 Additionally, the single included the A-side "Time Will Tell", which originally served as the B-side for these versions.The song was written and co-produced by Utada herself, while Akira Miyake and the singer's father Teruzane Utada served as producers.Despite working recording in English under the name Cubic U, "Automatic" is Utada's first Japanese recording, and was released after she enrolled into high school in Japan.