I love this song and all, but this morning I was listening to one of my many many songs from Nobuo Uematsu, and one popped up on my random playlist entitled "Long Distance" and immediately recognized the sound of the vocals. Though the lyrics differ greatly (japanese to english...) "Long Distance" and this sound almost exactly alike. It's probably more coincidence than intention... I hope.
Despite this I still think this is an incredible song and I hope more types of remixes are made like this.