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stay with me

October 9, 2009 at 7:18 pm | Posted in Koda Kumi | 5 Comments

Single Review
Koda Kumi – stay with me

stay with me is Koda Kumi’s 42ndh single. It was released on December 24, 2008, and reached #1 on the charts. It sold a total of 65,657 copies.

tracklist:
1. stay with me
2. Winter Bell
3. stay with me (Orgel Version)
4. stay with me (Instrumental)
5. Winter Bell (Instrumental)

ANOTHER BALLAD?! PFF.

Okay, it may seem like I’m hating stay with me so much, but actually, I don’t. Well, I don’t hate it right now, but I HATED it A LOT before. I was actually quite happy about how the ERA for TRICK was going, but I was suddenly turned off when I first heard stay with me.

I thought it was the worst single she’s put up recently, but actually, it’s an alright song. It has a really nice winter theme in it that fits the love message in the song. The string arrangement and sparkly instruments they used for this track was really good too.

So Overall, It may not be the best Kuu ballad, but it’s definitely a better ballad than her recent ones.

I must say that I quite like the backing track of Winter Bell. Only the backing track though, because I hate Kuu’s vocals here. She sounds sick here or something, and it sometimes sounds like she’s forcing her voice to sing the notes.

The orgel version of stay with me was simply an orgel playing the tune of the song. It was a nice listen though.

Favorite Track:
stay with me

Shuffle rating!
A-

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The single was released in 2008, not 2009.

Comment by ael — October 10, 2009 #

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- oops. my bad. there, it’s fixed now. thanks for pointing it out.
  
  Comment by josh012595 — October 10, 2009 #
  
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Pingback by Dolorous Haze - Blog Archive » Shuffle And Repeat Used To Loathe Koda Kumi Single — October 11, 2009 #

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Can not agree with the low rating. After one year and numerous time of listening, this song still sound great.

Comment by Jinhwa — November 24, 2009 #

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koda kumi rules! can’t wait for new album universe next month
japansugoi.com/wordpress/kumi-koda-new-album-universe-coming-next-month/

Comment by robin — January 5, 2010 #

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