Utada Hikaru - Simple&Clean/Hikari

[MsAlicePhantomhive]

My gawsh :o How'd ya get so good at the piano? Ive been trying for months and I still got nothin' XD What you have is pure tallent my friend X) Im subscribing!! Post more anime music and Ill be your numero uno FAN!! :D

[elmanvideosful]

wooow you're a genious, man! i wanna play the piano like you someday :)

[ThemTwoDudes]

Security is what we want Importance is another key Modernization is good for awhile but People are the way to go Let go of what you once had AND Clothe your self don't Lack your own power because for Ever you will be strong And every step you take is another step to give your self a good Name a name for everyone to hear that name is? SORA it says simple and clean :D

[gamerseye171]

A slight mess up at 1:42, but other than that it's beautiful. :3

[AZNDORAGON]

Remove the "Simple&Clean" part of the title. It's just Hikari :3

They are both awesome songs, but don't mix them up. It just sounds similar.

[Baller027]

the thing i hate about the piano version is it leaves out the best part of the song which is the chorus. "when you walk away, you dont hear me say, please oh baby dont go..." it leaves the melody of that part :(((

[iRoxFanDubber]

@Baller027 It's because the song is fitted for the Japanese words. When they sing the begining of the chorus inJapanese, that is how it sounds.

[macattack352]

Where did you get the sheet music?

[KingTrebla]

Hey Iwillbot I'm about to write 6-8 pages on this exact cover for music.

Just thought i'd let you know o.O

[dripzz100]

lol awsome playing ........ lol 1:42 awsome key?

[zazodubby]

In my opinion it's a little bit too fast at some parts but overall u did a very good job =)

[kingdomheartsking47]

ok tempo is perfect and melody is amazing and the player is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM­MMMMME! i have been trying to learn this song since i know how to play piano

[kingdomheartsking47]

ok tempo is perfect and melody is amazing and the player is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM­MMMMME

[davidovich00]

MISTAKE 1:41 hahah jk, it's pretty cool

[liongal123]

Its really good, just go over the second part of the the beginning a bit :D

[Yobreaddude2010]

big promotion for yamaha!

[LALLAIOSONO]

stupenda *___*

[MujiLN]

nice , excelent work this song is so beautiful nice again thx ^^!

[Kavirako]

I think it's the piano. Yamaha sucks balls.

awesome!

[MrSexypiano]

he stop being so good hehehehahaha jk lol

[LiliumSaffron]

This is so beautiful. All the emotion of the original piece and the right tempo, too. Awesome piano playing.

[Kyoyasensei96]

For me it´s the greastest song in a video game!

[rikuthelegendery]

i love hikaru utada song but for some reason i can`t play it right plz show me i plz

[platolentejas]

It´s fantastic!!! =D

[A2daM2daZ]

This is seriously some of your best work. I've heard many covers of this song but this is by far the most beautiful. Thanks for remaining to be my favorite, awesome piano player in the world (of YouTube). :D

[masterofdisaster491]

you need to tune your piano, other than that, the song sounds great. oh, and i was wondering if you could check out the new videos i posted. make sure to comment on them.

[bigcox265]

only 5 more views and ull have 123,456 views lol >_<

[robloxmaniac9]

wow...pretty impressive! i like it!  0_0

[Chrisao7]

yeeeeeeah kingdom hearts!

[AzelfEmrysSky]

Both Hikari and Simple and Clean (jap and eng versions) are originally slow like this. A lot of people have probably heard this song in Kingdom Hearts, where it is actually sped up, which is why people think you're playing it too slow.

[ToshiyaAmano]

I'm learning this song right now! lol

Awesome job btw :)

[lizzy5515]

awesome :)

[kittykat490]

I like this one a lot better than most other piano covers of this song. Your piano has sort of a soft, muted sound to it.

[nellielopez96]

i likr this vid, cause i like simple&clean, and it sound so nice on the piano

[TheJewelsAngel]

Hi !

Wonderful ! I was looking for the simple sheet music, because of Kyle Landry is a big difficult... Can you send me the music sheet by private message please ?

I didn't find it in your myspace/twitter so...

[TheXxanabelxX]

that was good

[Yanimeluvfan]

oh wow awesome!!! Ur piano is really pretty too :)

[robloxmaniac9]

@Yanimeluvfan i agree yanimeluvfan

[sk8ergirl519]

I love it :D i'm trying to learn how to play this

[GiovoManiacal]

Wow!! Where can I find the sheet music? *.*

[Streetisourocean]

@GiovoManiacal in the description would be a good place to start lol

[rainingcrystalx]

nice, i'm trying to learn the same version.

um, so there's some confusion. there are 2 versions: hikari, the slow version. simple&clean, the fast version. the notes differ.

you're playing the hikari version, according to the hikari sheets i have. you can still call it simple&clean since they are just 2 versions of essentially the same song.

so in a way, disneysword is trying to say that you are playing the hikari version. that's true, and you admitted it already in your title. and description.

[KevinM2k9]

@rainingcrystalx Hikari is the Japanese name, simple and clean is the english name, same as Passion and sanctuary from kingdom hearts 2

[Yoshi17th]

Good playing :D

Wow at all the flaming... oh by the way guys, you do NOT respond to a flamer by flaming. It makes you just as bad!

Thanks for uploading!

But yeah Disney was right in the sense that this song should be called/titled "Hikari" and not "SImple and Clean", as some people may want to find the English Version's piano... version lol.

[Lach1234]

Your like the Ray Allen if pianos. Lol

Ray Allen - The most pure shooter in the NBA. :P

[KathyakaNina]

Wow thts so beautiful a mastrpiece :''') ur th best whn it coms 2 playng piano iwillbot

I dnt thnk u playd 2 slow or 2 fast since in th end of th game it always strt slow thn it goes a lil fast.

Ovr all ur AMAZING ^_^

[animaniakk]

beautiful i lovee it :)

[TheVilsconMusician]

This is just one of the best songs ever, I almost cried to it.

[xVxMx]

Lovely cover ^^ 5/5

[DisneySword]

ATTENTION EVERYONE>.... IF U BELIEVE THIS IS THE DAM ENGLISH VERSION..WHICH PRETTY MUCH THE ENGLISH VERSION DOESNT EVEN PLAY THE WHOLE FUCKIN TIME...THEN TRY SINGIN THE DAM WORDS WITH THE RIGHT TIMEING!!IT DOESNT ALIGN!!!! about half the jap version ACTUALLY DOES MATCH ENGLISH WORDS.... BUT IT ISNT THE FUCKIN ENGLISH VERSION NOW QUIT SENDING STUPID ASS RETARDED REPLYS TO MY EMAIL! U STUDY IT A LIL MORE AND THEN COME BACK...BUT BY THEN ULL ACTUALLY KNOW AND HAVE NO REASON CUZ ULL SAY IM RIGHT!!!!

[krupiiisthebest]

he is a know it all....more like a wannabe know it all tho... and this song sounds good...it doesnt need sum dicks approval with a massive ego....hmm! =/

carry on playing piano whoever made this cover :) sounds good :)

[DisneySword]

stfu fool, listen to the live of both versions (PS background and main piano is different) and the piano is main in hikari, WHICH IS THIS SONG! and simple and clean is background! ill make a fucking video showing ONE HUGE THING THAT IS PROOF! if i have to ass hole just to leave me alone

[krisSohma]

@DisneySword is such a know it all.. who cares! it sounds good!

[DisneySword]

uh i care...cuz im tired of searching hours...to find the right song, cuz all these people are dummber then shit and post the wrong name!

[Dreamlez]

@DisneySword go and fking play it urself then, if not just deal with it cause ur opinion doesn't matter

[krupiiisthebest]

ii swear that dick DisneySword has commented on every SimpleandClean/Hikari song saying how its rubbish coz the name is wrong :S

well for ur info, if you cud doo better than do it.

By the way this piano cover is amazing :)

[DisneySword]

hehahaha dumbass ya i posted on every one and hey guess what? i dont have a fucking camera I CAN PLAY THE REAL SIMPLE AND CLEAN! ITS NOTHING LIKE THIS! THIS IS FUCKING HIKARI!

[krupiiisthebest]

honestly lol...you need to calm down ,its just a song cover...get over yourself lol. you have such a massive ego as well. stop picking on a 14 year old please...:) and calm the hell down.!

[Dreamlez]

@DisneySword then prove it, or r u too fking poor to afford a camera? if ur rich enough to get a computer and post shit on youtube, then get a fking camera. or u just don't want to get criticized for ur bad playing?

[DisneySword]

lol i can play this 2 so stfu send a camera to me in the mail and ill prove it fagot other wise shut the hell up no one wants to hear ur whining cry baby!

[NarutoXTrickster]

you play kh? =)

[xxsisz4evaxx]

I didn't know you covered this! It sounds wonderful. (:

[DisneySword]

dude dont even call it simple and clean...thts the english version, your playing the japanese version ONLY CALLED HIKARI! if u wanna learn the english, go to simple and clean live video, listen for the high part, pay close attention and as it gets lower ull start to hear it when its deep...thats how u get used to hearing the quiet piano in the song. IT IS ONLY CHORDS U DONT PLAY THE VOICE!

[krisSohma]

know it all.. haha

[ziggyzagger]

No, you appentarly dont know anything about music is the least amout, do you?? Music compliments eachother, most of the musical playing devices are hitting the same notes (but just at different pitches). Making it sound beautiful, as it should be.

[Dreamlez]

@DisneySword so what? let other people call it whatever the fk they want, its their video and its ur choice whether to watch it or not, and why r u searching for simple and clean on piano anyway since u can ALREADY PLAY IT DUMBASS

[Dreamlez]

@DisneySword if u don't play the voice then whats the point of playing the song at all?? fking loser man

[DisneySword]

@Dreamlez YA ASSHOLE! i am too poor to get one...and i only have the laptop cuz my neighbor gave it to me since he thought it was too slow and he got a new one...and i said LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE AND ILL STOP REPLIEING SO SHUT THE FUCK UP STUPID ASS!

[TheCookiedough111]

sounds good

[o0IcecubeOnFire0o]

Some people probably think he plays it too fast/slow because Hikari and Simple and Clean are, in a sense, different songs. They have different words, a different tempo, just the same melody. He's playing Hikari.

And I think it's really pretty! (:

[JisakuJ]

@o0IcecubeOnFire0o bwahaha look how dumb you are

[o0IcecubeOnFire0o]

@JisakuJ Wtf..?

[Yobreaddude2010]

@o0IcecubeOnFire0o

dont worry, some people dont understand art. you play an instrument?

[theSUPERasian314]

I thought it was good not too fast or slow but maybe put a little bit more emotion into it, give it something to make it ur own but all in all well done

[HotandSexyAxel]

your soooo amazing keep working hard

[lokvideos]

This song isn't fast for slow, it's just off tempo. If you count in 4 you can tell he starts to speed at the end of the intro.

Other than that I liked id, maybe play with more expression

[orcfeseda]

Regardless the warning, the future doesn't scare me at all, nothing that is to it hooks me, worry bout te furture in the morning.

[OfNaught]

Great playing! People say that you play too fast or too slow. I say you simply put a little of your own personality into the song! Awesome job!

[lolforpokemon]

i tihnk it's a little bit too fast and i tihnk you skipped a few parts cause on my music one the 2nd page it had a whole more lines before 1:40 mabey it's just my sheet music?

[soraroxasblader]

OMG I can't believe you covered this song!

so good :D

[Techwizard7]

YUS KH MUSIC :D

You should play Dearly Beloved or Roxas's theme next :D

[jiafung]

i NEED the sheets X.X

someone have a link?

[DawnPhantom313]

im learning this. dan20071 has a perfect tutorial.

[thelightningseye]

i love kingdom hearts

[KillPr0wl]

Wow..... 0_o......Amazing!

[fakericky]

I dont think its too fast, i dont think its too slow, although i think its a bit slower than the original, it still sounds beautiful :)

[SUECIVI]

very good!

[chawk55]

Awesome.

I must learn this song immediately.

Great playing :) and thanks for the sheets.

[apoorvmpatel]

AWESOME GOOD

[TheOliviafreak]

I just wanna say this:

Your speed needs improvement and you need especially more dynamics such as crescendos.

And that's about it!

But you did a great effort!

[NighteHearts]

The speed is actually correct. Most people play it insanely fast for some weird reason. however, he really is lacking in dynamics, so while it's nice, it has the potential to be so much more.

[Akatosh2]

actually, the sheet music doesn't have any dynamics on it

of course he could add his own, but its hard to know where and what to put in

[AvatarKris]

@NighteHearts

THEY PLAY IT FAST CAUSE KINGDOM HEARTS SPEED THE SONG IN IT'S INTRO

[agmkproductions]

@AvatarKris he's playing slow because hes playing Hikari,which is her origanal song before they edited it for the game :)

[sephiroth1277]

@NighteHearts i printed the sheet music after hearing this video last year. I've been meaning to upload my playing of it onto youtube, I've spent all year mastering the perfect way to play the piece, I'll have it up someday I suppose lol

[JamssDoWAN]

@NighteHearts agreed. the only time it sounds good fast is when you KYLE LANDRY :L

[nightcutcom]

LEARN FIRST LOVE <3!!

[andyliang999]

that speed is good. others are just wierd for playing it too fast

[FLiPBoiiiii]

piano sheet?

[Zwimfreak]

he prob memoprized it

or like other pros he was able to play by hearing the song...

[hamsterfreak72]

Personally, I like is best at this speed =] good job, well played. 5 stars

[DemoVemo15]

i think on kingdom hearts ...

this song is wonderful

[xlilzXX]

fast, slow, wat ever its good haha

[SasukeUchihaSharigan]

lol to fast or slow. In the intro to the game Kingdom Hearts it is fast. After you beat the game it is played slowly.

[kirbysocute]

in yoour info off playing to slow and too fast u r rite but its slow on other parts and fast on others but overall it be awesome (:

[kirbysocute]

sheets??? luv it man(:

[micheruanimechan]

*-*

[blazehecatgirl]

wow i finally found this song! i only heard it in piano b4 except later they deleted the video and they didnt write what song it was.YaY i found it!

[aiencau]

sigh..i wish i could learn playing piano,my parents wont let me?they want me to learn art..yea i love drawing but i dont really enjoy it the way i enjoy music..btw nice music,i am really crying when i hear this music,its getting sadder when i sing the lyrick's together..hihi avorytime i hear songs by piano ill really enjoy n' sometimes cry i dunno is there any memmory about piano...

[Skateboarder52]

What your parents dont understand is that piano and music in general really IS art, esspecially if you make up your own. Convince them that you really wanna play and you could get a cheap keyboard.

[Dragonlover132]

I can play this song but not nearly as good as you, plus I play it a little faster, which really ruins the mood, especially since this is supposed to be the slower version at the end of the game.

[mcstrawberry]

sigh...i love this song.

[qdogg224]

Well done-- your cover was clean and simple... Oh, wait, that's the title! Anyway I enjoyed it.

[AnneHanamura]

wonderful!!!great!!!!!!!!I love how you play!!!

[DrumDrum83]

16 seconds into the video and i'm already mad at you for wearing a watch while performing *face palms* anyway i guess thats just a preference. and 1:10 into the song i've desided that your piano has too dull of a sound for this song, it sounds like its muted with an apartment pedal or sumtin.. at 3:00 i've noted that you play with your arms more then your wrists which is a preferance that i disagree with. Over all i give you 4/5 (sorry for only bad comments not enuf room) great performance.

[darwinace]

jealousy!

[qdogg224]

I'm curious as to why DrumDrum's comment was voted down-- everything said in it was true. The original commenter didn't even say anything bad unless "I wouldn't have done it that way" is somehow an insult.

There exist comments other than "Wow unmitigated praise" and "You suck you're terrible". It's called constructive criticism, and it's how most people grow at most things.

[DrumDrum83]

Lol its the life of a critique I'll get over it xP

[DrumDrum83]

I simply gave a response in hope to help better him as a musician I never said he was bad. I like to think that every musician will have 1 PERFECT preformance in their entire career maybe 2 if your lucky. This was a great performance I'm sorry I didn't have the space to say all that was good about it but i figured he would benefit more from what I thought he could fix then what he already knew he did right...

[swatllord]

i believe he does good enough by himself without some pompous ass picking his music apart like that.

[OblivionKBB44]

Please check out my cover it is from the same sheets he plays except I improvised!!!!!!!!!!

[RiiJays]

AWESOME!!! I can't even play that good on my penny whistle, let alone the piano.

I <3 music

~Trelore

[jongsong86]

kyle landry destroyed you

[OblivionKBB44]

hahahahahahahahaha yeah

[Alsray]

haha, it's like a war...iwillbot vs kyle landry.

[MajorasPianos]

You did a very good job!

It was nice to listen to.

Your a great pianist.

[sponcer16]

perfect tempo, and how the heck can u tell how big his house is based on the piano??

[KAKASHIROCKS226]

your house is like,really big looking.......-___-

[MushyGuu]

UR LIKE STALKING HIM> JK

[maeiounj39]

No, Hikari plant-b is the fast version. Hikari is the orginal version. Its a slow song to me.

[dylanw26]

Definitely don't listen to the critics. It's funny how everyone on YouTube thinks they're some sort of fucking expert at everything. Here's the great thing about music and improvisation - you can do whatever you want, and I think you should feel like you have the freedom to interpret this song in your own way.

[enadon1]

nice playing. nice piano!

[sephiroth1277]

ha, I have this song mastered now. I want to thank you iwillbot, i watched this video several times at points when I got stuck.

[xxHeartWarmingLovexx]

I think you're playing it on the right tempo. You play very lovely and it makes me want to sing along. :)

[animegrl102]

do you have this for a mp3 download if not then can you please make one for it?

[sephiroth1277]

I started learning this song yesterday, and it's going great! I love this song, and I love playing it even more.

[bssstt]

Is there a tutorial for it? Or you learning it from hearing?

[Miyabi334]

I love this song and you're awesome... 5/5

I'm learning this piece but I'm still beginner ^^

[Tomfish3000]

You played it too slow! It's not meant to be quite that fast....

lol j/k, brilliant. People like you make me wanna go learn to play the piano.

[sephiroth1277]

then do it man. It's so worth it. Because then you can play basically anything!

[imjustheretocomment7]

listening to this makes me want to learn the piano just to play this song...

i love kingdom hearts, its the best game ever!!!

[Tjuan1011]

I love king dom hearts

[munim93]

well i think u played it at just the right tempo

[lepioptera]

I think it's really pretty! all the othe homemade piano versions of this song is really to fst and the sound is all blurry!

Here you got a clear sound, just as clear as the song, and you can almost hear Utada sing with her clear voice too! I love it! Good work!

[Robzor562]

i demand an amazin improv from yo asss, i know you can do it!

[vivigirlmew]

your playing it at the right speed and i love that song, honestly

[MatrixSoraXIII]

.......man....trying to learn that song but for me, a newbie, well 10 months, its kinda hard.....

[MayandAsh4eva]

i agree i start out with thrite hand but with only one key instead of two keys at the same time. Also for the left.

[HappySunshineCamp]

ugh i feel like so jelous rite now

u r like so much better than me

[supergod12]

fell off my seat

dude u are awesome

10/10

[supergod12]

this is very good...

no i mean REALLY GOOD

good job Iwillbot

[Yanimeluvfan]

Yamaha pianos are awesome! Good Job.

[RiiJays]

I try to hum it, but I just can't find the words! You play it sooo well!!

[averybkwrm]

its perfect!!!  :D

[BelArk]

I love your piano!

[eifi123]

I have the same piano as you! lol XD But it needs tuning XD

[KairiLight]

this is a great version of the song, it must have taken ages to learn, im hoping to learn the piano soon ^_^ xx xxx

[nandashaman]

ohh..beautiful *-*

and a little different of that I play..

love it ^^

[Blaythrow]

That is really good, i would love to learne this song, but i can't really get the notes or anythign.

But you did so well, its great!!!!!!!!

[rosenyhart]

perfect

=]

[vampiracy]

It's too fast to be the original and too slow for PlanitB remix. I hope that explains the comments =]

[yokosen]

This was perfect.

[taylokickker09]

i could tell when you played the hold me part it was so pretty *hugs* love that part great job!

[Dbest130]

amazing man, i'm still on the 5th measure, lol it should take me a while.

[RiiJays]

Amazing It's definitely Hikari cool does he play any other kh or ff songs? (Kingdom Hearts;Final Fantasy:)

[AnonymousOfcourse]

OH MY GOSH,

That was amazing.

Good job,

You need to keep posting these up!(:

[Catchingbutterflies]

I really think this is hikari..not simple and clean...

Yet i love and listen to both simple and clean, and hikari, yet there is just a sliight difference..

blah blah blah

BUT THIS IS AMAZING!!

Youre so good man, blows my mind. :)

[Tihon94]

I'm no expert at Utada, but yeah it probably is Hikari, and nice job! I think did a great cover of this song, I cannot get the part at 1:36 - 40 =\

[lowmay333]

oh, that was hard for me too, lol :)