To promote the international formats of Kingdom Hearts, Utada re-recorded an English language version entitled " Simple & Clean". It was performed on some of her concert tours, including the Utada United and Wild Life tour. An accompanying music video was shot by their then-husband, Kazuaki Kiriya it features Utada washing dishes and drinking water. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for physical shipments of 800,000 units. It was also successful in Japan, peaking at number one both on the Oricon Singles Chart and Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) Count Down TV singles chart. Many critics highlighted the track as one of Utada's best singles, and commended their vocal abilities and songwriting. Upon its release, the track garnered positive reviews from music critics. Lyrically, it is about mysteries in life and human activities. The single, and a remix by Russell McNamara (under the alias PlanitB), was used as the official Japanese theme song for the 2002 action role-playing video game Kingdom Hearts, and appeared on its original soundtrack respectively. It was written and composed by Utada, whilst production and arrangement was handled by Utada, their father Teruzane Utada, and long-time collaborator Miyake Akira. It premiered on March 20, 2002, as the third single from the album in Japan. " Hikari" ( Japanese: 光, "light") is a song recorded by Japanese–American recording artist Hikaru Utada for their fourth studio and third Japanese language album, Deep River (2002).
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