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First Love (Utada Hikaru song)

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Genre
  
J-pop, R&B

Label
  
Toshiba-EMI

Length
  
4:18

Writer(s)
  
Utada Hikaru

Released
  
April 28, 1999 (1999-04-28)

Format
  
CD Single, digital download

"First Love" is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru. It was released as her third Japanese language single on April 28, 1999, a month after the release of her debut album, First Love. It was certified double platinum for 800,000 copies shipped to stores across Japan.

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In a 2009 survey by Oricon, asking respondents what song they want to hear with a broken heart, "First Love" was voted in the top 10.

"First Love" was performed during Utada's 2010 tour, Utada: In the Flesh 2010.

It was also performed during Utada's two date concert series Wild Life in December 2010.

Promotion

The song was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Majo no Jōken, starring Hideaki Takizawa and Nanako Matsushima. "First Love" is featured in the PlayStation 2 rhythm game Unison, released in 2001.

Personnel

  • Hironori Akiyama - guitar
  • Yuichiro Goto - strings
  • Takahiro Iida - synthesizer programming
  • Kei Kawano - arrangement, string arrangement, keyboards, programming
  • Masayuki Momo - synthesizer programming
  • Hikaru Utada - lyrics, music, vocals

    • Juju version

    "First Love" was covered by Japanese R&B singer Juju in 2010, on her cover album Request. The song was the main promotional single, and released as a digital download to cellphones on September 15, 2010. Juju performed the song at Hey! Hey! Hey! on September 20.

    Other cover versions

  • Naoko Terai (1999, violin, album Pure Moment).
  • Jessa Zaragoza (2000, on the album Siya Ba Ang Dahilan?).
  • Cao Xue Jing (2004, erhu solo, on the album Koiuta Erhu).
  • Toni Gonzaga (2006, on the album You Complete Me). Sampled the song for "We Belong"
  • Sotte Bosse (2007, on the album Innocent View).
  • Scott Murphy (Allister) (2008, on the album Guilty Pleasures 3).
  • Ryō Nagano (Apogee) (2008, digital single).
  • Yasushi Nakanishi (2008, on the album Standards 3).
  • Jake Shimabukuro (2008, ukulele solo, DVD Ichigo Ichie).
  • Makoto Hirahara (2009, saxophone, on the album Vocalese).
  • Sing-O (2009, digital single).
  • Starving Trancer feat. Maki (2009, on the album Exit Trance Presents Dramatic Trance Memorial Daiichiwa).
  • Hideaki Tokunaga (2010, on the album Vocalist 4).
  • Eric Martin (2010, on the album Mr. Vocalist 3).
  • Boyz II Men (2010 on the album Covered: Winter).
  • May J (singer)(2013) on the album "Summer Ballad Covers'

    • References

    First Love (Utada Hikaru song) Wikipedia
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