Hikari (song)

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"Hikari" "光"

Single by Utada Hikaru
from the album Deep River
Released	March 20, 2002
Format	CD, Regular Single
Recorded	—
Genre	Pop
Length	N/A
Label	Toshiba-EMI
Writer(s)	Utada Hikaru
Producer(s)	Utada Hikaru
Chart positions
#1 (Japan)
Utada Hikaru singles chronology
"traveling" (2001)	"Hikari" (2002)	"SAKURA Drops / Letters" (2002)

"Hikari" (光, "Hikari"^? lit. "light") is Utada Hikaru's 11th single, also the 3rd single on the Deep River album. Its release date was March 20, 2002. It is the main theme song for the Japanese release of the Squaresoft (now Square Enix) and Disney Interactive video games Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories". It hit #1 on Oricon charts, selling 270,370 in its debut week. Sales have totalled 598,000 copies.

The English language version of the song, titled "Simple And Clean," was used in the English release of Kingdom Hearts. Although the two songs share a similar melody and background music, the meaning of the lyrics are significantly different.

The music video (directed by her, divorced as of March 3, husband, Kazuaki Kiriya) for Hikari is a simple one. Utada washes dishes, and enjoys a glass of water through its course. Utada, in an interview, explains how she enjoys washing dishes at home as well, which contributed to her making this music video.^{[citation needed]}

"Actually we were to shoot the PV of 'Hikari' with him (Kazuaki Kiriya) but it didn't come true due to his scheduling conflicts at the last moment and that's why we requested Kiriya urgently to shoot that dish-washing video." --Utada Hikaru^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

Hikari
Hikari (PLANITb Remix)
Hikari (Godson Mix)
Hikari (Original Karaoke)

[edit] Charts

"Hikari" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total
March 20, 2002	Oricon Daily Singles Chart
March 20, 2002	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	#1	598,000
March 20, 2002	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	#10

[edit] External links

Hikki's Website — official Toshiba EMI site
Kingdom Hearts II.Net

v • d • e Utada Hikaru
Albums
Japanese: First Love \| Distance \| Deep River \| Ultra Blue Compilation Album: Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 English: Precious \| Exodus
Singles
Japanese: Automatic / time will tell \| Movin' on without you \| First Love Addicted To You \| Wait & See ~Risk~ \| For You / Time Limit \| Can You Keep A Secret? Final Distance \| traveling \| Hikari \| Sakura Drops / Letters Colors \| Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro \| Be My Last \| Passion \| Keep Tryin' Boku wa Kuma \| Flavor Of Life Digital Single: This Is Love English: Close To You REMIX: Fly Me To The Moon Easy Breezy \| Devil Inside \| Exodus '04 \| You Make Me Want To Be A Man Digital Single: Easy Breezy \| Devil Inside
Theme Songs
Kingdom Hearts: Hikari \| Passion \| Simple And Clean \| Sanctuary Nintendo DS: Easy Breezy
Various
Full discography \| Albums \| Singles