freely," and that "dreams come true, not by magic, but through your own strength." Further lyrics expand on this theme, also telling people to "not forget that they aren't alone." Kokia wrote the song "not as just a song to encourage [the Japanese Olympic] athletes, but a song to empower everybody with bravery in the same way that athletes use all of their effort." Re-recordings The song has been re-recorded by Kokia two times in her discography. "Yume ga Chikara (Acoustic Version)," a rearrangement by Akira Senju (the arranger for the original) was featured as a bonus track on Kokia's 2004 album Uta ga Chikara. Instead of the standard band arrangement, the acoustic version was backed by a string orchestra and piano. "Yume ga Chikara / Brave Warrior," is a version of the song that appears on Kokia's 2006 greatest hits album Pearl: The Best Collection, and features a guitar-based arrangement created by Kokia herself. This version features a new introduction section, with the lyrics . Music video The music video was directed by Jun Hara (原淳). It centres around two different scenes, Kokia performing the song in a massive wooden indoor stadium with an orchestra surrounding her, and also scenes of Kokia performing the song against the single cover art as a background. Reception Commercially, the song debuted at #30 in its first week, selling over 4,500 copies. It spent one further week in the top 100, and three further weeks placing between 100 and 200. By the end of its chart run, the single had sold 8,300 copies. Compared with other Kokia singles, "Yume ga Chikara" was relatively one of her more commercially successful releases. Critically, CDJournal praised the song for its ability to quietly push people forward with its "gentle melody and Kokia's phosphorescent singing voice." Music critic Kenji Ueda believed the song was "appropriately grand" for use as the Olympic team encouragement song. He described the song as "truly refreshing," praising the string section that he felt was like "[water] streaming past," Kokia's voice as being "without even a spot of haze" and the song's melody as "overflowing with liveliness." Track listing Japan Sales Rankings Personnel Kiyotsugu Amano - acoustic guitar Shoji Kobayashi - score copyist Kokia - arranger (Brave Warrior), chorus work, song writing, vocals Fumiaki Miyamoto - oboe (standard and acoustic) Hajime Mizoguchi - cello (standard and acoustic) Masayoshi Ookawa - recording/mixing (standard and