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is the 6th single by Zard released on 27 January 1993 under B-Gram Records label.

Background



According to the song's composer Tetsur Oda, Izumi Sakai was singing "strangely," but it proved to be good. The single reached #1 rank first week. It charted for 18 weeks and it sold over 1.64 million copies and became the highest-selling song for Zard. When she died, it was elected as the best song by Zard on the Oricon polls.

It was a song that greatly appealed to the Japanese public. Released at a time that is now seen as the beginning of Japan's post economic bubble era when the Nikkei 225 Index had shrunk in value by a third in only three years, "Makenaide" (Don't Give Up) became known as the theme song of the country's "Lost Decade." While Sakai commented on the television show 'Music Station' that it would encourage men taking examinations, many people said this song helped them cope with difficult issues such as school bullying. Zard fans favorite phrase, "Run through until the End," was originally "Do Not Give Up until the End."

"Makenaide" has been used as a theme song for the Nippon Television program '24-hour TV', an annual charity program hosted live by celebrities for a day. Sakai said that she was honored and looked forward to watching '24-hour TV.' The song was also adopted by high school baseball in Japan.

Track list



All songs are written by Izumi Sakai

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#*composer: Tetsur Oda/arrangement: Takeshi Hayama

#Stray Love

#*composer: Daria Kawashima/arrangement: Masao Akashi

# (original karaoke)

#Stray Love (original karaoke)

Cover



The song was covered by Emiri Kat as the ending song to episode 12 of the anime adaptation of 'Lucky Star', in a tribute to the late Izumi Sakai. Junior from the same music company, Mai Kuraki performed the cover on 1 February 2019 on music television program Music Station. The duet received positive feedbacks from both the Mai Kuraki and Zard fans, the recording will be included in limited edition of studio album 'Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei'. The cover has been produced and arranged by Hiroshi Asai from instrumental fusion band Sensation.

References





Category:1993 singles

Category:Zard songs

Category:Songs written by Tetsur Oda

Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles

Category:Japanese-language songs

Category:Japanese television drama theme songs

Category:Songs written by Izumi Sakai

Category:1993 songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato

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