Flavor of Life
- Artist
- Utada Hikaru
- Single
- Flavor Of Life
- Released
- 2007.02.28
- Catalog Numeber
- TOCT-40095
- Label
- EMI Music Japan, Inc.
- 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, from which the ballad version of this song was used as the insert song for the drama Hana Yori Dango 2. Flavor of Life, when first released as a ringtone on the 5th of Janurary, debuted at #14 on the ringtones chart, and, as of February 28, 2007, has held 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 three times platinum certification from RIAJJ. Flavor of Life woud eventually rank as the best-selling ringtone of all time in Japan, eventually recording 5.580 million downloads in sales by the end of March 2007. The CD single itself would reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly charts thrice, her only other single to do this to date 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.
- TV Performances
- [2007.02.24] CDTV
- [2007.02.26] HEY! HEY! HEY! (Ballad Version)
- [2007.03.02] Music Fighter
- [2007.03.02] Music Station (Ballad Version)
- [2007.03.08] Utaban
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: 643,437* (as of 2007.10.22)
