Be My Last
| "Be My Last" | ||||
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| File:Utada Hikaru - Be My Last.jpg | ||||
| Single by Hikaru Utada | ||||
| from the album Ultra Blue | ||||
| Released | September 28, 2005 | |||
| Format | CD, paid download | |||
| Genre | J-pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:30 | |||
| Label | Toshiba-EMI | |||
| Writer(s) | Hikaru Utada | |||
| Producer(s) | Akira Miyake, Hikaru Utada and Teruzane Utada | |||
| Hikaru Utada singles chronology | ||||
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"Be My Last" is Hikaru Utada's 14th Japanese single, released on September 28, 2005. It was used for the 2005 film Spring Snow, an adaptation of the 1966 Yukio Mishima novel of the same name.[citation needed]
The cover art was taken in Prague, Czech Republic.[citation needed] The large, dark building shown to the left is Prague Castle.
Contents
Promotion
Utada had five TV performances a month after it had been released, due to her promotional work in Europe for the last Exodus album single, "You Make Me Want to Be a Man", which delayed her performances.[citation needed] The timing of these lives has also fit in with the release of Spring Snow. Also planned with these live performances is an internet streaming of "Be My Last" available from Utada's Toshiba-EMI website.[citation needed] The streaming includes a performance as well as Utada answering a few questions from fans. It was available from the 11th until the 20th of November. On the television program performance at Music Station, Utada was accompanied with a cello as background music for "Be My Last" instead of the CD version which she had used for the other performances.[citation needed] Aya Matsuura had also covered "Be My Last" on 30 October 2005.[citation needed]
Chart reception
"Be My Last" reached #1 on the first day of its release on the Oricon chart, and stayed the number one single of the week post that day. To date, "Be My Last" has sold at least 150,000 physical copies. In 2005, this single sold 143,916 units, making it the #70 single of 2005.
Covers
In 2014, Kazuya Yoshii of The Yellow Monkey recorded the song for Utada Hikaru no Uta, a tribute album celebrating 15 years since Utada's debut.[1]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Hikaru Utada.
| CD Version | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Be My Last" | 4:30 |
| DVD | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Be My Last (Music Video)" | 4:30 |
Chart rankings
| Charts (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Oricon weekly singles[2] | 1 |
| Oricon yearly singles[3] | 70 |
Certifications and sales
| Chart | Amount |
|---|---|
| Oricon physical sales[4] | 151,000 |
| RIAJ physical shipping certification[5] | 500,000+ |
| RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads[6] | 500,000+ |
| RIAJ PC downloads[7] | 100,000+ |
Chart procession and succession
| Preceded by
"Planetarium" by Ai Otsuka
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Oricon Weekly number-one single October 10, 2005 |
Succeeded by "Countdown" by Hyde |
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