Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)

Record Cover

Artist

Utada Hikaru

Single

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

Released

2000.05.10

Catalog Number

TOJT-4211

Price

Side A Tracklist

1. Fly Me To The Moon (Mike Brown Remix)
2. Fly Me To The Moon (James McQuade Remix)

Side B Tracklist

1. Fly Me To The Moon (VC2's Club Mix)
2. Fly Me To The Moon (Bob Allecca Remix)

"Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)" is Utada Hikaru's cover of Kaye Ballard's 1954 love ballad made famous by Frank Sinatra. It was first released as one of the the B-sides to her "Wait & See ~Risk~" single. A month later it was released on vinyl with exclusive remixes. Included with the vinyl release was a sweepstakes competition for a DVD that included the animated PV for "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)". The vinyl only reached #16 on the Oricon charts, selling its 20,000 copies. Utada later sung the song live at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 31st in New York City.

In 2007, a remix version called "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 Mix-" was released and used as the trailer song for the movie Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone.

Song Information

Lyrics

Bart Howard

Music

Bart Howard

Other Information

Production: Utada Sking Teruzane, Miyake Akira

Arrangement: Kawano Kei

String Arrangement: Kawano Kei

Recording: Ugaijin Masaaki at Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo

Mixing: Goh Hotoda at Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo

Keyboards & programming: Kawano Kei

Synthesizer programming: Iida Takahiro

Guitar: Akiyama Hironori

Strings: Goto Yuichiro strings

Disambiguation

There are eight versions of "Fly Me to the Moon" to be found in Utada's discography. These include:

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

Found on the "Wait & See ~Risk~" single as track #3.

Fly Me To The Moon (Mike Brown Remix)

Found on the "Fly Me To The Moon" vinyl as track #1. This remix is a reasonably laid back dance mix.

Fly Me To The Moon (James McQuade Remix)

Found on the "Fly Me To The Moon" vinyl as track #2. This remix has a strong electronic beat to it.

Fly Me To The Moon (VC2's Club Mix)

Found on the "Fly Me To The Moon" vinyl as track #3. This remix is a heavy trance mix.

Fly Me To The Moon (Bob Allecca Remix)

Found on the "Fly Me To The Moon" vinyl as track #4. This remix is backed by electric pianos and a shimmery beat.

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bohemian Summer Live)

Found on the Bohemian Summer 2000 DVD as track #6.

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 Mix-

Found on the "Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry" single as track #3. This track has the same arrangement as the standard version, but the vocals are edited to sound smoother and clearer.

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 Mix- (Original Karaoke)

Found on the Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry single as track #6. It is the same as the "-2007-" mix but without Utada's main vocals.

External Links

Oricon Profile