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Chikai (Hikaru Utada song)

"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

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

Commercial performance

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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

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References

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  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.