Time Goes By

1998 single by Every Little Thing

"Time Goes By"

Single by Every Little Thing
from the album  Time to Destination
Language| Japanese, English
Released| February 11, 1998 (1998-02-11)
Genre| J-pop
Length| 5:11
Label| Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)| Mitsuru Igarashi[1]
Every Little Thing singles chronology
| "Face the Change"
(1998)  | "Time Goes By"
(1998)  | "Forever Yours"
(1998)

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Music video
"Time goes by" on YouTube

"Time Goes By" is a song by the Japanese J-pop group Every Little Thing. It was released as their eighth single on February 11, 1998.[1] The song was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Amai Kekkon [ja].[2][3] It charted in Oricon singles chart for 18 weeks, reaching the peak at second place.[1] The single was sold over one million records, in turn receiving Million Seller certification from Recording Industry Association of Japan.[4]

## Track listing

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(According to Oricon)[5]

1. Time Goes By
2. Time Goes By (Bad Attitude mix)
3. Time Goes By (instrumental)

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Time Goes By"  Chart (1998)  | Peak
position

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Japan (Oricon)[1] | 2

## Cover versions

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* Hideaki Tokunaga covered the song on his 2007 album Vocalist 3.
* Eric Martin covered the song in English on his 2008 album Mr. Vocalist.
* Juju covered the song on her 2010 album Request.
* Naoya Urata covered the song on his 2013 cover album Unchanged.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Time Goes By". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2006-06-21. "1998年02月11日発売 最高位：2位 登場回数：18回 作詞/作曲/編曲：五十嵐充"
2. ^ "1990年代の連ドラ主題歌を集めたコンピレーションCD 『オールスター・ドラマ・ヒッツ". Sony Music (in Japanese). 2014-08-18. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. "Time goes by ドラマ「甘い結婚」主題歌（1998）"
3. ^ "Time goes by - Every Little Thing". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. "フジ系ドラマ『甘い結婚』主題歌"
4. ^ "各種統計 - 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 1998年". Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. "Million Seller - Single - Every Littele [sic] Thing - Time Goes By"
5. ^ "Time goes by - Every Little Thing". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.

## External links

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* Time Goes By information at Avex Network.

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Every Little Thing singles

* Discography

1990s|

* "Feel My Heart"
* "Future World"
* "Dear My Friend"
* "For the Moment"
* "Deatta Koro no Yō ni"
* "Shapes of Love/Never Stop!"
* "Face the Change"
* "Time Goes By"
* "Forever Yours"
* "Necessary"
* "Over and Over"
* "Someday, Someplace"

2000s|

* "Pray/Get into a Groove"
* "Sure"
* "Rescue Me/Smile Again"
* "Ai no Kakera"
* "Fragile/Jirenma"
* "Graceful World"
* "Jump"
* "Kioku"
* "Sasayaka na Inori"
* "Grip!"
* "Fundamental Love"
* "Mata Ashita"
* "Soraai"
* "Koibumi/Good Night"
* "Kimi no Te"
* "Azure Moon"
* "Hi-Fi Message"
* "Swimmy"
* "Kirameki Hour"
* "Atarashii Hibi/Ōgon no Tsuki"

2010s|

* "Sora/Koe"
* "Kira Kira/Akari"

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