This Is Love (Hikaru Utada song)

Single infobox
Name = This Is Love


Artist = Utada Hikaru
from Album = Ultra Blue
Released = May 31, 2006
Format = Digital Single
Recorded = —
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:58
Label = EMI Music Japan
Writer = Utada Hikaru
Producer = Utada Hikaru
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single = "Keep Tryin'"
(2006)
This single = "This Is Love"
(2006)
Next single = "Boku wa Kuma"
(2006)

"This Is Love" is Utada Hikaru's first Japanese digital single (23rd overall). It was released on May 31, 2006 as a promotional single for her fourth Japanese studio album. "This Is Love" was tied-in as the CM song for a Nissin cup noodle campaign and the opening theme for an anime "Freedom". This digital single reached number one in virtually every online music store in Japan prior to the ULTRA BLUE album's release, including the most used store in Japan, iTunes Japan, as well as OnGen, among others. Utada herself is quoted to have said that this song is about expressing that "Love is like a mix of extremes: anxiety and peace."

On December 20th, 2006 iTunes Japan released a list of top downloaded singles and albums; This is Love ranked as #9 making it the 9th most downloaded song for 2006 [ [http://wiki.theppn.org/This_is_Love This is Love - Wiki.theppn ] ] [ [http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0612/20/news069.html ITmedia News：iTunes年間ランキング、トップは宇多田とモーツァルト ] ] . In March 2007 This is Love would receive a triple platinum certifcation for Chaku-Uta downloads from RIAJ.

Track listing

#This Is Love - 4:58

References

External links

* [http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/hikki/ Utada's website]
*ja icon [http://www.music.co.jp/mobile/index_pc.html Mobile music store]