Flavor of Life
- Artist
- Utada Hikaru
- Single
- Flavor Of Life
- Released
- 2007.02.28
- Catalog Number
- TOCT-40095
- Price
- ¥1,100
- Tracklist
- Flavor Of Life
- Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-
- Flavor Of Life (Original Karaoke)
- Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version- (Original Karaoke)
- Flavor Of Life -Antidote Mix- (CD Only Bonus Track)
- Information
"Flavor Of Life" is Utada Hikaru's 18th single. The ballad version of the song was used as the insert song for the dorama Hana Yori Dango 2. "Flavor Of Life", when first released as a ringtone on the 5th of January, debuted at #14 on the ringtones chart, but when on to hold the #1 position for 36 non-consecutive days. In the first six days since release it had been downloaded over 100,000 times, and after 45 days on the charts had been downloaded over 1.5 million times. In January alone this resulted in a triple platinum certification from RIAJ. "Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-" would eventually receive both a two million certification for Chaku-Uta, and a double platinum certification for Chaku-Uta Full downloads from RIAJ. The original would later receive both a million certification and a triple platinum certification for the same. "Flavor Of Life" would eventually rank as the best-selling ringtone of all time in Japan, recording 5.580 million downloads in sales by the end of March 2007. "Flavor Of Life" also became the first single to recieve a platnium certication for PC downloads from RIAJ. The CD single itself would reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly charts for three consecutive weeks, her only other single to do this besides "Hikari" in 2002. The physical single release of "Flavor Of Life" features the "Antidote Mix" of the song, not available through other means such as digital download. "Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-" was ranked the #2 most downloaded song of 2007 on Recochoku. The original version was #11 on the chart. The single sold a reported total of 644,259 copies, making it the #2 single of 2007.
- TV Performances
- [2007.02.24] CDTV (Flavor Of Life)
- [2007.02.26] HEY! HEY! HEY! (Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-)
- [2007.03.02] Music Fighter (Flavor Of Life)
- [2007.03.02] Music Station (Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-)
- [2007.03.08] Utaban (Flavor Of Life)
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Utada Hikaru
- Music
- Utada Hikaru
- Original Version
- Arrangement: Utada Hikaru
- Keyboards and Programming: Utada Hikaru
- Additional Programming: Tomita Yuzuru and Alexis Smith
- Acoustic Guitar: Alexis Smith
- All Vocals: Utada Hikaru
- Recording: Matsui Atsushi
- Mixing: Goetz B. for 365 Artists
- Produced by Utada Hikaru, Miyake Akira and Utada Skingg Teruzane
- Ballad Version
- Arrangement: Utada Hikaru, Tomita Yuzuru and Alexis Smith
- String Arrangement: Utada Hikaru, Tomita Yuzuru and Alexis Smith
- Keyboards & Programming: Alexis Smith
- Acoustic Piano: Okamoto Hiroshi
- Acoustic Guitar: Kon Tsuyoshi
- Eletric Bass: Alexis Smith
- Strings: Kinbara Chieko Strings
- All Vocals: Utada Hikaru
- Recording: Matsui Atsushi
- Mixing: Goetz B. for 365 Artists
- Produced by Utada Hikaru, Miyake Akira and Utada Skingg Teruzane
Disambiguation
There are five versions of "Flavor Of Life" to be found in Utada Hikaru's discography. These different versions are:
- Flavor Of Life
- Found on "Flavor Of Life" single as track #1. This version has no PV.
- Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-
- Found on "Flavor Of Life" single as track #2. This version is used in the PV. It features an acoustic arrangement
- Flavor Of Life (Original Karaoke)
- Found on "Flavor Of Life" single as track three. This is the original version without any vocals.
- Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version- (Original Karaoke)
- Found on "Flavor Of Life" single as track four. This is the ballad version without any vocals.
- Flavor Of Life -Antidote Mix-
- Found on "Flavor Of Life" single as track five. This version is a much more R&B style. Some fans have expressed that it reminds them of Utada's original style.
Charts
Oricon Chart Positions
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 270,605 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 140,479 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 79,727 |
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48,243 |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 26,156 |
| 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17,908 |
| 5 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12,535 |
| 6 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 9,206 |
| 9 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 7,638 |
| 15 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 6,626 |
| 19 | 42 | 43 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 24 | 36 | 3,634 |
| 28 | 47 | - | 43 | 42 | 48 | 32 | 47 | 2,257 |
| 33 | - | - | - | 44 | 42 | 44 | 64 | 2,193 |
| 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75 | 1,561 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 111 | 870 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 113 | 904 |
| - | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | 103 | 1,051 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | 845 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 115 | 727 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 752 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 161 | 601 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 161 | 566 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 101 | 976 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96 | 1,037 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 126 | 836 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 136 | 586 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 163 | 484 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 196 | 400 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 129 | 587 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 117 | 626 |
Total Reported Sales: 670,510
Total Ring Tone Downloads: 7,700,000+ |
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