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"Passion" is a single by Utada Hikaru . It was released in Japan on December 14 , 2005 , with a price of ¥ 1,575 (roughly 13.62 USD ) and includes a DVD of the "Passion" music video. A ¥ 1,050 (roughly 9.08 USD ) version was also released, which contains only the audio cd in a paper case. This is her 15th Japanese single (20th overall) and has also featured in the game '' Kingdom Hearts II '', developed by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games , as its theme song. ''Passion'''s music video was filmed in China by her husband, combined with an animation segment in the beginning of the video created by Koji Morimoto . Utada has also previously done a song for the game Kingdom Hearts titled " Hikari " in Japan and " Simple And Clean " in North America. In an interview, Utada said, "It's like... as if 'Hikari' was the dawn, and 'Passion' has a concluding or 'dusk' feeling to it. The lyrics of 'Passion' show how phases of the past, present and future of the character in my song relate to each other." Click here to listen to the 46 second sample of Hikaru Utada 's single. LYRICS One interesting feature of the song is the use of reversed lyrics. The reversed phrase "I need more affection than you know" is heard periodically in the background. It is conjectured that other features of '' Kingdom Hearts II '' have similar themes of reversal. DIFFERENT VERSIONS It is worth noting that the version of Passion found in this single differs slightly from the version used for ''Kingdom Hearts II'', which is missing the last verse, and also has the added lines, "Hito shirezu/My heart's a battleground" (Nobody knows/ My heart's a battleground.) It has been titled the "~opening version~" on the ''Kingdom Hearts II'' Soundtrack . For the International Release of ''Kingdom Hearts II'', Utada Hikaru also recorded an English version of this song, titled " Sanctuary ". TRACK LISTING
# Passion (~single version~) - 4:36 # Passion (~after the battle~) - 5:57
CD Tracklist # Passion (~single version~) - 4:36 # Passion (~after the battle~) - 5:57 DVD Tracklist #Passion (single version) (Music Video) CHARTS ''Passion'' - ''' Oricon ''' Sales Chart (Japan) EXTERNAL LINKS |
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