Released December 10, 2003 (JP) Recorded 2003 Length 26:19 | Format CD Genre J-pop | |
Label Rhythm Zone
RZCD-45099 (Japan, CD) | ||
"Gentle Words" is Koda Kumi's ninth domestic solo single. The single charted at #15 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for ten weeks. The b-side Saigo no Ame is a cover of Yasushi Nakanishi's song of the same name.
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"Gentle Words" is Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda's ninth domestic single. The single peaked low on the Oricon Weekly charts at #15 and remained on the chart for ten weeks.
Despite coming off of the success of real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba, both this single and her last single, Come With Me, failed to break the top ten.
The single did have one b-side, Saigo no Ame, which was a cover of the song originally released by Yasushi Nakanishi in 1992.
Promotional advertisements
"Gentle Words" was used in the advertisement for SATO Healthcare's sinus gel Stona (ストナ).
Background narration
“I can’t create a hit song on my own . . . I felt depressed a lot." - Koda Kumi
Due to the low chart ranking of the single and its predecessor, COME WITH ME, Koda Kumi fell into a depression, feeling as though she was unable to create a song without a famous composer's help. However, she began to turn her frame of mind around, believing that when she finally made it, people wouldn't think she made it just became of a tie-in, but, instead, because she was in the song. She then decided that she would continue and not let anything hold her back.
"I vowed to myself to continue to run towards my dream." - Koda Kumi
Track listing
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Sales
Initial week estimate: 9,531
Total estimate: 27,164
Alternate versions
- Gentle Words: Found on the single (2003) and corresponding album feel my mind (2004)
- Gentle Words [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2003)
- Saigo no Ame: Found on the single (2003)
- Saigo no Ame [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2003)
- Saigo no Ame [Time Heals Version]: Found on BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ (2007)