:Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2
{{Infobox album
| name = Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2
| type = greatest
| longtype = / EP
| artist = Hikaru Utada
| cover = Utadasinglevol2.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2010|11|24}}
| recorded = 2004–2009 (Disc 1)
2009–2010 (Disc 2)
| venue =
| studio = Bunkamura Studio (Shibuya, Tokyo)
Conway Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
Strongroom Studios (London, United Kingdom)
| genre = *J-pop
| length = {{collapsible list|title=85:46 {{small|(total)}}|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left|
61:39 {{small|(Single Collection Vol. 2)}}
24:07 {{small|(EP Hymne à L'amour)}}
}}
| language = {{hlist|Japanese|some French}}
| label = * Eastworld
| producer = San-e Ichii (executive producer), Hikaru Utada, Akira Miyake, Teruzane Skingg Utada
| prev_title = This Is the One
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Fantôme
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Single Collection Vol. 2
| type = greatest
| single1 = Hymne à L'amour (Ai no Ansemu)
| single1date = October 9, 2010 (digital download)
| single2 = Goodbye Happiness
| single2date = November 10, 2010 (digital download)
| single3 = Show Me Love (Not a Dream)
| single3date = November 17, 2010 (digital download)
}}
}}
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 is Japanese pop singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada's second compilation album, released on November 24, 2010, by EMI Music Japan, the same day as her Universal-released English language compilation album, Utada the Best. The album includes two discs, with the first being a 13-track greatest hits album spanning 2004–2009, while the second is an extended play (named Hymne à L'amour) featuring new material.{{cite web | url=http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOCT-27027 | title=
According to Oricon, the album sold 334,000 copies by the end of 2010, being the 20th best-selling album of the year in Japan. The album also became the 56th best-selling album for 2011 in Japan, selling 108,000 copies since early 2011, summing up to a total of 443,000 units since its release date; however, Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 still remains Utada's lowest-selling Japanese album to date.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2011/more/3/|title = オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 －CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－}} The album is certified Double Platinum by RIAJ for shipping half-a-million units to Japanese record stores.{{cite web | script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年11月 |trans-title=Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (November 2010) | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201011.html | work=RIAJ |language=ja | date=December 10, 2010 | access-date=December 10, 2010}}
Background and development
In a blog entry dated August 9, 2010, Utada announced the greatest hits album, as well as a planned hiatus. Utada does not consider the hiatus her retiring from music, as she enjoys the process of making music, and considers herself a musician.{{cite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/2010/hikki1117/index.html | script-title=ja:宇多田ヒカル『自分の音楽を愛してくれた人たちへの感謝の気持ちが詰まったベスト盤』 |trans-title=Hikaru Utada: A greatest hits album packed with feelings of thanks to all the people who loved my music |publisher=Oricon Style | language=ja | date=November 17, 2010 | access-date=November 18, 2010}} Furthermore, Utada still has a contract to fulfill with EMI Group, a contract signed in 2010 to release music globally under her name Hikaru Utada.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/40223 | title=宇多田ヒカル、国外活動もEMI Musicとタッグ |trans-title=Hikaru Utada, now tagged with EMI Music for non-domestic releases |publisher=Natalie | language=ja | date=November 8, 2010 | access-date=November 18, 2010}} Utada explained in an interview on Tokio Hot 100 that the hiatus was to ground her, as since she was 15 she had not grown up, and had no concept of 'true personal growth'.{{cite web |url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/5156107/ |script-title=ja:宇多田ヒカル、常識人目指し休養 |trans-title=Hikaru Utada, a rest to focus on common sense |author=Daily Sports |publisher=Livedoor |language=ja |date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=November 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212923/http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/5156107/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live}} During her hiatus, she intends to do overseas volunteer work, learn French and re-establish relationships with her relatives, such as with her father and manager Teruzane Utada, who she admitted not even meeting outside of work.
The first disc is a collection of Utada's physical and digital singles released from her albums Ultra Blue (2006) and Heart Station (2008) in a reverse chronological order. This includes the 2009 Russell McNamara remix of "Beautiful World" for the film Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, "Beautiful World (Planitb Acoustica Mix)", however the collection does not include "Fight the Blues", the lead digital single from Heart Station, or her 2008 digital single "Eternally (Drama Mix)" a re-arrangement of a song from her 2001 album Distance for use in the drama Innocent Love.{{cite web | script-title=ja:宇多田ヒカル"隠れた名曲"の新ヴァージョンが月9主題歌に |trans-title=Hikaru Utada, a new version of a "hidden signature song" to be used as a gatsu-ku drama theme song | url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000043748 |language=ja | work=Barks | date=September 29, 2008 | access-date=September 17, 2010}}
The second disc of the album (Hymne à L'amour) features five previously unpublished songs. The songs, except for "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas", are all composed in a single coherent manner, with Utada writing about reconciling with herself, her past and her true self. Utada believes that this manner of writing was similar to her writing style for her debut Japanese album, First Love. Utada tweeted on September 28 that she was still in the process of writing the lyrics to the final song.{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/utadahikaru/status/25758297119 | title=Twitter / 宇多田ヒカル: 11月発売のベスト盤に収録される5つの新曲のうち |author=Hikaru Utada | language=ja | date=September 28, 2010 | access-date=September 28, 2010}} Utada wrote "Arashi no Megami" as a thank you song for her mother, Keiko Fuji.{{cite web | url=http://tower.jp/article/interview/72075 | title=宇多田ヒカル 『Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2』 |publisher=Tower Records | language=ja | date=November 19, 2010 | access-date=November 20, 2010}} "Show Me Love (Not a Dream)" was inspired by the feelings Utada felt while making her decision to go on hiatus. "Goodbye Happiness" was written while attempting to write a love song.
Promotion and release
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 was released two years and nine months after her previous original Japanese album Heart Station in 2008 and a year and nine months after her second and last Island Records effort This Is the One in 2009.
The first single from the album was "Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem)", a cover of the 1950s song by French chanson singer Édith Piaf. Utada sings the original French lyrics, as well as a personally written Japanese translation. It was used in commercials for Pepsi Nex in Japan, as a part of a campaign featuring famous Japanese musicians covering songs (such as Kumi Koda, Perfume and L'Arc-en-Ciel). The commercial began airing on October 2, with a digital release date of October 9.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/38260 | title= 宇多田ヒカルがペプシ新CMに登場＆横アリ2DAYS決定 |trans-title=Hikaru Utada featured in new Pepsi commercial & two days at Yokohama Arena announced |work=Natalie | language=ja | date=September 28, 2010 | access-date=September 28, 2010}}
The lead single from the album was "Goodbye Happiness", released digitally to cellphones on November 10.{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/news/news_j.php |title=
"Show Me Love (Not a Dream)" was released as a digital download a week before the album's release.{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/news/news_j.php |title=
The two remaining new songs were also used in commercial campaigns. The song "Arashi no Megami" was used in confectionists Morinaga & Company's {{nihongo|1 Choco for 1 Smile|1チョコ for 1スマイル}} commercial campaign, which is part of the wider {{nihongo|Ichiokunin no Valentine Project|一億人のバレンタインプロジェクト||"100 Million People Valentine Project"}} to combat child poverty. From November 24 until February 14, one yen from every digital download of the song will be donated to the cause.{{cite web |url=http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000177.000000664.html |title=宇多田ヒカル新曲「嵐の女神」が森永製菓「1チョコ for 1スマイル」キャンペーンソングに決定!～「Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2」収録曲～ |trans-title=Hikaru Utada, new song "Storm Goddess" used for Morinaga & Company's 1 choco for 1 smile campaign, Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 track list |author=EMI |publisher=PRTimes |language=ja |date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=November 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130204039/http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000177.000000664.html |archive-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=live}} "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas" was used for the second round of Pepsi Nex commercials featuring Utada, after "Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem)".{{cite web |url=http://recochoku.jp/search/Srch?fkw=%89F%91%BD%93c%83q%83J%83%8B&tgt=mid&o=0&ext=&mid=0%3A20366383%2C22497&ftgt=akw&sort=c-%2Cr-%2Cm%2B%2Ca%2B&st= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716110425/http://recochoku.jp/search/Srch?fkw=%89F%91%BD%93c%83q%83J%83%8B&tgt=mid&o=0&ext=&mid=0:20366383,22497&ftgt=akw&sort=c-,r-,m+,a+&st= |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |title=宇多田ヒカル Can't Wait 'Til Christmas |publisher=Recochoku |language=ja |access-date=November 24, 2010 }}
In promotion for the album, Utada set up a Twitter account, [https://twitter.com/utadahikaru Utadahikaru], on September 28. An official Hikaru Utada YouTube account was also set up in early November, featuring the music video for "Goodbye Happiness".{{cite web | url=http://www.u3music.com/message/index.php?m=1&d=2010111001583j.xml | title=新曲のPV公開！とか…とにかくニュースが多すぎる! | trans-title=Unveiling of my new music video! And so much more news! | author=Hikaru Utada | publisher=U3 Music | language=ja | date=November 10, 2010 | access-date=November 18, 2010 | archive-date=November 20, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120190228/http://www.u3music.com/message/index.php?m=1&d=2010111001583j.xml | url-status=dead }} The channel was briefly taken down due to a false copyright infringement claim by a company called Media Interactive Inc., which was reported in the media.{{cite web | url=http://www.rbbtoday.com/article/2010/11/18/72139.html | title=宇多田ヒカル公式チャンネルのPV削除で本人も「ほわっつはっぷん?!」 |trans-title=Hikaru Utada's official channel music video removal, Utada herself reacting, "Hwwhat's Happen?! | publisher=RBB Today | language=ja | date=November 18, 2010 | access-date=November 19, 2010}} Utada personally tweeted about the incident.
Utada featured in an extensive number of magazines during album promotions, including CD&DL Data, Edge Style, Gekkan Songs, Gekkan the Television, Happie Nuts, Mini, Musica, Non-no, Ori Star, Patipati, Pia, PopSister, Rockin' On Japan, Smart, Tokyo Calendar, Tokyo Walker, What's In? and You Music.{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/news/news_j.php |title=
Utada performed a short tour for the album, a concert series titled Wild Life. The tour features only two dates, both held at the Yokohama Arena on December 8 and 9.{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/news/news_j.php |title=
On January 15, 2011, a documentary named {{nihongo|Utada Hikaru: Ima no Watashi|宇多田ヒカル ～今のわたし～|"Hikaru Utada: What I'm Like Right Now"}} was aired on Japan's public broadcast channel NHK. The documentary followed Utada through her activities before her hiatus, including recording backing vocals for "Goodbye Happiness" in London in August 2010, filming the music video for "Goodbye Happiness", preparing for her Wild Life concerts and footage from the concerts. Interspersed through this was scenes of Utada being interviewed by Chris Peppler, a navigator for J-Wave's radio program Tokio Hot 100. Two songs were performed live in a studio, "Show Me Love (Not a Dream)" and "Goodbye Happiness", and clips of "First Love", "Nijiiro Bus" and "Prisoner of Love" from the concerts were broadcast.{{cite web |url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/43018 |title=宇多田ヒカルがNHKで「今のわたし」を語る特別番組 |trans-title=Hikaru Utada talks about What [She's] Like Right Now on a special NHK program |publisher=Natalie.mu |language=ja |date=January 6, 2011 |access-date=January 12, 2011}}{{cite AV media |people=Hikaru Utada, Chris Peppler, Kazuya Matsumoto, Yōichi Azegami, Ryūji Toyoshima |date=January 15, 2011 |title=宇多田ヒカル ～今のわたし～ [Hikaru Utada: What I'm Like Now] |medium=Television production |language=ja |publisher=NHK |location=Tokyo, Japan}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Barfout!
| rev2 = Hot Express
| rev3 = Listen Japan
| rev4 = Rockin' On Japan
| rev5 = Rolling Stone Japan
| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstonejapan.com/?p=5519 |title=CD Review 宇多田ヒカル『Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2』ヒッキー、活動休止（号泣） |trans-title=Hikki, on hiatus (crying out loud) |author=Poem Hoshi |publisher=Rolling Stone Japan |language=ja |access-date=December 14, 2010}}
| rev6 = Vibe
| rev7 = What's In?
}}
The album was received positively by music critics. Tetsuo Hiraga from Hot Express noted that there was much more sorrow and pain in her songs in the collection, as opposed to the songs collected in Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1, believing the album "gives birth to an unconscious sympathy".{{cite web |url=http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/review/2889/ |title=レビュー Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2 |author=Tetsuo Hiraga |publisher=Hot Express |language=ja |access-date=December 14, 2010}} Vibe's Mio Yamada believed that Vol. 2 was like "self-cutting sharpness hidden in shadows", and described the collection as "an emotional and sentimental autobiography".{{cite web |url=http://www.vibe-net.com/musicinfo/release/review/?record_cd=2034 |title=REVIEW 宇多田ヒカル Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2 |author=Mio Yamada |publisher=Vibe |language=ja |date=November 16, 2010 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032452/http://www.vibe-net.com/musicinfo/release/review/?record_cd=2034 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=usurped}} She believed love dealt with in Vol. 2 was much more mature than on Vol. 1, and noted "Passion" and "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" on their lyrics that expressed weakness and strength simultaneously. Yamada, Jiro Yamazaki of Barfout! and Mikio Yanagisawa of What's In? all felt the songs on the album had the ability to relate to everybody.{{cite web |url=http://steppinout.jp/barfout/reviewandpreview/post-115.php |script-title=ja:宇多田ヒカル、ネクストを感じさせるベスト・アルバム収録の新曲 |trans-title=Hikaru Utada's greatest hits album new songs with a feeling of next |author=Jiro Yamazaki |publisher=Web Barfout! |language=ja |date=November 1, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.musicnet.co.jp/search/newrelease.php?ReleaseNumber=TOCT-27027-8 |title=DISC REVIEW Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2 by 宇多田ヒカル |author=Mikio Yanagisawa |publisher=What's In? |language=ja |access-date=December 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719030811/http://www.musicnet.co.jp/search/newrelease.php?ReleaseNumber=TOCT-27027-8 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=dead}} Yanagisawa described the work as "blue introspection", and the album as a "jem that feels like a miracle". Yamada similarly likened all of the singles as "jewels".
Akira Kondō from Listen Japan felt the collection expressed an extremely personal world outlook, and believed the collection was an excellent way to experience the change in Utada's sound between Ultra Blue and Heart Station.{{cite web |url=http://listen.jp/store/diskreview_31433.htm |title=新譜レビュー > 宇多田ヒカル/Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2 |author=Akira Kondō |publisher=Listen Japan |language=ja |access-date=December 14, 2010}} Similarly, Hiroki Yokuyama of Rockin' On Japan remarked that the album was a rare pathway showing Utada's expression.{{cite magazine |url=http://ro69.jp/disc/detail/43241 |title=内なるレボリューションの軌跡 宇多田ヒカル『Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2』 |trans-title=The path of an internal revolution |author=Hiroki Yokuyama |magazine=Rockin' On Japan |language=ja |date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=December 14, 2010}}
Many critics commented that all of the new songs were of high quality. Kondō described them as "perfect", and that they "rise and flood with a powerful energy". Yanagisawa singled out "Show Me Love (Not a Dream)" as the best of the new tracks. Hiraga felt her performance in the music video for "Goodbye Happiness" was thrilling, also called the song a "lovely masterpiece" that was "like a fight towards loneliness". Yokuyama had an appreciation of "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas", feeling that it was much more universal and original than most Christmas songs.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number one on Japan's Oricon daily albums chart, with 22,000 copies sold.{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/82372/ |script-title=ja:宇多田ヒカル、ベスト第2弾が初日首位 |trans-title=Hikaru Utada, second greatest hits album first day at number one |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |date=November 24, 2010 |access-date=December 10, 2010}} It later debuted at number one on Oricon's weekly charts with 231,000 copies sold, her seventh successive Japanese language number one album. It outsold albums by Kara, Masaharu Fukuyama and Ikimonogakari that week but the figure was less than half of that of the first week of her 2008 studio album, Heart Station, which had sold 480,000 copies.{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/53138/full/ |title=【オリコン】宇多田ヒカル、08年No.1スタートで6作連続1位！ |trans-title=Hikaru Utada, starting 2008 with her sixth successive number one album |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |date=March 25, 2008 |access-date=December 10, 2010}} The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for more than 500,000 physical copies shipped to music stores. According to Oricon's sales data, the album was the 20th most sold album in Japanese CD stores in 2010. However, with 441,000 copies sold,{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 |trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service "You Big Tree" | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp | work=Oricon | access-date=June 8, 2011}} (subscription only) it is currently Utada's lowest selling Japanese album.{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/193854/ranking/cd_album/ |script-title=ja:宇多田ヒカルのアルバム売り上げランキング |trans-title=Hikaru Utada album sales ranking |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |access-date=March 24, 2011}} However, including her entire discography, it is her third worst selling album, after Universal English-language albums This Is the One (2009) and Utada the Best (2010). In South Korea, the album debuted at the #1 spot in the Gaon International Albums Chart in the week of December 5–11, 2010, but the album only charted for a week.{{cite web |url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/album/list.gaon |title=GAON ALBUMS CHART |publisher=Gaon |date=December 8, 2010 |access-date=December 8, 2010}} In Taiwan, the album debuted at the sixth spot on the G-Music Combo album charts, having 1.54% of total album sales in the week of December 10–16, 2010 but it quickly dropped to the #19 spot, contributing to 0.81% of the total album sales for the week of December 17–23, 2010, charting for only two weeks,{{cite web |url=http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillBoard0.aspx |title=G-MUSIC ALBUMS CHART |publisher=G-MUSIC Taiwan |date=December 17, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010}} selling almost 8,000 copies in total,{{cite web |url=http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33042899/IssueID/20101217 |title=SJ 連莊寶島最唱銷東洋歌王 |publisher=tw.nextmedia.com |date=December 17, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010}} but behind other Asian acts which sold above the 8,000-mark in the said chart like Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, Wonder Girls and Super Junior.
During the album's release, the leading track "Goodbye Happiness" reached number one on Billboard's Japan Hot 100 chart, after charting for four weeks.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/ |title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard Japan |date=December 1, 2010 |access-date=December 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122212055/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100 |archive-date=November 22, 2010 |url-status=live}} "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas" charted at number 85 in this week, due to paid downloads on provider iTunes.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/51-100/page:2 |title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard Japan |date=December 1, 2010 |access-date=December 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523094815/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/51-100/page:2 |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/top_airplay/51-100/ |title=Japan Hot Top Airplay |work=Billboard Japan |date=December 1, 2010 |access-date=December 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213160646/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/top_airplay/51-100 |archive-date=December 13, 2010 |url-status=dead}} On the Recording Industry Association of Japan's digital track chart for full-length cellphone downloads, "Show Me Love (Not a Dream)" charted at number 21 a week before the album's release.{{cite web |url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010s&weeklyCd=20101123&rankKbn=50 |title=
Since the release of the album, "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas" has reached number one on the Recording Industry Association of Japan's digital track chart,{{cite web |url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010s&weeklyCd=20101221&rankKbn=50 |title=
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Hikaru Utada, except "Hymne à L'amour ~Ai no Ansemu~" lyrics by Édith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot, with Japanese translation by Utada.
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| credits = No
| headline = Disc 1: Single Collection Vol. 2
| total_length = 57:26
| title1 = Prisoner of Love
| note1 = from Heart Station
| extra1 = Utada
| length1 = 4:46
| title2 = Stay Gold
| note2 = from Heart Station
| extra2 = Utada
| length2 = 5:14
| title3 = Heart Station
| note3 = from Heart Station
| extra3 = Utada
| length3 = 4:36
| title4 = Kiss & Cry
| note4 = from Heart Station
| extra4 = Utada
| length4 = 5:06
| title5 = Beautiful World
| note5 = from Heart Station
| extra5 = Utada
| length5 = 5:17
| title6 = Flavor of Life (Ballad Version)
| note6 = from Heart Station
| extra6 = Utada, Alexis Smith, Yuzuru Tomita
| length6 = 5:25
| title7 = Boku wa Kuma
| note7 = from Heart Station
| extra7 = Tomita, Utada
| length7 = 2:23
| title8 = This Is Love
| note8 = from Ultra Blue
| extra8 = Utada
| length8 = 4:57
| title9 = Keep Tryin'
| note9 = from Ultra Blue
| extra9 = Utada
| length9 = 4:53
| title10 = Passion
| note10 = from Ultra Blue
| extra10 = Utada
| length10 = 4:43
| title11 = Be My Last
| note11 = from Ultra Blue
| extra11 = Utada
| length11 = 4:30
| title12 = Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro
| note12 = from Ultra Blue
| extra12 = Utada
| length12 = 4:26
| title13 = Beautiful World (Planitb Acoustica Mix)
| extra13 = Russell McNamara
| length13 = 5:10
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| credits = No
| headline = Disc 2: Special Collection − Hymne à L'amour (EP)
| total_length = 24:11
| title1 = Arashi no Megami
| note1 = {{nihongo2|嵐の女神}}, "Storm Goddess"
| extra1 = Utada
| length1 = 4:16
| title2 = Show Me Love (Not a Dream)
| extra2 = Utada, Matt Rohde
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Goodbye Happiness
| extra3 = Utada
| length3 = 5:21
| title4 = Hymne à L'amour (Ai no Ansemu)
| note4 = {{nihongo2|HYMNE À L'AMOUR ～愛のアンセム～}}, French and Japanese for "Anthem of Love"
| extra4 = Naruyoshi Kikuchi, Utada
| length4 = 6:33
| title5 = Can't Wait 'Til Christmas
| extra5 = Utada
| length5 = 3:44
}}
Personnel
Personnel details were sourced from Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2's liner notes booklet.{{cite AV media notes |title=Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 |others=Hikaru Utada |year=2010 |language=ja |publisher=EMI Music Japan |location=Tokyo, Japan}}
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- Miyake Akira – producer
- Yuuko Honda – musician coordination
- San-e Ichii – executive producer
- Michael T. Martin – overseas production contractor
- Fumio Miyata – musician coordination
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- Hidenobu Okita – director
- Hikaru Utada – producer
- Teruzane "Skigg" Utada – producer
- Norio Yamamoto – Los Angeles session coordination
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Performance credits
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- David Carpenter – bass (#1-9)
- Chris Chaney – bass (#2-2)
- Yamaya Honda – drums (#2-4)
- Takashi Itani – percussions (#2-4)
- Noriyasu Kawamura – drums (#2-1)
- Kinbara Chieko Strings – String section (#1-6)
- Tsuyoshi Kon – acoustic guitar (#1-6, #1-11—1-12, #2-1)
- Makiyama Junko Strings – String section (#1-1)
- Ben Mauro – guitar (#1-10)
- Russel McNamara – guitars (#1-13)
- Gary Novak – drums (#2-2)
- Akemi Ohta – flute (#2-4)
- Hiroshi Okamoto – acoustic piano (#1-6, #2-1, #205)
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- Dan Reynolds – drums (#1-13)
- Forrest Robinson – drums (#1-10—1-11)
- Matt Rohde – acoustic piano (#1-10, #2-2), keyboards (#1-9—1-10, #2-2)
- Alexis Smith – electric bass (#1-6), keyboards (#1-6)
- Masato Suzuki – bass (#2-4)
- Synergy Vocals – chorus vocals (#2-3)
- Takeshi Taneda – bass (#2-1)
- Yuzuru Tomita – acoustic piano (#1-2), keyboards (#1-7)
- Masayasu Tzboguchi – electric piano (#2-4)
- Hikaru Utada – acoustic piano (#1-2, #1-12), keyboards (#1-1—1-5, #1-9—1-12, #2-2—2-3, #2-5), vocals
- Phil Xenidis – guitar (#2-2)
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Visuals and imagery
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- Asuka Katagiri – photo
- Manabu Mizuno – art direction
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- Masaru Uemura – design
- Kazuhisa Yoshimoto – retouching
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Technical and production
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- Matsui Atsushi – mixing (#1-7), recording
- Daniel Burns – recording (#1-9, #2-2)
- Glenn Erwin – Pro Tools operation (#1-10)
- Goetz B. – mixing (#1-1—1-11, #2-1-2-2, #2-4—2-5), recording (#2-3)
- Goh Hotoda – mixing (#1-12), recording (#1-12)
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Naruyoshi Kikuchi – arrangement (#2-4)
- Masahito Komori – recording (#2-3)
- Damien Lewis – additional/assistant engineering (#2-3)
- Russel McNamara – production, programming (#1-13)
- Matt Rohde – arrangement (#2-2), programming (#1-9—1-10, #2-2)
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- Alexis Smith – additional programming (#1-5, #1-8—1-10, #2-3, #2-5), arrangement (#1-6), programming (#1-6)
- Masaki Takamura – recording (#2-4)
- Brian Taliaferro – additional programming (#1-11)
- Phil Tan – mixing (#2-3)
- Yuzuru Tomita – additional programming (#1-1—1-5, #1-8, #2-3), arrangement (#1-6—1-7), programming (#1-7), string arrangement (#1-1, #1-6)
- Kazuhide Tsunemi – additional programming (#1-1)
- Hikaru Utada – additional programming (#1-7), arrangement, programming (#1-1—1-5, #1-12, #2-2, #2-5), string arrangement (#1-1, #1-6)
- Pat Woodward – recording (#1-10)
- Takuo Yamamoto – string arrangement (#1-6)
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Charts
Sales and certifications
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| Oricon physical sales
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| RIAJ physical shipping certification
|align="center"|2× Platinum (500,000+) |
| G Music physical sales (Taiwan)
|align="center"|8,000 |
Release history
References
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