"Time Goes By" is a song by the
Japan
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J-pop
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group
Every Little Thing, released as their eighth single on February 11, 1998. It was used as the theme song for the drama ''Amai Kekkon''.
Track listing
# Time Goes By
(Words & music - Mitsuru Igarashi)
# Time Goes By (Bad Attitude mix)
# Time Goes By (instrumental)
Chart positions
Cover versions
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Hideaki Tokunaga
is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actor.
Although Tokunaga failed to pass the test of ''Star Tanjō!'' in 1982, he debuted as a recording singer in 1986. After he released hit songs such as " Yume o Shinjite" (the first ending theme of t ...
covered the song on his 2007 album ''Vocalist 3''.
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Eric Martin covered the song in English on his 2008 album ''
Mr. Vocalist
''Mr. Vocalist'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Eric Martin. Released on November 26, 2008 exclusively in Japan by Sony Music Japan, the album features Martin's English-language covers of popular female-oriented Japanese ...
''.
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Juju covered the song on her 2010 album ''
Request''.
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Naoya Urata
is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a former member of the group AAA.
Career
Following Urata's arrest in April 2019, he announced he was leaving AAA on December 31, 2019.
Controversy
On April 19, 2019, Urata was arrested for allegedly assau ...
covered the song on his 2013 cover album ''UNCHANGED''.
External links
''Time Goes By''information at
Avex Network.
''Time Goes By''information at
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
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1998 singles
Every Little Thing (band) songs
Songs written by Mitsuru Igarashi
Japanese television drama theme songs
1998 songs
Avex Trax singles
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