Endless Sorrow

CD Art

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Single

Endless sorrow

Released

2001.05.16

Catalog Number

AVCD-30254

Price

¥1,260

Tracklist

1. Endless sorrow "Original Mix"
2. vogue "Kirari Natsu Ayu Mix"
3. Endless sorrow "Natural Green Dub Mix"
4. Endless sorrow "nicely nice skyblue remix"
5. NEVER EVER "Dub's Uncategorized Mix 001"
6. Endless sorrow "Ram's Advance Mix"
7. Endless sorrow "Brent Mini's gothic mix"
8. Endless sorrow "Liquid Heart Mix"
9. Endless sorrow "Juicy Ariyama Mix"
10. Endless sorrow "Original Mix -Instrumental-"

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Vinyl Art

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Vinyl

Endless sorrow

Released

2001.08.11

Catalog Number

RR12-88301

Price

¥1,575

Tracklist

1. Endless sorrow "Juicy Ariyama Mix"
2. Endless sorrow "Natural Green Dub Mix"
3. Endless sorrow "Original Mix"

Information

"Endless sorrow" is Hamasaki Ayumi's 22nd single. Endless sorrow was used as the theme song for the dorama Mukashi no Otoko and the KOSÉ "VISÉE" CM song. This single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for 11 weeks. It sold 768,510 copies, becoming the #14 single of 2001.

Live Performances

• [2001.06.22~07.07] ayumi hamasaki DOME TOUR 2001 A
• [2001.07.01] CDTV
• [2001.12.02] Digital Dream Live
• [2001.12.31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2001-2002 A ("gone with the wind ver.")
• [2005.12.31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2005-2006
• [2010.12.30~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 ~do it again~
• [2016.05.14~07.18] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2016 A ~M(A)DE IN JAPAN~

Song Information

Lyrics

Hamasaki Ayumi

Music

CREA

Other Information

Original Mix

Arrangement: CMJK, Matsuda Junichi

Strings Arrangement: Takahashi Naoto

Mixed by Morimoto Koji

~gone with the wind ver.~

Arrangement: CMJK

Keyboards: CMJK

Programming: CMJK

Guitars: CMJK

Mixed by Matsumoto Yasuo

Acoustic Orchestra Version

Arrangement: Kajiwara Jun

Acoustic Guitar: Kajiwara Jun, Asano Yoshiyuki

Mixed by Okawa Masayoshi

Music Video

PV shot.

The music video for "Endless sorrow" was inspired by the American film Equilibrium and was directed by Wataru Takeishi. It follows a young boy from a society where speaking is forbidden. The boy finds a feather on the ground, and wants to tell everyone about it, but he can't. The boy then starts to climb up Tokyo Tower, and finds a priest atop, and then an angel version of himself. Throughout the video, some shots of Hamasaki's live band appear, but she doesn't make an appearance until the very end of the PV.

• Cast: Sawa Tkachov (boy), Konstantyn Tkachov (father), Oksana Tkachova (mother), Roger Allen (singer), Li Yan, Chavassievt Herve', Frederick Longbeck, Catherina Salazar, David King, Gilles Beaufils, M.O., Ivan, Romy Bhatt, Coy Hall, David Polman, Ryoji Edo, Enrique, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Nakamura, Takeshi Hotta, Hitoshi Konno Strings
• Director: Wataru Takeishi (Dee DRIVE inc.)
• Producer: Ryuzo Shoji (to max inc.)
• Assistant Producer: Kiyoshi Utsumi (to max inc.)
• P.Producer: Yoshiko Ishibashi (Dee DRIVE inc.)
• Production Manager: Shinichiro Sato (Dee DRIVE inc.)
• Assistant Production Manager: Toshihiko Takenaka (Dee DRIVE inc.)
• Director of Photography: Tetsuya Kamoto (JPN Production)
• Light: Masuto Noguchi, Kouji Kiyokawa
• Stylist: Koji Matsumoto
• Assistant Stylist: Sohei 'Hanchin' Nakahashi (OFFICE an-gel), Hiroshi 'Nobita' Dendo (OFFICE an-gel)
• Cast Stylist: Kosuke Fujiwara (OFFICE an-gel), Hiroyuki 'Ushiko' Ishii
• Hair & Make up: CHIKA (artifata)
• Cast Hair & Make up: CHIKA, Junpei 'inocchi' Tanaka (artifata)
• Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura

Credits

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• produced by max matsuura
• written & composed by ayumi hamasaki

• Sound Produced by Naoto Suzuki

• Producion Assistant: Yuka Akiyama (prime direction inc.)

• Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto at FLAIR

• A&R Coordination: Yasuyuki Tomita (avex trax)
• A&R Supervisor: Nobuhito Ikehata (avex trax)
• Executive Supervisor: Katsuro Oshita (avex trax)

• Artist Management: Yuka Kikuchi (avex inc.), Junichi Kamitoku (avex inc.), Kouji Hashimoto (avex inc.), Ayumi Ogata (Premium Promotion)
• Artist Promotion: Toshiyasu Takahashi (avex trax)

• Sales Promotion: Kentaro Furusawa (avex distribution), Akihiro Terada (avex distribution), Yasuhiro Yamamoto (avex distribution)

• Advisory Producers: Ryuzo Shoji (to max), Yoshihisa Nagata (prime direction inc.), Ryuhei Chiba (avex inc.), Motohiro Abe (avex inc.)

• General Producer: Shinji Hayashi (avex trax)

• Specially Coordinated by Tom Yoda (avex group)

• Cooperation: Hiroaki Itoh, Kazuki Muraishi (avex inc. producers room)

• Art Direction: Shinichi Hara
• Design: Shigeru Kasai (RICE)
• Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex trax)

• Photographer: Keita Haginiwa
• Stylist: Koji Matsumoto
• Assistant Stylist: Hiroyuki 'Ushiko' Ishii
• Hair & Make up: CHIKA (artifata)
• Assistant Hair & Make up: Junpei 'Inocchi' Tanaka, Shunsaku 'macchi' Shoji (artifata)
• Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura

Disambiguation

Hamasaki Ayumi promoting the single.

The following are the different versions of this song released throughout Hamasaki Ayumi's discography, listed chronologically.

Endless sorrow

Found on "Endless sorrow" single as track #1 and on "Endless sorrow" vinyl as track #3. This is the standard version of the song and it is often referred to as "Original Mix".

Endless sorrow "Natural Green Dub Mix"

Found on "Endless sorrow" single as track #3 and on "Endless sorrow" vinyl as track #2. This is a remix made by Nagumo Reo.

Endless sorrow "nicely nice skyblue remix"

Found on "Endless sorrow" single as track #4. It is remixed by Sato Seiki.

Endless sorrow "Ram's Advance Mix"

Found on "Endless sorrow" single as track #6. This is a Ram Doubler remix.

Endless sorrow "Brent Mini's gothic mix"

Found on "Endless sorrow" single as track #7. Remixed by Izutani Takahiro

Endless sorrow "Liquid Heart Mix"

Found on "Endless sorrow" single as track #8. This version of the song was remixed by Murayama, Miyaji and Hanagata.

Endless sorrow "Juicy Ariyama Mix"

Found on "Endless sorrow" single as track #9 and on Endless sorrow vinyl as track #1. It is remixed by Ariyama Yoshihiko.

Endless sorrow "Original Mix -Instrumental-"

Found on "Endless sorrow" single as track #10. It's the standard version without the vocals.

Endless sorrow "Dub's Forever Mercy Mix".

Found on "UNITE!" single as track #5. This is a remix by Izumi "D·M·X" Miyazaki.

Endless sorrow "Hex Hector Main Radio Mix"

Found on "Dearest" single as track #6. It is remixed by Hex Hector.

Endless sorrow ~gone with the wind ver.~

Found on I am... album as track #15. This version is mixed by Morimoto Koji and has CMJK at keyboards, guitars and programming.

Endless sorrow (A Agressive Mix)

Found on SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 2 remix album as track #8. It is remixed by Luca Degani and Sergio Dall'ora.

Endless sorrow "Non-Stop Mega Mix Version"

Found on the ayu-mi-x 4 + selection Non-Stop Mega Mix Version remix album as track #11. This is a mixed version between "Hex Hector Main Radio Mix" by Hex Hector and "Dub's Forever Mercy Mix" by Izumi "D·M·X" Miyazaki.

Endless sorrow (Acoustic Orchestra Version)

Found on the ayu-mi-x 4 + selection Acoustic Orchestra Version remix album as track #3. This is an acoustic orchestra version arranged by Kajiwara Jun.

Endless sorrow "VooDoo & Serano remix"

Found on the ayumi hamasaki RMX WORKS from Cyber TRANCE presents ayu TRANCE 3 remix album as track #10. This is a remix made by VooDoo & Serano.

Endless sorrow (Dance Nation remix)

Found on ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4 album as track #9. It is remixed by Dance Nation.

Endless sorrow (Dance Nation remix)

Found on the ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4 remix album as track #9. This is a remix by Brad Grobler and Rob Janssen.

External Links

• Oricon Profile: Single | Vinyl
• ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | "Original Mix" | "Instrumental" ver. | "Juicy Ariyama Mix" | "Natural Green Dub Mix" | "Ram's Advance Mix" | "Brent Mini's gothic mix" | "Dub's Forever Mercy Mix" | "Hex Hector Main Radio Mix" | "Acapella" ver.