For You (Hikaru Utada song)

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"For You"
File:Utada Hikaru - For You Time Limit.jpg
Single by Hikaru Utada
from the album Distance
Released June 30, 2000 (2000-06-30)
(see release history)
Format CD Single, digital download
Recorded 2000
Genre Pop, contemporary R&B
Length 5:22
Label Toshiba EMI
Writer(s) Hikaru Utada
Producer(s) Kei Kawano, Akira Miyake, Teruzane Utada
Hikaru Utada singles chronology
"Wait & See (Risk)"
(2000)		 "For You"
"Time Limit"
(2000)		 "Can You Keep a Secret?"
(2001)

"For You" is a song by Japanese musician Hikaru Utada. It was released as a double A-side single with the song "Time Limit" on June 30, 2000.[1]

Background and development

In 1999, Utada released her debut album First Love, which was the most commercially successful album of all time in Japan.[2] After this success, she released two follow-up singles, "Addicted to You" (1999) and "Wait & See (Risk)" (2000), which were both produced by American production team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.[3][4] "For You" was continuation of Utada's collaboration with arranger Kei Kawano, who had previously worked with Utada on First Love (1999) (including the single "First Love") and the coupling tracks on her single "Wait & See (Risk)". The song was recorded at Toshiba EMI's Studio Terra in Tokyo.[5]

The "For You" / "Time Limit" single was released right before Bohemian Summer 2000, her first wide-scale tour of Japan,[6] and on the same day as the DVD single release of her previous single, "Wait & See (Risk)".

Promotion and release

The song was first unveiled on June 19, 2000, when a 60-second preview of "For You" was previewed on Japan FM Network radio stations, a week after "Time Limit" was previewed. To promote the single, Utada appeared in magazines released in June and July, such as Pati Pati, What's In?, Pia, Tokyo Walker and Popteen.[7] On June 23, 2000, Utada performed the song live at Music Station,[8] and on the June 29 episode of Utaban performed both "For You" and "Time Limit".[9]

Music video

A music video was created for the song, featuring footage from her secret live performed at the Shibuya On Air East on June 26, 2000, just before the start of her Bohemian Summer 2000 tour.[10][11]

Covers

In 2014, singer Miliyah Kato recorded "For You" for Utada Hikaru no Uta, a tribute album celebrating 15 years since Utada's debut.[12] The cover sampled the original recording of the song by Utada, and also incorporated "Give Me a Reason" from Utada's debut album First Love (1999).

Critical reception

Sato of OngakuDB.com felt that "For You" explored solitude similar to Osamu Dazai's 1948 novel No Longer Human, however expressed this in the "direct words of a 17 year old" instead of "spitting out the words of an adult".[6] CDJournal reviewers felt that the song "[did not] have an instantly gripping sound and doesn't feel like something flat out, but her Japanese-style taste moves the bottom line with her heavy kicks and expert harmonies." The reviewers further remarked that the song had Utada's signature vocal sound and a high level of perfection.[13]

The "For You" / "Time Limit" single was successful enough to win a Song of the Year award at the 15th Japan Gold Disc Awards.[14]

Track listing

"For You" / "Time Limit" single
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "For You"   Hikaru Utada 5:22
2. "Time Limit"   Utada, Takuro Kubo 4:55
3. "For You (Original Karaoke)"   Utada 5:22
4. "Time Limit (Original Karaoke)"   Utada, Kubo 4:55
Total length:
 20:34

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from "For You/Time Limit"'s liner notes booklet.[5]

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  • Goh Hotoda – mixing
  • Takahiro Iida – synthesizer programming
  • Kei Kawano – arrangement, all keyboards, electric guitar, programming
  • Akira Miyake – production
  • Hidenobu Okita – talking modulator
  • Masaaki Ugajin – recording, tape scratch
  • Hikaru Utada – all vocals, writing
  • Teruzane "Sking" Utada – production

Chart rankings

Charts (2000) Peak
position
Japan Oricon weekly singles[15]
  • "For You/Time Limit"
 1

Sales and certifications

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales[16]
  • "For You/Time Limit"
 889,000
RIAJ physical certification[17]
  • "For You/Time Limit"
 3× Platinum (1,200,000)

Release history

Region Date Format Distributing Label Catalog codes
Japan June 30, 2000 (2000-06-30)[1] CD Single Toshiba EMI TOCT-4230
April 1, 2004 (2004-04-01)[18] Digital download
South Korea September 30, 2005 (2005-09-30)[19] Digital download Universal Music Korea

References

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