Distance (album)

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Distance
Studio album by Utada Hikaru
Released	March 28, 2001
Recorded	—
Genre	J-Pop
Length	64:26
Label	Toshiba-EMI
Producer(s)	—
Utada Hikaru chronology
First Love (1999)	Distance (2001)	DEEP RIVER (2002)

Distance is an album by Utada Hikaru, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). It was released in direct competition with A BEST by Ayumi Hamasaki.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Charts 4 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

1. Wait & See ~Risk~ (Wait & See ～リスク～, Weito ando Shī ~Risuku~^?) – 4:48
2. Can You Keep a Secret? – 5:08
3. DISTANCE – 5:30
4. Sunglasses (サングラス, Sangurasu^?) – 4:46
5. Drama (ドラマ, Dorama^?) – 4:36
6. Eternally – 4:45
7. Addicted to You (UP-IN-HEAVEN MIX) – 5:19
8. For You – 5:22
9. Kettobase! (蹴っ飛ばせ!, Kettobase!^? lit. Swift Kick!) – 4:31
10. Parody – 5:25
11. Time Limit (タイム・リミット, Taimu Rimitto^?) – 4:55
12. Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi (言葉にならない気持ち, Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi^? lit. Indescribable Feelings) – 5:03
13. HAYATOCHI-REMIX (Bonus Track) – 4:10

[edit] Singles

• "Addicted To You" (November 10, 1999)
• "Wait & See ~Risk~" (April 19, 2000)
• "For You / Time Limit" (June 30, 2000)
• "Can You Keep a Secret?" (February 16, 2001)

[edit] Charts

Distance - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
March 28, 2001	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	#1
March 28, 2001	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	#1	4,469,000	45
March 28, 2001	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	#1

[edit] Miscellanea

• All songs were written by Utada Hikaru. She recorded this album when she was 18.
• The song "Distance" was slowed down and made into another song called "Final Distance" in memory of a fan who was stabbed in her school.
• Rodney Jerkins, famed producer who's worked with R&B artists like Toni Braxton, joins Hikaru on "Time Limit."
• "Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi"'s melody was originally "Interlude" on the First Love album. "Interlude" was remade into this full-length song.
• The "ri" on the song name "Hayatochiri" was removed, and added was the "Re" part of "Remix". Therefore you get "Hayatochi-Remix".
• Oricon recently announced 'Distance' as the current highest selling album of the 2000's in Japan. Ayumi Hamasaki's 'A BEST' is the closest to outselling Hikaru's album as the best selling of the 2000's in Japan.

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Albums
Japanese: First Love | Distance | DEEP RIVER | ULTRA BLUE Compilation Album: Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 English: Precious | EXODUS
Singles
Japanese: Automatic / time will tell | Movin' on without you | First Love Addicted To You | Wait & See ~Risk~ | For You / Time Limit | Can You Keep A Secret? FINAL DISTANCE | traveling | Hikari | SAKURA Drops / Letters COLORS | Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro | Be My Last | Passion | Keep Tryin' Boku wa Kuma Digital Single: This Is Love English: Close To You REMIX: Fly Me To The Moon Easy Breezy | Devil Inside | Exodus '04 | You Make Me Want To Be A Man Digital Single: Easy Breezy | Devil Inside
Theme Songs
Kingdom Hearts: Hikari | Passion | Simple And Clean | Sanctuary Nintendo DS: Easy Breezy
Various
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