Reach for the Sky (Mai Kuraki song)

2000 song by Mai Kuraki

"Reach for the Sky"

CD single cover

Single by Mai Kuraki

from the album Perfect Crime

B-side

"What I Feel"

Released

November 8, 2000

Genre

J-pop

Label

Giza Studio
Tent House
Northern Music

Songwriter(s)

Mai Kuraki
Aika Ohno
Cybersound

Producer(s)

KANONJI

Mai Kuraki singles chronology

"Simply Wonderful"
(2000)

"Reach for the Sky"
(2000)

"Tsumetai Umi/Start in My Life"
(2001)

Music video

"Reach for the Sky" on YouTube

"Reach for the Sky" is a song by Japanese singer songwriter Mai Kuraki, taken from her second studio album Perfect Crime (2001). It was released on November 8, 2000 by Giza Studio, simultaneously with her first video album First Cut. The song was written by Kuraki herself and Aika Ohno, while the production was done by Cybersound and served as the theme song to the 2000 Japanese TV program Audrey.^[1] The rearranged version of the song "Re:ggae Summer 2013 version" was released digitally on August 17, 2013.^[2]

Track listing

CD single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Remixer	Length
1.	"Reach for the Sky"	Mai Kuraki Aika Ohno Cybersound		4:48
2.	"What I Feel"	Kuraki Jefery Qwest Paisley Michael Lee		3:55
3.	"Reach for the Sky" (Gomi Remix (Radio edit))	Kuraki Ohno	DJ Gomi	4:09
4.	"Reach for the Sky" (Ken Ishii Remix)	Kuraki Ohno	Ken Ishii	5:56
5.	"Reach for the Sky" (DJ Hiyoco Remix)	Kuraki Ohno	DJ Hiyoco	6:43
6.	"Reach for the Sky" (Instrumental)	Kuraki Ohno Cybersound		4:48
Total length:				30:39

Remixes (12-inch single)^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Remixer	Length
1.	"Reach for the Sky" (Lair Anthem Mix)	Mai Kuraki Aika Ohno Cybersound	DJ Gomi
2.	"Reach for the Sky" (The Secret Vocal Mix Instrumental)	Kuraki Ohno Cybersound	DJ Gomi

RE:GGAE Summer 2013 version (Digital download)^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Reach for the Sky" (RE:GGAE Summer 2013 ver.)	Mai Kuraki Aika Ohno	4:36
Total length:			4:36

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from CD single liner credits.^[4]

Mai Kuraki – vocals, backing vocals, songwriting
Aika Ohno – songwriting (1, 3, 4, 5)
Cybersound – songwriting (1, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Jeffery Quest - songwriting (2), backing vocals (2), rap (2)
Paisley - songwriting (2)
Michael Lee - songwriting (2), backing vocals (2)
Hirohito Furui - additional songwriting (2)
Michael Africk - backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Ricky "Cosmo" Francis - backing vocals (2)
Geoffrey Gems - backing vocals (2)
Anna Gholston - backing vocals (2)
Perry Geyer - sound producer (1), computer programming (1, 3, 4, 5, 6), synths (1, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Greg Hawks - keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Johnny Risk - guitars (1, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Masakazu Tomita - system engineer (2)
Gomi - remix (3), programming (3)
David Acker - guitars (3)
David Darlington - engineer (3)
David Sussman - engineer (3)
Ken Ishii 2000 - remix (4), additional production (4)
DJ Hiyoco - remix (5)
Kenn.nagai - programming (5), piano (5)
Manabu Sakurai - engineer (5)
KANONJI - executive producer
Tokiko Nishimuro - director

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon)	3

Monthly charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon)	5

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
Japan (Oricon)	91
Chart (2001)	Position
Japan (Oricon)	114

Certification and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[6]	Platinum	468,320^[5]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Japan	November 8, 2000	CD single	Giza Studio	^[1]
	November 22, 2000	12-inch single (Remixes)	Tent House	^[3]
	August 17, 2013	Digital download (Re:ggae Summer 2013 ver.)	Northern Music	^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Reach for the Sky - 倉木麻衣 / J-POP / 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c "倉木麻衣「Reach for the sky ~RE: GGAE Summer 2013 ver.~ - Single」をiTunesで". iTunes. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
^ ^a ^b "Mai Kuraki - Reach For The Sky (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
^ "Reach for the sky / 倉木麻衣 / J-POP / 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
^ "倉木麻衣 - アーティスト別シングル売上補完 @ウィキ". アットウィキ. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
^ "Japanese album certifications – Mai Kuraki – Reach for the sky" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2018-02-12. Select 2000年11月 on the drop-down menu