Automatic / Time Will Tell

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"Automatic / Time Will Tell"
Image:Utada Hikaru - Automatic time will tell.jpg
Single by Utada Hikaru
from the album First Love
Released December 9, 1998
Format CD, Double A-side Single
Recorded August 1998
Genre Pop/R&B
Length N/A
Label EMI Music Japan
Writer Utada Hikaru
Producer Utada Hikaru
Utada Hikaru singles chronology
"Close To You"
(1997)
"Automatic / Time Will Tell"
(1998)
"Movin' on without you"
(1999)

"Automatic / Time Will Tell" was Utada Hikaru's 2nd single released in December 9, 1998. "Automatic / time will tell" debuted with 42,210 copies sold in its first week, but it went on to sell 2,063,000. The single hit #4 (8cm) and #1 (12cm) on the Oricon charts.

In 1999, a Hong Kong singer and actress Kelly Chen covered Automatic as 情不自禁 (Qíng Bù Zì Jìn) in Mandarin.

"Automatic" was used in the CM for Honda Life. "Time will Tell" was featured in beatmania GB GatchaMIX for the Game Boy Color.

[edit] Track listing

  • 8cm Version
  1. Automatic
  2. Time Will Tell
  3. Automatic (original karaoke)
  • 12cm Version
  1. Automatic
  2. Time Will Tell
  3. Time Will Tell (Dub Mix)
  • Vinyl Version

Tracklist (Side A)

  1. Automatic

Tracklist (Side B)

  1. Time Will Tell
  2. Time Will Tell (Dub Mix)

[edit] Charts

"Automatic / Time Will Tell" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
8cm December 9, 1998 Oricon Daily Singles Chart
8cm December 9, 1998 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #4 772,080 23
8cm December 9, 1998 Oricon Yearly Singles Chart
12cm December 9, 1998 Oricon Daily Singles Chart
12cm December 9, 1998 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #2 1,290,700 23
12cm December 9, 1998 Oricon Yearly Singles Chart

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