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| "Endless Story" | ||||
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| Single by Yuna Ito | ||||
| from the album Heart | ||||
| B-side | "Journey" | |||
| Released | September 7, 2005 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Japan | |||
| Composer(s) | Dawn Thomas | |||
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"Endless Story" is the debut single by Japanese singer Yuna Ito, released under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito, by Sony Japan on September 7, 2005. "Endless Story" was written by Dawn Thomas with Japanese lyrics by ATS and was used in the film Nana (2005) in which Ito played the character Reira Serizawa. The song samples Dawn Thomas's "If I'm Not in Love" (1993) which was also covered by Faith Hill in 1999.
Commercially, "Endless Story" peaked at #2 on both the daily and weekly charts its first week, and reached #1 on the daily charts on multiple occasions. At the end of 2005, "Endless Story" was named the "Best Love Song of 2005" by the Oricon magazine.[1] It holds the record for the most downloaded debut song by a female artist. As of January 2007, the single has sold 471,099 copies.[2]
- ^ "最新版「2005年 人気ラブソングランキング」BEST10！". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon News. 2 December 2005. Archived from the original on 6 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "伊藤由奈、初のアルバム首位獲得へ好スタート!" [Yuna Ito makes a good start to her first album at the top!]. Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon News. 24 January 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2022.