Addicted to You (Hikaru Utada song)

"Addicted to You"
Single by Hikaru Utada
from the album Distance
Released November 10, 1999
Format CD, Regular Single
Recorded 1999 at Flyte Tyme Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota and mixed at Flyte Tyme, Edina, Minnesota
Genre Pop, R&B
Label EMI Music Japan
Writer(s) Hikaru Utada
Producer(s) Hikaru Utada, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Alex Richbourg
Hikaru Utada singles chronology
"First Love"
(1999)		 "Addicted to You"
(1999)		 "Wait & See (Risk)"
(2000)

"Addicted to You" is a song by Japanese recording artist Hikaru Utada from her second studio album Distance (2001). It was released as the album's lead single on 10 November 2000 by EMI Music Japan. Utada wrote the track and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis produced it. This was her first collaboration with American producers and composers. The single artwork was shot by American photographer Richard Avedon and features two black-and-white figures of Utada. Musically, "Addicted to You" is a R&B and dance song that discusses about themes of love and relationships.

"Addicted to You" received positive reviews from music critics, many who highlighted it from the parent album; a music critics had viewed the single as "nostalgic". It achieved commercial success in Japan, with a peak position of number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and a million certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). The single remains the fourth highest selling single in first week sales, and the thirty-ninth best selling single in Japan. A music video was shot in Hong Kong, and featured Utada inside a club.

Background and composition

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (pictured) had produced several tracks for Utada, including the remix of "Addicted to You".

In December 1998, American-born Japanese recording artist Hikaru Utada released her debut single "Automatic". She released "Movin' On Without You" in February 1999 and both sold over one million units in Japan, with the first selling over two million.[1][2]

Her debut album First Love became the highest selling Japanese album of all time, exceeding sales of more than 7.6 million units in Japan and was certified octuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of eight million units; it sold 10 million units worldwide.[3] By the end of the year, Utada was rank fifth on a Japanese radio station Tokio Hot 100 Airplay's Top 100 Artists of the 20th Century by the station and its listeners.[4]

"Addicted to You" was written by Utada.[5] The song was recorded in mid-1999 at Flyte Tyme Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota and mixed at Flyte Tyme, Edina, Minnesota.[5] Steve Hodge, Indoh Mitsuhiro and Ugajin Masaaki recorded Utada's vocals and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis produced the track.[5] Darnell Davis played the keyboard, Alex Richbourg played the drums and all other instruments were handled by Jam and Lewis.[5] There are two versions of the track; the Up-in-Heaven mix and the Underwater mix. Utada and her label EMI did not originally selected "Addicted to You" as the lead single as they feared it would not make impact in Japan.[5] The song was then re-composed in order to appeal more to the Japanese music audience.[5] "Addicted to You" is influenced by rock and R&B music.[6]

Release and promotion

"Addicted to You" was released on 10 November 1999 in CD format by EMI Music Japan, as the lead single for the singer's second studio effort Distance (2001).[7] The cover sleeve features two clones of Utada, one being a close-up of Utada's face and the second being a long shot of her.[5] The cover shoot was photographed by American artist Richard Avedon; this was his only collaboration with Utada up until his death in October 2004 as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.[8][9] The max single came with the instrumental and radio edits of both Up-in-Heaven and Underwater mix.[5] Wataru Takeishi was commissioned to direct the accompanying music video.[10] The video was filmed in Hong Kong and featured Utada inside a nightclub, and features several shots of different areas inside the club.[10]

Reception

"Addicted to You" received positive reviews from music critics. Nagasawa Tomonori from Barks.com had favored the albums singles as the best tracks.[11] An staff review from Tower Records likened the Jam and Lewis collaborations on the album, including "Wait & See (Risk)". The reviewer had labelled the music the "hottest."[12] Yonemoto Hiromi from Yeah!! J-Pop! was positive in his review, feeling that the composition sounded "nostalgic"-like.[13] A staff review from CDJournal discussed Utada's first greatest hits compilation Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 and commended Utada's "fine" vocal delivery and composition."[14]

"Addicted to You" debuted at number one on the Daily and Weekly Oricon Singles Chart, her second number one single since her "Movin' on Without You".[15] First week sales sold over one million units, making it the second highest selling single in the first charting week. This was behind Mr. Children's "Nameless Poetry", but both positions were replaced by AKB48's "Everyday, Katyusha" and "Flying Get" in 2011.[16] The song stayed in the weekly chart for fifteen weeks.[15] The song was certified million by RIAJ for shipments of one million units, and sold 1.7 million units in total, making it the thirty-nineth best selling single in Japan music history and her second best selling single behind "Automatic/Time Will Tell".[17][18] This marked Utada's fourth million-selling single, which ranked alongside her singles "Automatic", "Time Will Tell" and "Movin' On Without You" from First Love, "Wait & See (Risk)", "For You", "Time Limit", "Can You Keep a Secret?" from Distance, "Travelling" from Deep River and "Colors" from Ultra Blue.[19][20][21][22][23][24] [upper-alpha 1]

Tracklisting

All songs written and composed by Hikaru Utada, and arranged by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. 

No. Title Length
1. "Addicted to You (Up-in-Heaven Mix)"   5:19
2. "Addicted to You (Underwater Mix)"   6:17
3. "Addicted to You (Up-in-Heaven Mix) (Instrumental)"   5:21
4. "Addicted to You (Underwater Mix) (Instrumental)"   4:08

The tracks (1 & 3) were produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the promotional CD single;[5]

Charts, peaks and positions

Oricon charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Japan Daily Chart (Oricon)[15] 1
Japan Weekly Chart (Oricon)[15] 1
Japan Monthly Chart (Oricon)[15] 1

Certification

Region Certification Shipments
Japan (RIAJ)[17][upper-alpha 2] Million 1,200,000

Notes

  1. ↑ According to Oricon, the songs "For You", "Time Limit", "Travelling" and "Colors" did not sell over one million units in Japan but was certified Million by Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)
  2. ↑ The RIAJ threshold had changed in July 2003, with original platinum certifications being 400,000 units.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年2月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. February 1999 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 473: 9. April 10, 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年3月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 1999 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 474: 9. May 10, 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年9月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. September 1999 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 480: 8. November 10, 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Announcing the Top 100 Big Artists of the 20th Century as chosen by listeners and J-wave (リスナーとJ-WAVEが選んだ20世紀のビッグ・アーティスト100人を発表！)". www.j-wave.co.jp (in Japanese). 1999. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 "Addicted to You" (CD Single: liner notes). Utada Hikaru. EMI Music Japan. 1999.
  6. ↑ Unknown. "Yahoo! Music - J-Pop Reviews [Utada Hikaru - Distance]". OngakuDB.com, provided by Yahoo! Music JP. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Utada Hikaru: Addicted to You". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Richard Avedon, the Eye of Fashion, Dies at 81", Andy Grundberg, The New York Times, October 1, 2004.
  9. ↑ Rourke, Mary. "Photographer Richard Avedon Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "宇多田ヒカル - Addicted to You (UP-IN-HEAVEN MIX)" (in Japanese). YouTube. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ Nagasawa Tomonori. "Yahoo! Music - J-Pop Reviews [Utada Hikaru - Distance]". BARKS.com, provided by Yahoo! Music JP. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  12. ↑ Tower Records Staff. "Yahoo! Music - J-Pop Reviews [Utada Hikaru - Distance]". TOWER RECORDS, provided by Yahoo! Music JP. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  13. ↑ Yonemoto Hiromi. "Yahoo! Music - J-Pop Reviews [Utada Hikaru - Distance]". Yeah!! J-Pop!, provided by Yahoo! Music JP. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ayumi Hamasaki / Utada Single Collection Vol. 1 review" 宇多田 ヒカル / Utada Single Collection Vol. 1 [CCCD]. CdJournal.com. February 18, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "Release - ORICON MUSIC STYLE". Oricon. Archived from the original on January 13, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Corner Ranking Single - RIAJ". Music TV Program. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Corner Ranking Single - RIAJ". Music TV Program. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  18. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年11月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. November 1999 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 482: 9. January 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  19. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年3月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 1999 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 474: 9. May 10, 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  20. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年5月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. May 2000 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 488: 8. July 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  21. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年7月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. September 2000 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 490: 8. September 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  22. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2001年2月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. February 2001 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 497: 8. April 10, 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  23. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2002年1月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. January 2002 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 508: 12. March 10, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  24. ↑ ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2003年12月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (December 2003)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. January 10, 2004. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  25. ↑ "The Record - August 2003 - Page 15" (PDF) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved December 23, 2010.

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