Kimi ga Iru Kara (Sayuri Sugawara song)

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"Kimi ga Iru Kara"
File:Sugawara Sayuri - Kimi ga Iru Kara CD.jpg
Single by Sayuri Sugawara
from the album First Story
B-side "Eternal Love"
"Christmas Again"
Released December 2, 2009 (2009-12-02)
Recorded 2009
Genre Pop
Length 5:54
Label For Life Music
Writer(s) Sayuri Sugawara, Yukino Nakajima
Certification Gold (truetone)
Sayuri Sugawara singles chronology
"Ano Hi no Yakusoku"
(2009)		 "Kimi ga Iru Kara"
(2009)		 "Sunao ni Narenakute"
(2010)

"Kimi ga Iru Kara" (君がいるから?, "Because You're Here") is a song recorded by Sayuri Sugawara as her second single. The single was released on December 2, 2009 by For Life Music. The song is the theme song for the Japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII.[1] The B-side, "Eternal Love" was also used in the game as the insert song.[2] The other B-side, "Christmas Again" samples a piece of Franz Liszt's work.[3]

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Length
1. "Kimi ga Iru Kara" (君がいるから "Because You Are Here") Sayuri Sugawara, Yukino Nakajima 5:54
2. "Eternal Love"   S. Sugawara, Y. Nakajima 4:35
3. "Christmas Again"   Kazuki Matsumoto 4:34
4. "Kimi ga Iru Kara (Instrumental)" (君がいるから (Instrumental)) S. Sugawara, Y. Nakajima 5:53
5. "Eternal Love (Instrumental)"   S. Sugawara, Y. Nakajima 4:35
6. "Christmas Again (Instrumental)"   K. Matsumoto 4:31

Live performances

At a Final Fantasy event, held on November 29, 2009; Sugawara was present and in front of 2,000 Final Fantasy fans she performed both "Kimi ga Iru Kara" and "Eternal Love".[4] Sugawara also performed "Kimi ga Iru Kara" on the December 6, 2009 episode of Music Japan.[4]

Reception

Critical reception

The single received poor reviews from critics. Gann of RPGFan called it "vanilla" and said that the single, especially the headline track, was over-produced and uninteresting. While he did not mind "Eternal Love" as much, he still felt that the CD was his least favorite Final Fantasy theme single.[3] Square Enix Music Online had similar opinions of the release, calling it "bland". They felt that while "Kimi ga Iru Kara" was better than "My Hands" and "Eternal Love" still, the single was disappointing both in the context of Final Fantasy singles and of Sugawara's previous discography.[5]

Chart performance

On the Oricon single chart, "Kimi ga Iru Kara" peaked at number 11.[6] The single charted for 11 weeks and is currently her best-selling single, with 36,400 copies sold.[6][7] The digital version of the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[8]

See also

References

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