B-side Aishiteru Genre J-pop Writer(s) Kome Kome Club | Format 8cm CD Single Length 4:40 | |
Released May 4, 1992 (1992-05-04) | ||
Kimi ga Iru Dake de (君がいるだけで, lit. "Just by you being here") is a Japanese song by Kome Kome Club released on May 4, 1992. On the Japanese Oricon chart, it sold 924,780 copies in one week and debuted at the number-one position. It held the top rank in total of six weeks. It sold over 2.89 million copies and is the top-selling J-Pop single of the 1990s and sixth best-selling song in Japan since 1968, when the official Oricon sales records start. The song was the best promotion single of their new album Octave, which sold around two million copies. The song won the grand prix award at the 34th Japan Record Awards of pops [sic] and rock genre.
It was used for the theme song of the drama 素顔のままで Sugao no Mama de, which starred 80's idol singer Akina Nakamori.