Close to Your Heart explained

Close to Your Heart
Cover:RinaAiuchiClosetoYourHeart.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Rina Aiuchi
Album:Be Happy
B-Side:Black Eyes, Blue Tears
Recorded:1999–2000
Genre:J-pop
Label:Giza Studio
Next Title:It's Crazy for You
Next Year:2000

"Close to Your Heart" is the debut single by Japanese singer-songwriter Rina Aiuchi. It was released on 23 March 2000 through Giza Studio, as the lead single from her debut album Be Happy. The song served as the theme song to the Japanese animated television series Monster Rancher.

The single was released in four versions with different colors of the cover: pink, white, yellow, and purple.[1] All the versions include the same tracks.

Commercial performance

"Close to Your Heart" reached at number nineteen on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, selling 64,000 physical copies.[2]

Certification and sales

|-! scope="row"| Japan (RIAJ)| | 64,000|-|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BIOGRAPHY-バイオグラフィー. Rina Aiuchi. 18 September 2018.
  2. Web site: 垣内りかのシングル売上ランキング. Oricon. 16 September 2018.