Artist: Utada Hikaru
Single: First Love (12cm single)
Released: 1999.04.28
Catalog Number: TOCT-4150
Price: ¥1,020
Uploaded By: RezkySaragih
Tracklist:
- First Love
- First Love (featuring David Sanborn)
- First Love (Strings Mix)
- First Love (John Luongo Remix)
"First Love" is Utada Hikaru's third single, re-cut from her first album of the same name.
"First Love" was used as the theme song for the dorama Majo no Jouken.
The single was released in two versions: an 8cm single as well as a standard 12cm single.
Originally, different versions of the same product were given different placings on Oricon charts.
The 12cm single reached #2 on Oricon charts while the 8cm version reached #6. Both versions stayed in the charts for 13 weeks.
The 12cm sold 500,890 units and was the #42 single of 1999, while the 8cm version sold 303,430 units and was the
#72 single of the year. Combining the sales of both versions, the single had 804,320 sales, which would have made it the #18
single for 1999. The single reached #26 on World Charts for single airplay, and reached #20 for sales.
In 2016, after the release of Utada's sixth Japanese studio album Fantome the song started to rank within the top 100 on
the Recochoku download charts.
Song Information:
Lyrics: Utada Hikaru
Music: Utada Hikaru
Other Information:
- Arrangement & Strings Arrangement: Kawano Kei
- Keyboards & Programming: Kawano Kei
- Synthesizer Programming: Momo Masayuki, Iida Takahiro
- Guitar: Akiyama Hironori
Strings: Goto Yuichiro strings
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