"Be Mine!" (stylized as "Be mine!") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto, from the album '' Follow Me Up''. It is the album's fourth single. It was released by

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as a

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single alongside the song " Saved." on February 5, 2014. The song was written by Sakamoto and composed by The Band Apart. It is the opening theme to the anime series ''

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'', for which Sakamoto voices the character of Kaori Hayabusa.

Chart performance

"Be Mine!" debuted on the

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at number 7, with 15,000 copies sold in first week. The single charted on the chart for eleven weeks, selling a reported total of 25,000 copies sold.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Personnel *

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, backing vocals – Maaya Sakamoto * Songwriting – Maaya Sakamoto, The Band Apart *

Arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

– The Band Apart, Ryō Eguchi, Tōru Ishitsuka *

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

– Masakazu Hara *

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

– Eiichi Kogure *

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

–

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, Kōichi Kawasaki *

Tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

– Hiroyuki Watabe *

Electronic keyboard An electronic keyboard, portable keyboard, or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument, an electronic derivative of keyboard instruments. Electronic keyboards include synthesizers, digital pianos, stage pianos, electronic organs an ...

, programming – Ryō Eguchi *

Strings String or strings may refer to: *String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...

– Tomomi Tokunaga Strings *

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

– Naoki Hayami, Hiromitsu Takasu * Mixing – Takayoshi Yamanouchi * Mastering – Hiroshi Kawasaki

Charts

References

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