Letters (song)
| "Letters" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
"Sakura Drops" / "Letters" cover
|
||||
| Single by Hikaru Utada | ||||
| from the album Deep River | ||||
| Released | May 9, 2002 | |||
| Format | ||||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:48 | |||
| Label | Toshiba EMI | |||
| Writer(s) | Hikaru Utada | |||
| Producer(s) | Kei Kawano, Akira Miyake, Teruzane Utada | |||
| Hikaru Utada singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
"Letters" is a song by Japanese musician Hikaru Utada. It was released as a double A-side single with the song "Sakura Drops" on May 9, 2002.
Since she debuted as a musician in 1998, Utada had worked as the primary or sole songwriter for her music. Beginning with her second album Distance (2001), Utada began to co-arrange songs, such as "Wait & See (Risk)", "Distance" and "Kettobase!" The bonus track on Distance, "Hayatochi-Remix", was arranged entirely by Utada. In March 2002, Hikaru Utada released "Hikari", the theme song for the game Kingdom Hearts.
"Letters" was written and arranged solely by Utada. It featured six different guitarists all performing the acoustic guitar in the backing, including Char, Hisashi from Glay and her own father Teruzane Utada.
The song was used in commercials for NTT DoCoMo's 2002 range of FOMA cellphones. This was the third song of Utada's to be used in collaboration with DoCoMo, after "Final Distance" (2001) and "Traveling" (2002).
On May 20, 2002, Utada performed the song live at Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, a week after she performed the single's other A-side "Sakura Drops".
Utada performed the song during her Hikaru no 5 Budokan residency show in 2004, at her Utada United 2006 Japanese tour and at her two date concert series Wild Life in December 2010.
In 2014, "Letters" was recorded by Ringo Sheena for Utada Hikaru no Uta, a tribute album celebrating 15 years since Utada's debut. It was released as a preceding download from the album on December 3, 2014.
...
Wikipedia