Yakusoku wa Iranai

"Yakusoku wa Iranai"
Single by Maaya Sakamoto
from the album Grapefruit
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedApril 24, 1996 (1996-04-24)
Recorded1996
Genre
LabelVictor Entertainment
ComposerYoko Kanno
LyricistYuho Iwasato
ProducerYoko Kanno
Maaya Sakamoto singles chronology
"Yakusoku wa Iranai"
(1996)
"Gift"
(1997)

"Yakusoku wa Iranai" (約束はいらない; lit. "No Need for Promises") is the first single by singer Maaya Sakamoto. Released on April 24, 1996, it was her debut single under composer Yoko Kanno. The song and "Tomodachi" appear in her debut anime, The Vision of Escaflowne. Both songs were included on Sakamoto's solo debut Grapefruit, with "Tomodachi" re-recorded in English as "My Best Friend."