Addicted to You (Hikaru Utada song)
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| Single by Hikaru Utada | ||||
| from the album Distance | ||||
| Released | November 10, 1999 | |||
| Format | CD, Regular Single | |||
| Recorded | 1999 at Flyte Tyme Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota and mixed at Flyte Tyme, Edina, Minnesota | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
| Label | EMI Music Japan | |||
| Writer(s) | Hikaru Utada | |||
| Producer | Hikaru Utada, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Alex Richbourg | |||
| Hikaru Utada singles chronology | ||||
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"Addicted to You" is a song by Hikaru Utada, released as her fifth overall single (4th Japanese-language), released on November 10, 1999. It sold 1,784,000 copies and hit number one on the Oricon charts for two consecutive weeks, selling 1,067,510 in its first week. It was her breakthrough single into Japan being the second highest first week sales in Japan of all time only behind Mr. Children's 1996 single "Namonaki Uta". The single was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions. In addition, the cover photos of the single were taken by the late legendary photographer, Richard Avedon. It currently holds the record for the third-highest one-week sales in Japan. This is Japan's 39th best selling single.
Addicted to You was the CM song for Sony's Media & Battery Red Hot Campaign, and there were even limited edition MD's released with Utada's name on them. Two versions were on the single, the Up-In-Heaven Mix and the Underwater Mix, though only the Up-In-Heaven Mix had radio play and its own PV. Produced & arranged by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions. This single reached #1 on Oricon charts and charted for 16 weeks. Addicted To You was the #6 single of 1999 in Japan, as it had sold 1,290,000 singles by this point. Strangely, Addicted To You also became the #48 single of 2000, as into 2000 it sold 493,960 units. If the single were released earlier in 1999 or in 2000, it could have made the #2 spot easily in either of these yearly charts. This single reached #27 on World Charts for single airplay, and reached #48 for sales. The most recent figures (May 26, 2006) show that the single sold 1,784,050 units total, making this Utada's most successful single of all-time.
Included in the single is a Japanese/English message, in which on the Japanese part Utada talks about starting up a new project (Distance). The English message was:
Jim, Terry, and everyone at Flyte Tyme Productions, making music with you guys is about as good as it gets! We have to do it again soon :) Dick, I really meant it when I said that you're one of the most attractive men I've met! ∞love∞ hikaru+
[edit] Tracklisting
All songs written and composed by Hikaru Utada, and arranged by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Addicted to You (Up-in-Heaven Mix)" | 5:19 |
| 2. | "Addicted to You (Underwater Mix)" | 6:17 |
| 3. | "Addicted to You (Up-in-Heaven Mix) (Instrumental)" | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Addicted to You (Underwater Mix) (Instrumental)" | 4:08 |
The tracks (1 & 3) were produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
[edit] Charts
- Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak position | Debut Sales | Sales total | Chart run |
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| November 10, 1999 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 1 | |||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 1 | 1,067,510 | 1,784,050 | 16 | |
| Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | 6 |
[edit] References
| Preceded by "Arashi" by Arashi |
Oricon Weekly number one single November 22, 1999 - November 29, 1999 |
Succeeded by "Chokotto Love" by Petitmoni |
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