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FINAL DISTANCE is Utada Hikaru's eighth single. FINAL DISTANCE was the DoCoMo M-stage [[CM]] song. Though Distance was previously released on Utada's second album, [[Distance]], it was remade into a ballad to commemorate a school shooting that had happened in [[Japan]]. This single reached #2 on [[Oricon]] charts (under [[Morning Musume]]'s [[The Peace!]]) and charted for 13 weeks. This single became the #24 single of 2001 in Japan. This single, as well as [[Hikari (Utada Hikaru)|Hikari]] and [[Sakura Drops / Letters|SAKURA Drops / Letters]], strangely did not chart in the world charts airplay charts or sales charts. The most recent figures (May 26, 2006) show that the singe sold 582,120 units in total.
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"FINAL DISTANCE" is Utada Hikaru's eighth single. "[[Distance (Utada Hikaru song)|DISTANCE]]" was originally scheduled to be released as a single, however it was held back after a [[Wikipedia:Osaka school massacre|shooting]] occured at an Osaka high school. One of the deceased, Yamashita Rena, had previously won an essay competition writing about Utada being her role model in life, and so Utada re-arranged the song into a ballad to commemorate her, and titled it "FINAL DISTANCE". It was also the "DoCoMo M-stage" [[CM]] song. The single reached #2 on the weekly [[Oricon]] charts (under [[Morning Musume]]'s "[[The Peace!]]") and charted for 13 weeks. The single became the #24 single of 2001 in Japan. This single, as well as "[[Hikari (Utada Hikaru)|Hikari]]" and "[[Sakura Drops / Letters|SAKURA Drops / Letters]]", strangely did not chart in the world charts airplay charts or sales charts. In total the single sold over 580,000 units.
  
 
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Distance originally appeared in the [[Distance]] album, and was planned to be released as a single. However, Utada heard of a school shooting/rampage in which schoolgirl Yamashita Rena (山下玲奈) had died. Rena had previously won an essay competition; writing about how she wanted to become a singer just like Utada. Utada decided to change the song entirely, creating the song FINAL DISTANCE. FINAL DISTANCE is Distance sung in ballad form. FINAL DISTANCE is the first [[PV]] in [[Kiriya Kazuaki]]'s Kiriya Trilogy of Utada PVs.
 
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* (Distance the song and the album) "The title became Distance because...looking back I realised that most of the songs in the album were about interaction between people; the distance between people. Emotion, mentality. Cause, you know, we all wanna get to know each other, and shorten that distance between people we love. That distance is never gonna be nothing. I mean, there's always gonna be a bit of it left, no matter how close you get. We have to love that distance too, if you're gonna love somebody. That's why I titled it that way." --Utada Hikaru
 
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* (FD) "This time I'm working hard on a round of promotion to get the new single heard by as many people as possible, and I...somehow think this song is not something which is supposed to be shown like, 'Okay please get ready to sing - Here it is, FINAL DISTANCE!' after some talks with MCs, appearing a series of TV shows. I do enjoy works of TV appearances, but since I don't want this song shown like that, I've decided to do promotion mainly by radio and magazines." --Utada Hikaru
 
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* (FD) "When I made this song, I remembered, 'Oh! This was the last song on Distance.' However, looking back again, I noticed that the one was the beginning of the 'Deep River' period. After all, if this one were not included in this album, I would feel that this album had no starting song. So this might have gained a pretty good point from me." --Utada Hikaru
 
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* (On the FD PV) "Yeah. That was a crazy looking video! That was kind of when I began working a lot with my husband, and he's the director on the video, and all that is his." -- Utada Hikaru
 
  
 
==Disambiguation==
 
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There are six versions of Distance and four versions of FINAL DISTANCE to be found in Utada's discography (listed chronologically). These different versions are:
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There are four versions of "FINAL DISTANCE" to be found in Utada's discography. These different versions are:
  
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: Found on [[Distance]] album as track three and FINAL DISTANCE single as track four.
 
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: Found on FINAL DISTANCE single as track two. This remix is dance-heavy and upbeat. It was produced and remixed by [[Russel McNamara]] for [[UnderCover Inc.]], and was coordinated by [[Michael T. Martin]] for UnderCover Inc..
 
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: Found on FINAL DISTANCE single as track three. This remix has a hip-hop theme to it, and was produced by [[TAKU]] from [[m-flo]]. Due to the remixing techniques used by TAKU, many people contributed to this remix. The remix was co-produced by [[Nakanishi Ryosuke]] a.k.a. [[Studio-R]]. The strings were played by [[Kinbara Strings]] and were arranged by [[Kouno Shin]]. The harp sample was played by [[Asakawa Tomoyuki]] and the guitar sample was played by [[Ishinari Masato]]. The remix contains a sample of [[Lori Fine]]'s voice from an m-flo intro.
 
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: Found on FINAL DISTANCE single as track five. This is just the standard version except without the major singing in it.
 
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: Found on [[Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004 - Hikaru no 5]] as track 17. The arrangement has changed slightly to accomodate the instruments present.
 
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: Found once on the [[Harmony~J-pop Meets Classics~For Slow Life Collection|HARMONY~J-pop Meets Classics~for slow life collection]], as track #5 of the 3rd CD (Dinner Time) on the second boxed set. This has no vocals, and is performed by The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra. However, this version is much more reminicent of FINAL DISTANCE's arrangement.
 
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: Found on FINAL DISTANCE single as track one, [[Deep River|DEEP RIVER]] album as track 10 and [[Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1|Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1]] as track 10. This is the version set to the PV.  
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: Found on the "FINAL DISTANCE" single as track #1, ''[[Deep River|DEEP RIVER]]'' as track #10 and ''[[Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1|Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1]]'' as track #10.  
 
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: Found on FINAL DISTANCE single as track six. This is just the standard version except without any vocals in it.  
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: Found on the "FINAL DISTANCE" single as track #6. This is the standard version, but without any vocals.  
 
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: Found on [[Utada Hikaru Unplugged]] DVD as track nine, making it an impressive final song for the concert.  
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: Found on the ''[[Utada Hikaru Unplugged]]'' DVD as track #9. The arrangement is similar to the standard version.
 
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: Found on [[Utada United 2006|UTADA UNITED 2006]] DVD as track three.  
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: Found on the ''[[Utada United 2006|UTADA UNITED 2006]]'' DVD as track #3. The arrangement is similar to the standard version.
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; FINAL DISTANCE [13 years distance mix] / AI + Utada Hikaru (2016 - UH vox.2001 & AI vox.2014)
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: Found on the [[AI]]'s compilation album''[[The Feat. Best]]'' as track #1. There's a new arrangement that mixes Utada vocals from original song recorde in 2001 and AI's vocals form her cover recorded in 2014, for the tribute album ''[[Utada Hikaru no Uta]]''.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:36, 31 October 2016

Single Cover
Artist
Utada Hikaru
Single
FINAL DISTANCE
Released
2001.07.25
Catalog Number
TOCT-4311
Price
¥1,100
Tracklist
  1. FINAL DISTANCE
  2. DISTANCE -PLANITb Remix-
  3. DISTANCE -m-flo remix- (produced by TAKU of m-flo)
  4. DISTANCE
  5. DISTANCE -Original Karaoke-
  6. FINAL DISTANCE -Instrumental-


Information

"FINAL DISTANCE" is Utada Hikaru's eighth single. "DISTANCE" was originally scheduled to be released as a single, however it was held back after a shooting occured at an Osaka high school. One of the deceased, Yamashita Rena, had previously won an essay competition writing about Utada being her role model in life, and so Utada re-arranged the song into a ballad to commemorate her, and titled it "FINAL DISTANCE". It was also the "DoCoMo M-stage" CM song. The single reached #2 on the weekly Oricon charts (under Morning Musume's "The Peace!") and charted for 13 weeks. The single became the #24 single of 2001 in Japan. This single, as well as "Hikari" and "SAKURA Drops / Letters", strangely did not chart in the world charts airplay charts or sales charts. In total the single sold over 580,000 units.

Song Information

Lyrics
Utada Hikaru
Music
Utada Hikaru
Other Information
Production: Miyake Akira, Utada Hikaru and Utada Sking Teruzane
Arrangement: Kawano Kei and Utada Hikaru
String Arrangement: Saito Neko
Keyboards and Programming: Kawano Kei
Synthesizer Programming: Tsunemi Kazuhide
Acoustic Piano: Kawano Kei
Strings: Great Eida Strings
All Vocals: Utada Hikaru
Recording: Ugajin Masaaki at Studio Terra and Bunkamura Studio (FINAL DISTANCE)
Mixing: Goh Hotoda at Bunkamura Studio

Disambiguation

There are four versions of "FINAL DISTANCE" to be found in Utada's discography. These different versions are:

FINAL DISTANCE
Found on the "FINAL DISTANCE" single as track #1, DEEP RIVER as track #10 and Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 as track #10.
FINAL DISTANCE (Instrumental)
Found on the "FINAL DISTANCE" single as track #6. This is the standard version, but without any vocals.
FINAL DISTANCE (Unplugged Live)
Found on the Utada Hikaru Unplugged DVD as track #9. The arrangement is similar to the standard version.
FINAL DISTANCE (Utada United Live)
Found on the UTADA UNITED 2006 DVD as track #3. The arrangement is similar to the standard version.
FINAL DISTANCE [13 years distance mix] / AI + Utada Hikaru (2016 - UH vox.2001 & AI vox.2014)
Found on the AI's compilation albumThe Feat. Best as track #1. There's a new arrangement that mixes Utada vocals from original song recorde in 2001 and AI's vocals form her cover recorded in 2014, for the tribute album Utada Hikaru no Uta.

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