Flavor of Life

About Flavor of Life

"Flavor of Life" is Hikaru Utada's 18th Japanese single (25th single overall). The physical single was officially released on February 28, 2007. Compared to the preceding singles following "Colors", "Flavor of Life" garnered far more success. This single is Utada's first single since 2003 to sell over 200,000 copies in its first week, the first single ever to sell over two million downloads before a physical format release, the first single to sell over five and a half million downloads total, the first single to top RIAJ downloads for three consecutive months, and the first song to be certified platinum for PC downloads in Japan. "Flavor Of Life" has become the highest selling Japanese download single of all time, with over 5,580,000 downloads by April 2007. On July 19, 2007, EMI disclosed "Flavor Of Life" as a contender for most sold digital single of all time, with over 7.7 million downloads total. There were three versions of the "Flavor Of Life" that were released: "Flavor Of Life", "Flavor Of Life -ballad version-" and "Flavor Of Life -antidote mix-" (a CD-only exclusive). The ballad version of "Flavor Of Life" was arranged by Utada as well as two other professionals; the original version was arranged by Utada, and the antidote mix of the song was arranged by Alexis Smith, who provided additional arrangement for Ultra Blue tracks such as "Keep Tryin'" and "This is Love". The ballad version of "Flavor Of Life" was featured as the insert song for the popular drama or dorama, "Hana Yori Dango 2," which averaged over 21% viewership in its timeslot. In early 2006, the production team of the drama contacted Utada about an image song that would sound similar to "First Love". When the director wanted to express the heroine's wavering feelings, he said that, "'First Love' came into my mind", and so, a request was made to Utada. This is Utada Hikaru's first drama tie-in since "Sakura Drops" in 2002. This is also her last physical single to be released under Toshiba EMI, before the British EMI Group purchased its remaining stake in the label from the Japanese Toshiba Corporation and was rebranded as EMI Music Japan. more »

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2007

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ありがとう、と君に言われると なんだかせつない
さようならの後も解けぬ魔法 淡くほろ苦い
The flavor of life
The flavor of life

友達でも恋人でもない中間地点で
収穫の日を夢見てる 青いフルーツ

あと一歩が踏み出せないせいで
じれったいのなんのって baby

ありがとう、と君に言われると なんだかせつない
さようならの後も解けぬ魔法 淡くほろ苦い
The flavor of life
The flavor of life

甘いだけの誘い文句 味っけの無いトーク
そんなものには興味をそそられない

思い通りにいかない時だって
人生捨てたもんじゃないって

どうしたの? と急に聞かれると
ううん、なんでもない
さようならの後に消える笑顔 私らしくない

信じたいと願えば願うほど なんだかせつない
「愛してるよ」よりも「大好き」の方が 
君らしいんじゃない?
The flavor of life

忘れかけていた人の香りを 
突然思い出す頃
降りつもる雪の白さをもっと 
素直に喜びたいよ

ダイアモンドよりもやわらかくて あたたかな未来 
手にしたいよ 限りある時間を君と過ごしたい

ありがとう、と君に言われると なんだかせつない
さようならの後も解けぬ魔法 淡くほろ苦い
The flavor of life
The flavor of life

(Flavor of life)

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Hikaru Utada

Hikaru Utada (宇多田 ヒカル, Utada Hikaru?, born January 19, 1983) is a Japanese-American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. She is known by her stage name Utada (English /uːˈtɑːdə/) in America and Europe. Since the release of her Japanese debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (number 1, 4, 8) and six of her albums (including one English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list. Hikaru has had twelve number-one singles on the Oricon Singles chart, with two notable record achievements for a female solo or group artist: five million-sellers and four in the … more »

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