Kisei (Never Forget) | |
Cover: | Akina Nakamori - Kisei (Never Forget).jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Akina Nakamori |
Album: | Spoon |
Language: | Japanese |
English Title: | Homecoming (Never Forget) |
B-Side: | Tsuki wa Aoku ('98 Remastered Version) |
Recorded: | 1997 |
Genre: | J-pop |
Length: | 5:45 |
Label: | This One/Gauss Entertainment |
Composer: | Atsuko |
Lyricist: | Yasuhiro Suzu |
Producer: | Akina Nakamori |
Prev Title: | Appetite |
Prev Year: | 1997 |
Next Title: | Kon'ya, Nagareboshi |
Next Year: | 1998 |
is the 35th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Yasuhiro Suzu and Atsuko, the single was released on February 11, 1998, by Gauss Entertainment (a subsidiary of Daiichikosho) under the This One label. It was also the lead single from her 18th studio album Spoon.[1]
"Kisei (Never Forget)" was Nakamori's first release under Gauss Entertainment, less than a year after departing from MCA Victor. It was used as the theme song of the YTV drama series, which also starred Nakamori.
The B-side is a remastered version of, which was originally from Nakamori's 1997 album Shaker.
Nakamori re-recorded "Kisei (Never Forget)" on her 2007 compilation album Ballad Best 25th Anniversary Selection.[2]
"Kisei (Never Forget)" peaked at No. 19 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 94,900 copies.[3] [4]