Chage and Aska
The original lyrics were written in Japanese. On July 8, 1996, a song with the same original music track but with English lyrics, credited to Aska and Ervin Bedward, was released under the title "Castles in the Air" on the album "One Voice: The Songs of Chage and Aska". A compilation of their songs performed by the duo and other artists, including Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy, Lisa Stansfield, Chaka Khan, Michael Hutchence, Alejandro Sanz, Cathy Dennis, Apache Indian, Boy George, Richard Marx, Londonbeat, Marianne Faithfull, and Wendy Matthews. Created with executive producer Safta Jaffery, released by EMI outside Japan for the international market. "Castles in the Air" was among the songs performed live for a recorded MTV Unplugged session, the first MTV Unplugged session by an act from Asia, released on CD, VHS and DVD.