Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro

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“Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" "誰かの願いが叶うころ”
Single by Utada Hikaru from the album Ultra Blue
Released	April 21, 2004
Format	CD, DVD, Regular Single
Recorded	—
Genre	Pop
Length	N/A
Label	EMI Music Japan
Writer(s)	Utada Hikaru
Producer	Utada Hikaru
Utada Hikaru singles chronology
"Colors" (2003) "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" (2004) "Easy Breezy" (2004)

"Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" (誰かの願いが叶うころ, "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro"^? lit. "When Someone's Wish Comes True") is Utada Hikaru's 13th Japanese-language single (15th overall) and her 1st and only Japanese single for 2004. She released 2 versions of Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro: CD and DVD. It was released on April 21, 2004. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro is also included in the "Our Last Days" - "Casshern" OST and it is the "Casshern" theme song. Utada Hikaru had only performed it live once on television and it was on the program, Music Station. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro debuted at #1 on the Oricon chart with 150,020 copies sold, became her sixth single to go #1 for two consecutive weeks, and went on on to sell 365,000. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro was only performed once on TV's Music Station (possibly because of the technical difficulty in the song). This single reached #1 on Oricon charts and charted for 22 weeks. This song became the #14 song of 2004 in Japan. This single reached #20 on World Charts for single airplay, and reached #2 for sales^[1]. "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" was featured in a Sony commercial for Hi-MD.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Charts 3 Trivia 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

• CD Version

1. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro
2. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro [Instrumental]

• DVD Version

1. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro
2. Making of Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro

[edit] Charts

"Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
April 21, 2004	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	#1
April 21, 2004	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	#1 (2 consecutive weeks at #1)	365,206	22
April 21, 2004	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	#14

[edit] Trivia

• A music box shown at the beginning of the single's promotional video is playing the "Blue Danube Waltz".
• The single's promotional video is the first to show Utada playing an instrument, the piano, as she sings. She was credited for playing the acoustic piano in the song in the single's booklet and also in the ULTRA BLUE booklet, although she has not played any instruments on her live performances of "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro". (She can also play the guitar; this is shown in the video for "Keep Tryin'")

[edit] References

1. ^ Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro - Wiki.theppn

[edit] External links

• Hikki's Website — official Toshiba EMI site
• Lyrics - Translation in Romaji and English

v • d • e Hikaru Utada Japanese studio albums First Love · Distance · Deep River · Ultra Blue · Heart Station English studio albums Precious · Exodus · Third English studio album Compilations Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 Singles "Close To You" · "Automatic / Time Will Tell" · "Movin' on Without You" · "First Love" · "Addicted To You" · "Wait & See ~Risk~" · "Remix: Fly Me to the Moon"  • "For You / Time Limit" · "Can You Keep A Secret?" · "Final Distance" · "Traveling" · "Hikari" · "Sakura Drops / Letters" · "Colors" · "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" · "Easy Breezy" · "Devil Inside" · "Exodus '04"  • "Be My Last" · "You Make Me Want To Be A Man" · "Passion" · "Keep Tryin'" · "This Is Love" · "Boku wa Kuma" · "Flavor of Life" · "Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry" · "Do You" · "Heart Station/Stay Gold" · "Prisoner of Love" · "Apple and Cinnamon" Related articles Discography