"Believe " (in Japanese as " believe ") is a song recorded by a trio of Japanese women, Kalafina. The album was released as a stand-alone single to promote the Japanese anime novel Fate/stay night novel in November 2014. "Believe" is the group's second single from their fifth album far above the water. The song was written by Yuki Kajiura, who also composed and produced the single, which he has done for the group since their debut.
"Believe" received positive reviews from most contemporary Japanese music critics, who praised the sound and equalized the production value of the song. Commercially, the song charted enough but managed to reach wide charting positions both on Oricon and Billboard, equally peaking at number ten.
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In 2013, Kalafina has released their fourth studio album titled Consolation in March. The album is fully produced, composed and written by Japanese music composer and producer Yuki Kajiura, who also formed the band to promote music in anime and television in Japan. The album has charted at number three on the Oricon Album Staircase, making it the group's highest charting album to date on Oricon, the second for their previous studio album After Eden (2011). The album lasted fifteen weeks on the chart, making it their longest album since their debut attempt. Since the release of 2013, the group has promoted several singles for several anime and television series in Japan. The group released two sequel albums; red and blue versions die The Best , charting at number four and three respectively. To promote this, they released three singles in support of the anime series and managed to chart quite in Japan.
"Believe" is the group's first single from their upcoming fifth studio album. The song was written by Kajiura, along with writing and producing singles, which he has done for the group since their debut. The song is used in the promotion for the Japanese anime visual novel Fate/stay night . The song is used as an ending credit for the Unlimited Blade Works series that airs in Japan and North America by the end of 2014. "Believe" is released in four formats; Standalone single CDs, CD-ROM editions, Blu-ray CDs released and anime DVD edition CDs.
Maps Believe (Kalafina song)
Composition
"Believe" was written by Kajiura, along with writing and producing singles, which he has done for this group since their debut and has a duration of four minutes and fifty-one seconds. Member of Wakana? Taki commented on the song; "The music and the voice are very handsome [...] and in a very melodious and bright manner." He stated that based on his opinion, "Believe" and other tracks on the physical edition were inspired by ballad and soft rock music.
The lyrics, the song is about believing in one another, both romantic and friendship-wise and based on themes of trust and hope. Though commenting that the lyrics are straightforward, band member Keiko Kubota said "I want people to feel and believe [...]" Then, the third member of Hikaru Masai says that this song shows the difference between reality and the "Trust" virtual saying that separates dream observations and reality.
Performance chart
"Believe" was successful in two Japanese markets; Oricon and Japan are equivalent to Billboard . The song debuted at number ten on the Oricon Singles Chart on the weekend of December 1, 2014. The song fell from this position to number twenty-three the following week, becoming the biggest fall of the weekend. In the third week of the song, the song fell to the top 50 and lasted only two weeks in the top 50 and total list, the song mapped for ten weeks, making it one of the group's lowest singles but their first ten singles since "Kimi no Gin no Niwa ". Based on Oricon rankings, "Believe" is the sixth best-selling group single in March 2015.
"Believe" has achieved more success on some of the Japanese Billboard charts. The song also debuted at number ten in Japan Hot 100. The song dropped to number thirty-four on the next charting week and fell to number seventy-seven in the third week, the last week on the chart. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot Anime Based chart at number three and fell along its path.
List of songs
- Single CD
- "Believe" - ​​4:51
- "In Every Nothing" - 4:36
- "Layers" - 3:48
- "Believe" (Instrumental) - 4:51
Diagram, top, and position
Japanese chart
References
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