Automatic / Time Will Tell
- Artist
- Utada Hikaru
- Single
- Automatic / time will tell (8cm Single)
- Released
- 1998.12.09
- Catalog Number
- TODT-5242
- Price
- ¥1,020
- Tracklist
- Artist
- Utada Hikaru
- Single
- Automatic / time will tell (12cm Single)
- Release
- 1998.12.09
- Catalog Number
- TOCT-4127
- Price
- ¥1,020
- Tracklist
- Artist
- Utada Hikaru
- Single
- Automatic / time will tell (Vinyl)
- Release
- 1999.02.17
- Catalog Number
- TOJT-4140
- Price
- ¥1,260
- Side A
- Side B
- Information
"Automatic / time will tell" is Utada Hikaru's first official single in the Japanese market, though there have been prior releases under the name U3 as part of a family unit and Cubic U. "Automatic" was used as the ending theme song to the Fuji TV show Warau Inu no Seikatsu -YARANEVA!!-, whereas "time will tell" was used as the ending theme song to the Fuji TV show Gokigenyou. The single was released in two versions: an 8cm single as well as a standard 12cm single. Originally, different versions of the same product were given different placings on Oricon charts. The 12cm single reached #2 on Oricon charts while the 8cm version reached #4. The 12cm version sold 1,290,700 units and was the #5 single of 1999, while the 8cm version sold 772,080 copies and was the #22 single of the year. Both versions charted for 23 weeks. However, combining the sales the single gained 2,062,780 sales and ranked as the #2 single for the year of 1999. It reached #20 on World Charts for single airplay, and reached #4 for sales.
External Links
- Oricon Profile: 8cm Version | 12cm Version
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