be Mine!" (stylized as "Be mine!") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto, from the album Follow Me Up. It is the album's fourth single. It was released by FlyingDog as a double A-side single alongside the song "Saved." on February 5, 2014. The song was written by Sakamoto and composed by The Band Apart.[1] It is the opening theme to the anime series World Conquest Zvezda Plot,[2] for which Sakamoto voices the character of Kaori Hayabusa.

Chart performance[edit]

"Be Mine!" debuted on the Oricon Singles Chart at number 7, with 15,000 copies sold in first week.[3] The single charted on the chart for eleven weeks, selling a reported total of 25,000 copies sold.[4]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Be Mine!"
  • The Band Apart
  • Ryō Eguchi
  • Tōru Ishitsuka
4:01
2."Saved."
  • Shōko Suzuki
  • Ryūji Yamamoto
5:18
3."Koe" (, "Voice")
  • Sakamoto
  • Solaya
  • Solaya
4:41
4."Be Mine!" (Instrumental)
  • The Band Apart
  • The Band Apart
  • Eguchi
  • Ishitsuka
4:01
5."Saved." (Instrumental)
  • Suzuki
  • Yamamoto
5:18
6."Koe" (Instrumental)
  • Solaya
  • Solaya
4:37
Total length:27:57
Limited Edition Mini Live Album: Roots of SSW[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Tooku" (遠く, "Far Away")
  • Sakamoto
  • Shin Kōno
5:27
2."Grapefruit" (グレープフルーツ, Gurēpufurūtsu)
  • Kōno
4:52
3."Cloud 9"
  • Iwasato
  • Kanno
  • Kōno
5:13
4."Park Amsterdam (The Whole Story)"
  • Troy
  • Kanno
  • Kōno
4:22
5."Scrap (Wakare no Uta)" (スクラップ~別れの詩, Sukurappu Wakare no Uta, "Scrap (Parting Song)")
  • Iwasato
  • Kanno
  • Kōno
5:03
6."Singer-songwriter" (シンガーソングライター, Shingā Songuraitā)
  • Sakamoto
  • Kōno
6:44
Total length:31:44

Credits and personnel[edit]

Personnel[6]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Sales
Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)[7] 4 25,000[4]
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)[8] 7
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)[9] 22
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)[10] 5
Japan Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)[11] 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "坂本真綾、新曲でthe band apartとコラボ。アニメタイアップも決定". Barks. November 6, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "坂本真綾、2014年第1弾シングルはトリプルタイアップ". Natalie. November 22, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "【周榜单】2014/02/17付(完整版)". Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "坂本 真綾 「世界征服~謀略のズヴィズダー~」オープニングテーマ/「いなり、こんこん、恋いろは。」エンディングテーマ Be mine! / SAVED. FlyingDog". JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Sakamoto, Maaya (2014). Be Mine! / Saved (Booklet). Maaya Sakamoto. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan: FlyingDog. 4580325316377.
  7. ^ "【日榜单】2014/02/08". Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  8. ^ "SAVED./Be mine! 坂本真綾". Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  10. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Animation". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  11. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2018.