Beautiful World (Hikaru Utada song)

"Beautiful World"
A woman sitting on a ledge at the bottom of a concrete garage building while motion-blurred school children walk past
"Beautiful World" / "Kiss & Cry" cover.
Single by Hikaru Utada
from the album Heart Station
ReleasedAugust 29, 2007 (2007-08-29)
Recorded2007
StudioBunkamura Studio
Genre
Length5:18
LabelEMI Music Japan
Songwriter(s)Hikaru Utada
Producer(s)
Hikaru Utada singles chronology
"Kiss & Cry"
(2007)
"Beautiful World"
(2007)
"Do You"
(2007)
Alternate cover
"Beautiful World (Planitb Acoustica Mix)" digital download cover

"Beautiful World" is a song by Japanese American musician Hikaru Utada. It served as the theme song for Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, the 2007 film reboot of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. It was released as a double A-side single on August 29, 2007 along with her song "Kiss & Cry", which had been released digitally three months earlier.[1] In 2009, a remix of the song, "Beautiful World (Planitb Acoustica Mix)" served as the theme song of the second film in the series, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.

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