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First Love (Hikaru Utada song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = First Love
| cover = Utada Hikaru - First Love.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover of the 12cm version of the single
| type = single
| artist = Hikaru Utada
| album = First Love
| released =
| recorded = 1998
| studio =
| venue =
| language = Japanese, English
| genre =
| length = 4:18
| label = Toshiba-EMI
| writer = Hikaru Utada
| producer = Kei Kawano
| prev_title = Movin' on Without You
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Addicted to You
| next_year = 1999
| misc =
}}
"'First Love'" is a song by the Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada,released on April 28, 1999, the third Japanese language single from her first album, 'First Love', which was released a month previously. It was certified double platinum for 800,000 copies shipped to stores in Japan.
In a 2009 survey by Oricon, asking respondents what song they wanted 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 Jken', starring Hideaki Takizawa and Nanako Matsushima. "First Love" is featured in the PlayStation 2 rhythm game 'Unison', released in 2001.
Track listing
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
Charts
Certifications and sales
Release history
Juju version
"First Love" was covered by the Japanese R&B singer Juju in 2010, on her cover album 'Request'. It was the main promotional single, and was released as a digital download to cellphones on September 15, 2010. Juju performed the song at 'Hey! Hey! Hey!' on September 20.
Charts
Release history
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')
*Ry 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. (2013, on the album 'Summer Ballad Covers')
*Zivilia (2017, single, sung in Indonesian)
References
Category:1999 singles
Category:Hikaru Utada songs
Category:Songs written by Hikaru Utada
Category:Contemporary R&B ballads
Category:Japanese television drama theme songs
Category:1999 songs
Category:Songs about heartache
Category:1990s ballads
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