"Close to Your Heart" is the debut single by Japanese singer-songwriter
Rina Aiuchi
, professionally known by her stage name, and formerly known as R, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, businesswoman, fashion model, and YouTuber. Born in Higashiōsaka, Japan, she won the first season of the audition ''Super Starlight Contest'', ...
. It was released on 23 March 2000 through
Giza Studio
is a Japanese record label.
The Giza Studio started as an indie label in the late 1990s under the name Garage Indies Zapping Association, but soon Being Inc. bought it as their sister label company. Giza Studio is located in Osaka, Japan and ...
, as the lead single from her debut album ''
Be Happy''. The song served as the theme song to the Japanese animated television series ''
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The single was released in four versions with different colors of the cover: pink, white, yellow, and purple.
All the versions include the same tracks.
Commercial performance
"Close to Your Heart" reached at number nineteen on the
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In J ...
, selling 64,000 physical copies.
Track listing
Charts
Certification and sales
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Release history
References
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2000 debut singles
2000 songs
J-pop songs
Songs written by Aika Ohno
Anime songs
Giza Studio singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato
Songs written by Rina Aiuchi