Prisoner of Love (Utada Hikaru song)

Single infobox
Name = Prisoner of Love


Artist = Utada Hikaru
from Album = Heart Station
Released = May 21, 2008
Format = CD+DVD
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = EMI Music Japan
Writer = Utada Hikaru
Producer = Utada Hikaru
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single = "Fight the Blues"
(2008)
This single = "Prisoner of Love'"
(2008)

"Prisoner of Love'" is Utada Hikaru's 21st Japanese single and 30th single overall, and was released on May 21, 2008. This was her first Japanese recut single in 9 years, after the first one First Love in 1999. It is also her first single to be released exclusively in CD+DVD format. Prisoner of Love (Quiet Version) will serve as the insert song for the Japanese television drama, "Last Friends," while the original version will remain the theme song. [ [http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/news/news_j.php Utada Hikaru Official Website: News] ] It won the Best Theme Song Award in the 57th Drama Academy Awards. [ [http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/2008/08/20/ The Television Blog] ]

Music Video

The video for Prisoner of Love features Utada writing, arranging, and composing the song. She is seen doing push-ups and punching the air, while the scene switches back to her crafting the song and having writer's block.The video is very interesting in that its her first to use various references to her U3 blog. She is seen peeling and eating an orange-like fruit called a mikan, and in her blog she mentioned having a surplus of them. She is also seen drawing her inventive superhero, Super-Kuman, based on Kuma Chang, her stuffed bear, which is the subject for her song Boku Wa Kuma.

Track listing

*CD+DVD Version CD Tracklist
#Prisoner Of Love
#Prisoner Of Love -Quiet Version-
#Prisoner Of Love (Original Karaoke)
#Prisoner Of Love -Quiet Version- (Original Karaoke)DVD Tracklist
#Prisoner Of Love (Video Clip)

Digital sales information

On May 13th, Barks.jp reported "Prisoner of Love" had sold over 1.5 million downloads across all formats [ [http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000039775 Barks.jp] ] , and on July 7th, Yahoo!Japan reported it had sold over 2.9 million downloads [ [http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080703-00000008-lisn-musi Yahoo!Japan] ] , it has been certified by the RIAJ on September 2nd for reaching the 1 million mark for Chaku-Uta full downloads in Japan [http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080820_3.html] [http://utada-online.net/blog/?p=346] .

Charts

Oricon sales chart (Japan)

Billboard Japan Rankings [ [http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_100/j_100.html ビルボードジャパン ホット100 - Billboard（ビルボード） - TSUTAYA online ] ] [ [http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_air/j_air.html ビルボードジャパン ホット100エアプレイ - Billboard（ビルボード） - TSUTAYA online ] ]

References