"Yes Forever" is the nineteenth single by Japanese recording artist Misia

MISIA (Japanese singer)

, commonly stylized as MISIA, is a Japanese R&B singer originally from Fukuoka. She debuted in 1998 on BMG Japan, but has since moved to Sony Music Japan's Ariola Japan imprint...

. It was released on April 30, 2008 as the first single from Misia's ninth studio album Just Ballade

Just Ballade

-Personnel:* Misia – producer, arranger, vocals, background vocals, vocal producer* Herb Powers Jr. - mastering* Hiroto Tanigawa – executive producer* Shigenobu Karube – co-executive producer* Kazuyuki Kobayashi – co-executive producer...

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Background

The single was released as the first of a set of three releases planned for a three month period. The first press edition comes housed in a cardboard sleeve and includes a 720mm×477mm poster of the cover artwork.

"Yes Forever" was written by Misia and composed and produced by Sinkiroh. CDJournal described the song as a "medium tempo ballad which makes ample use of Misia's crystal-clear vocals and showcases her personality with ease." It was used in commercials for Kose cosmetics Sekkisei, starring Nanako Matsushima

Nanako Matsushima

is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also a main character in A Story of Love, where she starred next to Hiroyuki Sanada, who also played Ryuji Takayama in Ring....

, which were broadcast throughout Asia. The single comprises both the single and piano versions of "Yes Forever."

Despite being the original, the single version was not featured in Just Ballade

Just Ballade

-Personnel:* Misia – producer, arranger, vocals, background vocals, vocal producer* Herb Powers Jr. - mastering* Hiroto Tanigawa – executive producer* Shigenobu Karube – co-executive producer* Kazuyuki Kobayashi – co-executive producer...

; instead the piano version, produced by Tohru Shigemi, was included.

Chart performance

"Yes Forever" debuted on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 Daily Singles chart at number 7 and peaked at number 15 on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart, with 6,761 copies sold in its first week. The single charted for five weeks and sold a total of 10,505 copies.

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....	4
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay	4
Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...  Daily Singles	7
Oricon Weekly Singles	15
Oricon Yearly Singles	546
SoundScan Nielsen SoundScan Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...  Japan Weekly Singles (Limited Edition)	14
Taiwan Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart	19
Taiwan G-Music J-pop Chart	19

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	April 30, 2008	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	BMG Japan
Taiwan	May 2, 2008	CD	Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
Hong Kong	June 2, 2008