Be Mine! (Maaya Sakamoto song) explained

Be Mine!
Cover:	Be Mine - Saved.png
Border:	yes
Type:	Single
Artist:	Maaya Sakamoto
Album:	Follow Me Up
Genre:	Pop
Label:	FlyingDog
Title2:	Saved.
Prev Title:	Secrear
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	Replica
Next Year:	2014

"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

"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.

Credits and personnel

Personnel^[4]

• Vocals, backing vocals – Maaya Sakamoto
• Songwriting – Maaya Sakamoto, The Band Apart
• Arrangement – The Band Apart, Ryō Eguchi, Tōru Ishitsuka
• Bass – Masakazu Hara
• Drums – Eiichi Kogure
• Guitar – Takeshi Arai, Kōichi Kawasaki
• Tambourine – Hiroyuki Watabe
• Electronic keyboard, programming – Ryō Eguchi
• Strings – Tomomi Tokunaga Strings
• Engineering – Naoki Hayami, Hiromitsu Takasu
• Mixing – Takayoshi Yamanouchi
• Mastering – Hiroshi Kawasaki

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position	Sales
Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)^[5]	4	25,000<	--25,029-->^[6]
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)^[7]	7
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)^[8]	22
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)^[9]	5
Japan Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)^[10]	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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. February 10, 2018.
2. Web site: 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. February 10, 2018.
3. Web site: 【周榜单】2014/02/17付（完整版）. February 10, 2018.
4. Be Mine! / Saved. . . 2014 . Maaya . Sakamoto . Booklet . . 4580325316377 . Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
5. Web site: 【日榜单】2014/02/08. February 10, 2018.
6. Web site: 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. subscription . February 10, 2018.
7. Web site: SAVED./Be mine! 坂本真綾. February 10, 2018.
8. Billboard Japan Hot 100 . Billboard. February 10, 2018.
9. Billboard Japan Hot Animation . Billboard. February 10, 2018.
10. Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales . Billboard. February 10, 2018.