Sakura Drops / Letters

Single infobox
Name = Sakura Drops / Letters"
"Sakuraドロップス / Letters


Artist = Utada Hikaru
from Album = Deep River
Released = May 9, 2002
Format = CD, Double A-side Single
Recorded = —
Genre = Pop
Length = N/A
Label = EMI Music Japan
Writer = Utada Hikaru
Producer = Utada Hikaru
Reviews =
Last single = "Hikari"
(2002)
This single = "Sakura Drops / Letters"
(2002)
Next single = "Colors"
(2003)nihongo|"Sakura Drops / Letters"|Sakuraドロップス／Letters|Sakura Doroppusu / Letters is Utada Hikaru's 11th Japanese-language single (13th overall) and also the last single on the Deep River album. It was released on May 9, 2002 and debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts, selling 400,390 in its first week (her highest first-week sales for the year). To date it has sold 687,000 copies.

Sakura Drops was used as the theme song to the drama First Love, while Letters was used as the Docomo Foma CM song. Letters features a number of guitarists, including Char, Hisashi from Glay and her own father Utada Teruzane. The PV for SAKURA Drops was directed by Utada's ex-husband, Kiriya Kazuaki, and is the third and final of the famous Kiriya Trilogy of Utada promotional videos. There was no PV for Letters. This single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for 10 weeks. The single became the #6 single of 2002 in Japan. This single, as well as FINAL DISTANCE and Hikari, strangely did not chart in the world charts in either airplay or sales. The most recent figures (as of May 26, 2006) show that the single sold 686,720 units in total [ [http://wiki.theppn.org/Sakura_Drops_/_Letters Sakura Drops / Letters - Wiki.theppn ] ] .

Track listing

*CD Version
#Sakura Drops
#Letters
#Sakura Drops (Original Karaoke)
#Letters (Original Karaoke)

*Sonic Sprout Mix Vinyl Version

Tracklist (Side A)
#Sakura Drops (Sonic Sprout Mix)

Tracklist (Side B)
#Sakura Drops (Sonic Sprout Mix) (Instrumental)

Charts

"Sakura Drops / Letters" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References

External links

* [http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/hikki/ Hikki's Website] — official Toshiba EMI site