"No buts!" is the ninth single released by the J-pop singer

Mami Kawada is a former Japanese pop singer and lyricist who was signed to NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan and also a member of I've Sound, a musical group which produces soundtracks for ''eroge'' (erotic games) and anime. Born and raised in Sapporo, Ja ...

. It was released as a single on November 3, 2010 and its title track was later released on the album ''

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''. The title track is used as the first opening theme for the second season of the

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''. Overall, this is Kawada's fifth tie-in with said anime series. The single came in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-0027) and a regular edition (GNCV-0028). The DVD contains the promotional video for "No buts!".

Track listing

#No buts! #:Lyrics: Mami Kawada #:Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa #:Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki #SATANIC #:Lyrics: Mami Kawada #:Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa #:Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki #No buts! (instrumental) #SATANIC (instrumental)

Sales trajectory

References

2010 singles 2010 songs Mami Kawada songs A Certain Magical Index music Anime songs Japanese-language songs Songs with lyrics by Mami Kawada Song recordings produced by I've Sound {{2010s-Japan-single-stub