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Stay by My Side
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Stay by My Side
| cover = Gzca-1024.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mai Kuraki
| album = Delicious Way
| released = March 15, 2000
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = J-pop
| length = 4:26
| label = Giza Studio
| writer =
| producer = Kannonji
| prev_title = Love, Day After Tomorrow
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Secret of My Heart
| next_year = 2000
| misc =
}}
"'Stay by My Side'" a song recorded by Japanese singer Mai Kuraki. It was released on March 15, 2000, as the second single from Kuraki's debut studio album, 'Delicious Way' (2000). It was written by Kuraki, Aika Ohno, and the Boston-based music production team, Cybersound. It is a gospel-infused J-pop and R&B song that talks about the protagonist's dream to be with her partner as long as possible.
The single debuted atop on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart, becoming Kuraki's first number-one single on that chart. On the Oricon chart for the third week of May in 2000, the first three of her singles, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", "Stay by My Side", and "Secret of My Heart" charted inside top 15 simultaneously.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the CD single.
*Mai Kuraki vocals, backing vocals, songwriting
*Aika Ohno - composer
*Masataka Kitaura composer
*Michael Africk backing vocals
*Perry Geyer computer programming, sound producer
*Greg Hawkes keyboards
*Miguel S Pessoa keyboards, mix
*Toast (Shaun D. Rosenberg) DJ
*Cybersound - DJ, tracking
*Kanonji production, executive producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
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! scope="row"| Japan (RIAJ)
| Million
| 922,140
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References
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