"Everlasting" is BoA

BoA

Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....

's 18th Japanese single and 4th Korean single. The leading track "Everlasting" is a ballad, and the B-side track, "Soundscape" is a mid-tempo song for Japanese version and "People say..." for the Korean version B-side track. This single also contains the first "classical version" (orchestral composition remake) of any BoA songs thus far, "Everlasting: Classical Ver.".

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 "Gate of Miracles". In addition to these two large endorsments "Everlasting" was also used as the featured track for the Japanese dubbing of the movie Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist (2005 film)

Oliver Twist is a 2005 British drama film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1838 novel of the same title by Charles Dickens....

. There were no endorsments using "Soundscape".

Music video

This music video consists of many scenes. The first scene shown is of BoA

BoA

Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....

 in a dark room with a flower and many photographs scattered throughout the floor of the room. Also 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.

Japanese version

1. Everlasting
2. Soundscape
3. Everlasting: Classical ver.
4. Everlasting: TV Mix
5. Soundscape: TV Mix

Korean version

1. Everlasting
2. People Say... (슬픔은 넘쳐도)
3. Everlasting (Classical ver.)
4. Everlasting (Instrumental)
5. People Say... (슬픔은 넘쳐도) (Instrumental)

Release history

Country	Date
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	January 18, 2006
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	January 20, 2006

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
January 18, 2006	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	3
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	4	74,744 copies	9 weeks
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	128
	Korean Weekly Top 20	5	20,000