Will (Mika Nakashima song)

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"Will"
Mika nakashima will.jpg
Single by Mika Nakashima
from the album True
ReleasedAugust 7, 2002
Genre Ballad
Label Sony
Songwriter(s) Yasushi Akimoto, Daisuke Kawaguchi
Mika Nakashima singles chronology
"Helpless Rain"
(2002)
"Will"
(2002)
"Ai Shiteru"
(2002)

"Will" is Mika Nakashima's 5th single. The single was released on August 7, 2002, and sold 144,771 copies, reaching #3 on Oricon.

'Will,' an easy listening ballad, was the theme song for the Japanese drama 'Tentai Kansoku' (Searchin' for My Polestar) in 2002.

Chart history

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles Top 1003
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Oricon 2002 Singles Top 10088

Track listing

  1. Will
  2. Just Trust in Our Love
  3. Will (Instrumental)
  4. Just Trust in Our Love (Instrumental)


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