Automatic / Time Will Tell
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| "Automatic / Time Will Tell" | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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"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
- Automatic
- Time Will Tell
- Automatic (original karaoke)
- 12cm Version
- Automatic
- Time Will Tell
- Time Will Tell (Dub Mix)
- Vinyl Version
Tracklist (Side A)
- Automatic
Tracklist (Side B)
- Time Will Tell
- Time Will Tell (Dub Mix)
[edit] Charts
"Automatic / Time Will Tell" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | Sales Total | Chart Run | |
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| 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 |
| Utada Hikaru |
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| Singles |
| "Close To You" • "Automatic / Time Will Tell" • "Movin' on Without You" • "First Love" • "Addicted To You" • "Wait & See ~Risk~" • "Remix: Fly Me to the Moon" • "For You / Time Limit" • "Can You Keep A Secret?" "Final Distance" • "traveling" • "Hikari" • "Sakura Drops / Letters" • "Colors" • "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" • "Easy Breezy" • "Devil Inside" • "Exodus '04" • "Be My Last" "You Make Me Want To Be A Man" • "Passion" • "Keep Tryin'" • "This Is Love" • "Boku wa Kuma" • "Flavor of Life" • "Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry" • "Do You" • "Heart Station / Stay Gold" |
| Various |
| Full discography | Albums | Singles |
[edit] External links
- Hikki's Website — official Toshiba EMI siteja:Automatic/time will tell

