Eternally (Hikaru Utada song)
| "Eternally" | |
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| Song by Hikaru Utada | |
| from the album Distance | |
| Released | March 10, 2008 |
| Recorded | 2000 |
| Genre | J-pop |
| Length | 4:45 4:49 (Drama Mix) |
| Label | EMI Music Japan |
| Songwriter(s) | Hikaru Utada |
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"Eternally" is a song by Japanese musician Hikaru Utada, from their 2001 album Distance. It was re-arranged in 2008 as "Eternally (Drama Mix)" for use in the Maki Horikita starring Fuji TV drama Innocent Love. It was released as a digital single on October 31, 2008, and eventually released onto CD in March 2009, on an EMI compilation album I: Zutto, Zutto, Aishiteru (i(アイ)～ずっと、ずっと、愛してる～).
Innocent Love director Toshiyuki Nakano originally decided that Utada's voice would suit the themes of the drama well. Hearing "Eternally", he felt the song was a perfect choice for the drama, as the song's melody, lyrics and title fitted, in his opinion, as if the song had been specifically commissioned for the drama.