Gift (Maaya Sakamoto song)

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"Gift"
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8-cm CD single cover
Single by Maaya Sakamoto
from the album Single Collection+ Hotchpotch
LanguageJapanese
B-side "Kimi ni Ai ni Ikō"
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1997 (1997-09-22)
Genre
Length5:48
Label Victor Entertainment
Composer Yoko Kanno
Lyricist Yuho Iwasato
Producer Yoko Kanno
Maaya Sakamoto singles chronology
"Yakusoku wa Iranai"
(1996)		"Gift"
(1997)		"Kiseki no Umi"
(1997)

"Gift" is a song by Japanese voice actress and singer Maaya Sakamoto, released as her second single on September 22, 1997, through Victor Entertainment. [1] [2] Co-written by Yuho Iwasato and Yoko Kanno, the song served as ending theme for the television anime series Clamp School Detectives . [3]

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Background

"Gift" was used as the second ending theme on the 1997 anime Clamp School Detectives, [4] and is Sakamoto's second song contributed to this series after "Bokura no Rekishi," which was used as theme song for the Clamp School Detectives radio drama. [3] The song was also used as ending theme for Sakamoto's radio program Sakamoto Maaya I.D., which aired on Nack5. [5]

The song was first included on the album Clamp School Detectives Original Soundtrack 2, released on October 22, 1997. [6] Both "Gift" and its b-side, "Kimi ni Ai ni Ikō," were included on Sakamoto's compilation album Single Collection+ Hotchpotch , released on December 16, 1999. [3]

Sakamoto's fifteenth anniversary concert, held at the Nippon Budokan held in 2010, was titled after "Gift", and the song was performed as the opening track. [7] During the concert, Sakamoto herself appeared in a costume designed to represent herself as a gift, featuring a skirt composed of ribbon-wrapped gift boxes and a bow on the back. [8]

"Gift" was also included on Sakamoto's 2010 greatest hits album Everywhere . Commenting about it, Sakamoto noted that despite having recorded the song many years earlier, it did not feel dated to her. She explained that it had hearing the track evoked memories of her long-running radio show Sakamoto Maaya I.D., for which she had great affection. [5]

Commercial performance

"Gift" did not enter the Oricon Singles Chart, and to date it is the only original physical single in Sakamoto's discography to have failed to chart. [9]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Yuho Iwasato; all music is composed by Yoko Kanno.

Gift - 8-cm CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Gift"5:48
2."Kimi ni Ai ni Ikō" (君に会いにいこう)5:14
3."Gift" (Original Karaoke)5:48
4."Kimi ni Ai ni Ikō" (Original Karaoke)5:14
Total length:22:04

References

  1. ↑ "Gift | 坂本真綾". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "坂本真綾 | Gift". FlyingDog (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "坂本真綾／シングルコレクションプラス「ハチポチ」". Kinokuniya (in Japanese). 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "CLAMP学園探偵団｜アニメ声優・キャラクター・登場人物・1997春アニメ最新情報一覧". Animate Times (in Japanese). 1 February 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  5. 1 2 "日刊坂本真綾 0331" [Nikkan Sakamoto Maaya 0331]. 日刊坂本真綾 0331 (1): 30–31. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "CLAMP学園探偵団 オリジナル・サウンドトラック２". FlyingDog (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "坂本真綾バースデーライブで3時間熱唱「30代も幸せに」". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha Inc. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "坂本真綾 連載 「おんがくto わたし～everywhere」 - Chapter.5 スタッフＭの＜15周年記念ライブ Gift＞裏側レポート". CD Journal (in Japanese). 21 April 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon . Retrieved 9 November 2025.
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