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"Everlasting"
Japanese single cover
Single by BoA
from the album Outgrow
Language	Japanese Korean
B-side	"Soundscape" "People Say..."
Released	January 18, 2006
Genre	Pop
Length	5:27
Label	Avex Trax SM
Songwriter(s)	BoA Natsumi Watanabe
Producer(s)	Kazuhiro Hara
BoA singles chronology
"Dakishimeru" (2005) "Everlasting" (2006) "Nanairo no Ashita (Brand New Beat)/Your Color" (2006)
Music video
"Everlasting" on YouTube

"Everlasting" is a song by South Korean recording artist BoA. It was released as her 18th Japanese single under Avex Trax on January 18, 2006, and her 4th physical Korean single under SM Entertainment a week later on January 25, 2006. The leading track "Everlasting" is a ballad, and the B-side track of the Japanese release, "Soundscape", is a mid-tempo song. "People Say..." serves as the B-side track for the South Korean release. The single also contains a "classical version" (orchestral composition remake) of "Everlasting".

Commercial endorsements

"Everlasting" was used as the network advertisement for the online Japanese music giant, music.jp; it was also used as the ending theme for the TV Asahi drama The Door of Miracles: The Power of TV. In addition, "Everlasting" was used as the theme song for the Japanese dubbing of the movie Oliver Twist, directed by Roman Polanski.

Music video

The first scene shown in the music video is of BoA in a dark room with a flower and many photographs scattered throughout the floor of the room. There are three windows to the room. Through each of windows, BoA is there, one with a big black hat with a white dress, another with a flower in her hair and the atmosphere like autumn and the last is BoA sitting upon a bell tower dressed in completely black. The music video takes turns between all the scenes and BoA is shown singing throughout all of them.

Track listing

Japanese version

1. "Everlasting" – 5:27
2. "Soundscape" – 4:12
3. "Everlasting" (Classical version) – 5:27
4. "Everlasting" (TV Mix) – 5:29
5. "Soundscape" (TV Mix) – 4:15

Korean version

1. "Everlasting" – 5:24
2. "People Say..." (슬픔은 넘쳐도) – 4:23
3. "Everlasting" (Classical version) – 5:28
4. "Everlasting" (Instrumental) – 5:24
5. "People Say..." (슬픔은 넘쳐도) (Instrumental) – 4:21

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Soundscape".

Personnel – Japanese version

• BoA – vocals, lyricist (track 1)
• Natsumi Watanabe – lyricist (track 1)
• Kazuhiro Hara – composer, arranger (track 1)
• Narumi Yamamoto – lyricist (track 2)
• Dieter Bohlen – composer (track 2)
• Colin Campsie – composer (track 2)
• K-Muto – arranger (track 2)

Charts

Sales and certifications

References

1. "보아, 감성 싱글 '에버래스팅' 25일 국내 발매" [BoA, emotional single 'Everlasting' released in Korea on the 25th]. JoyNews24 (in Korean). Naver. January 24, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
2. "보아, 日 18번째 싱글 폭발적 인기" [BoA, Japan's 18th single explodes in popularity]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. January 24, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
3. "보아, 로만 폴란스키 영화에 테마곡 선사" [BoA provides theme song to Roman Polanski's film]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. December 28, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
4. "BoAのリリース一覧" [List of BoA's Releases]. Oricon. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
5. "2006.01월 – 가요 음반 판매량" [January 2006 Album Sales]. Music Industry Association of Korea. 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
6. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「You大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 21, 2014.
7. "Japanese single certifications – BoA – Everlasting" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2006年2月 on the drop-down menu
8. "Japanese ringtone certifications – BoA – Everlasting" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2006年8月 on the drop-down menu
9. 19,000 (Korean version) + 5,000 (Japanese version)
   • "2006년 – 가요 음반 판매량" [2006 Domestic Album Sales]. Recording Industry Association of Korea. 2006. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
   • "2006년 – Pop 상반기 음반 판매량" [2006 First Half Domestic Album Sales]. Recording Industry Association of Korea. 2006. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2014.

• 2006 singles
• BoA songs
• Pop ballads
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