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"Chikai / Don't Think Twice"
Single by Hikaru Utada
from the album Hatsukoi
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedJune 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)
Recorded2017
Genre
Length4:33
Label
Songwriter(s)Hikaru Utada
Producer(s)Hikaru Utada
Hikaru Utada singles chronology
" Hatsukoi"
(2018) 		"Chikai / Don't Think Twice"
(2018) 		" Face My Fears"
(2019)

"Chikai" (誓い, lit. "Vow") is a song by Japanese American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. Along with its English-language counterpart "Don't Think Twice", it serves as the ending theme song to the Square Enix video game, Kingdom Hearts III. [1] "Chikai" first appeared on Utada's seventh Japanese-language studio album, Hatsukoi, and was also included on the setlist of their Laughter In The Dark Tour. [2]

The song and the English version "Don't Think Twice" were released as a B-side of the single " Face My Fears" as a CD single on January 18, 2019, making it their first release on the format in eleven years since their 2008 single " Prisoner of Love". It is also their first release with original English songs since " This Is the One" in 2009. [3]

Promotion

On September 17, Utada performed "Chikai" live for the first time at Music Station Super FES 2018. [4]

Commercial performance

The song reached No. 8 in the Oricon download chart in the release week, despite the song not being released as a single officially to the date. [5] In Billboard Japan, it peaked at No. 51 in Japan Hot 100 and No. 10 in the Download Songs chart. Internationally, it's the best-selling Utada single to the date. In the iTunes store, it peaked No. 39 in the North American, No. 3 in Chile, No. 7 in Colombia and charted in up to 10 countries. [6] [7]

Charts

References

  1. ^ Ashcraft, Brian (February 10, 2018). "Listen To Kingdom Hearts III's Theme Song By Utada Hikaru". Kotaku. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "New song "Chikai" (Game「KINGDOM HEARTS III 」Theme song) announced! New trailer of the game released worldwide today!". Utadahikaru.jp. Hikaru Utada Official Website. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "宇多田ヒカル、11年ぶりシングルCD発売決定 Skrillexと『キングダムハーツIII』OP制作". ORICON NEWS. October 31, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "「ミュージックステーション ウルトラFES 2018」にて『誓い』を歌唱！". Hikaru Utada Official Website. September 13, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "週間 デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  6. ^ "Download Songs" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  7. ^ "Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  8. ^ "Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  9. ^ "Download Songs" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  10. ^ "週間 デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  11. ^ "World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. July 7, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  12. ^ "週間 デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
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