"Dakishimete!"
Single by Arisa Mizuki
from the album Cute
ReleasedMay 24, 1995
GenrePop
Length5:09
LabelNippon Columbia
Songwriter(s)Masanori Nagaoka, Yasuhiko Hoshino
Producer(s)Takayuki Hijikata
Arisa Mizuki singles chronology
"Anata no Sedai e Kuchizuke o"
(1995)
"Dakishimete!"
(1995)
"Don't Be Shy"
(1995)

"Dakishimete!" (抱きしめて!, lit. "Hold Me!") is the ninth single by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki. It was released on May 24, 1995 as the second single from Mizuki's fourth studio album Cute. Both the title track and B-side, "Zutto Soba ni Ite," were written by Masanori Nagaoka, and composed by Yasuhiko Hoshino. "Dakishimete!" was used in commercials for Umi to Taiyō no Megumi de Arau Body Soap by Shiseido, starring Mizuki herself.

Chart performance

"Dakishimete!" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart at number 20 with 52,150 copies sold in its first week.[1] The single charted for six weeks and has sold a total of 96,140 copies.[2][3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Masanori Nagaoka; all music is composed by Yasuhiko Hoshino

No.TitleArranger(s)Length
1."Dakishimete!" (抱きしめて! "Hold Me!")Takayuki Hijikata5:09
2."Zutto Soba ni Ite" (ずっとそばにいて "Always by My Side")Takao Konishi5:23
3."Dakishimete! (Original Karaoke)"Hijikata5:09
Total length:15:41

Charts and sales

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Sales
Oricon Weekly Singles[1] 20 96,140[3]

References

  1. 1 2 1995年06月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  2. 抱きしめて!/観月ありさ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  3. 1 2 ヴィジョンファクトリー(旧ライジング)@売上データ補完スレ (in Japanese). 2004-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
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