Give a Reason explained

Give a Reason
Cover:Megumi Hayashibara - Give a Reason.jpeg
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Type:single
Artist:Megumi Hayashibara
Album:Bertemu, V-sit
Released:April 24, 1996
Genre:J-Pop, Anime music
Length:18:04
Label:Starchild
Producer:Toshiro Yabuki, Toshimichi Otsuki
Chronology:Megumi Hayashibara
Prev Title:Going History
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Kagiri nai Yokubō no Naka ni
Next Year:1996

"Give a Reason" is a song by Japanese voice actress and recording artist Megumi Hayashibara. It was used as opening theme for the anime series Slayers Next, and on April 24, 1996 it was released as a single along with Masami Okui's song, which was used as ending theme for the same series. The single charted at number 9 on the Oricon charts, becoming Hayashibara's highest peak at the time and her first top 10 single in the Japanese charts.

In 2009 the song was again used as an insert song in Slayers Evolution-R, nine years after its original release. "Give a Reason" is considered her trademark song. It is also her best-selling single (with 232,850 copies sales) according to Oricon. It was also certified gold by the RIAJ.[1]

Cover versions

The song has been covered by several other Japanese voice actors, J-Pop singers and a Spanish duo.

Notes and References

  1. 日本レコード協会『THE RECORD』 No.442(1996年9月号) より