Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro

"Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" (誰かの願いが叶うころ, lit. "When Someone's Wish Comes True") is Hikaru Utada's 13th Japanese-language single (15th overall) and her 1st and only Japanese single for 2004. She released 2 versions of Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro: CD and DVD. It was released on April 2, 2004. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro is also included in the "Our Last Days" - "Casshern" OST as the theme song. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro debuted at #1 on the Oricon chart with 150,020 copies sold, became her sixth single to go #1 for two consecutive weeks, and went on to sell 365,000. It was performed on Music Station and on her Utada United 2006 tour. The single reached #1 on Oricon and charted for 22 weeks. This song became the #14 song of 2004 in Japan. "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" was featured in a Sony commercial for Hi-MD.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Hikaru Utada.

CD Version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ)"	4:27
2.	"Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (Instrumental)"	4:27

DVD Version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ)"	-:--
2.	"Making of Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro"	-:--

Charts

"Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
April 21, 2004	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1	365,206	22
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	14

Behind the Scenes

A music box shown at the beginning of the single's promotional video is playing the "Blue Danube Waltz".
The single's promotional video is the first to show Utada playing an instrument, the piano, as she sings. She was credited for playing the acoustic piano in the song in the single's booklet and also in the Ultra Blue booklet, although she has not played any instruments on her live performances of "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro". (She can also play the guitar; this is shown in the video for "Keep Tryin'," and she has also performed "Devil Inside" while playing the guitar.)

References

External links

Hikki's Website — official EMI Music Japan site
Lyrics - Translation in Romaji and English

Utada Hikaru

Discography Songs Awards

Japanese-language studio albums	First Love Distance Deep River Ultra Blue Heart Station

English-language studio albums	Precious Exodus This Is the One

Compilation albums	Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 Utada the Best

Other albums	Utada Hikaru no Uta

Tours	Bohemian Summer 2000 Utada Hikaru In Budokan 2004 Utada United 2006 Utada: In the Flesh 2010 Wild Life

Related articles	Teruzane Utada Keiko Fuji

Utada Hikaru songs

Discography

First Love	"Automatic" "First Love" "Movin' On Without You" "Time Will Tell"

Distance	"Addicted to You" "Can You Keep a Secret?" "Eternally" "For You" "Time Limit" "Wait & See (Risk)"

Deep River	"Final Distance" "Hikari" "Letters" "Sakura Drops" "Traveling"

Exodus	"Devil Inside" "Easy Breezy" "Exodus '04" "You Make Me Want to Be a Man"

Ultra Blue	"Be My Last" "Colors" "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" "Keep Tryin'" "Passion" "This Is Love"

Heart Station	"Beautiful World" "Boku wa Kuma" "Fight the Blues" "Flavor of Life" "Heart Station" "Kiss & Cry" "Prisoner of Love" "Stay Gold"

This Is the One	"Come Back to Me" "Dirty Desire"

Single Collection Vol. 2	"Can't Wait 'Til Christmas" "Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem)" "Goodbye Happiness" "Show Me Love (Not a Dream)"

Collaborations	"Do You"

Other songs	"Sakura Nagashi"

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