<Li> Brian Kennedy re-released the single after performing it at Northern Irish football player George Best's funeral on 3 December 2005 . The song charted in the UK at #4 in January 2006 (as part of a three - song EP entitled "George Best--A Tribute"). </Li> <Li> Åsa Jinder has written lyrics in Swedish, "Rör vid min själ" and was recorded by Sanna Nielsen and was released as a 2006 single and is included on her 2006 album "Nära mej, nära dej". </Li> <Li> In 2005, Celtic Woman cover this song, and it is used as the theme song of the Japanese TV drama Byakkotai . </Li> <Li> The song was covered in Japanese by Korean - American singer Lena Park as the opening theme to the Japanese anime television series Romeo x Juliet, which premiered in Japan on April 2007 . Park also covered an English version of the song, which was featured in episodes 7 and 24 of the English version of the series, released in two sets in both June and August 2009 . </Li>

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