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Forgiveness
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Single
- forgiveness
- Released
- 2003.08.20
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-30503
- Price
- ¥1,050
- Tracklist
- forgiveness
- ourselves "Kentaro Takizawa Remix"
- HANABI ~episode II~ "HΛL'S MIX 2003"
- forgiveness -Instrumental-
- Information
"forgiveness" is Hamasaki Ayumi's 30th single. forgiveness was used as the theme song for the dorama Kougen he Irasshai. This single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for 12 weeks. It sold 222,194 copies, becoming the #36 single of 2003.
- Live Performances
- [2003.08.16] CDTV
- [2003.08.22[ AX Music TV
- [2003.08.23] POP JAM
- [2003.08.29] MUSIC STATION
- [2003.08.31] a-nation '03
- [2003.09.06] ayu ready? #047
- [2003.09.13] ayu ready? #048
- [2003.10.09~31] A MUSEUM ~30th single collection live~
- [2011.05.07~10.19] ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A
- [2014.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A Cirque de Minuit
- [2015.04.11~07.05] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2015 A Cirque de Minuit ~Mayonaka no Circus~
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Music
- CREA and D・A・I
- Arrangement
- CMJK
- Other Information
- Original mix
- Programming: CMJK
- Piano: Kusama Shinichi
- Acoustic Guitar: Kajiwara Jun
- Strings: Gen Ittetsu Group
- Harp: Asakawa Tomoyuki
- B.G. Vocal: Hirotani Junko, Kido Yasuhiro, Nishina Kaori
- Mixed by Matsumoto Yasuo
- Arranged by Shingo Kobayashi ver.
- Arrangement: Kobayashi Shingo
- Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
- Mixed by Hattori Atsushi
Music Video
The music video for "forgiveness" was directed by Okoyama Yoshiya. It shows Hamasaki being awaken by a fairy. It also shows Hamasaki in a castle in the middle of the ocean, as a fairy surrounded by fairies, while singing the song. She raises up to the sky as if she were flying, with the moon behind her.
Credits
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- A&R + Directed by Yasuyuki Tomita (avex trax)
- Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto at FLAIR
- A&R Coordination: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
- A&R Chief: Nobuhito Ikehata (avex trax)
- Executive Supervisor: Daisuke Shimokawa, Katsuro Oshita (avex trax)
- Artist Management: Yuka Kikuchi, Junichi Kamitoku, Kouji Hashimoto (avex inc.)
- Media Operation: avex Media room & Promotion room, 2nd A&R/Promotion Dept. Akira Akutsu, Koki Sato & avex inc. Advertisement Division
- Sales Promotion: Taishi Nomura, Kazuo Kosugi, Tomoaki Sato & All avex distribution Staff
- Advisory Producers: Motohiro Abe (avex inc.), Ryuzo Shoji (to max inc.), Yoshihisa Nagata (prime direction inc.)
- General Producer: Shinji Hayashi (avex trax), Ryuhei Chiba (avex inc.)
- Executive Producer: Masato 'max' Matsuura (avex inc.)
- Specially Coordinated by Tom Yoda (avex group)
- Art Direction: Shinichi Hara
- Creative direction, Image photography and computer generated environment: Me Company.
- Photography assistant: Gregor McGregor
- Coordination: Takahisa Iwayoshi, Ayako Takada (Interlink Planning)
- Design: Shigeru Kasai (RICE)
- Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex trax)
- CG Treatment: Makoto Harikae, Hiroko Tanaka (amana)
- Quality Control: Shuichi Takahashi (avex trax)
- Stylist: Hideo 'Kokomi' Suzue (H)
- Assistant Stylist: Tomoko 'Yukinko' Takahashi (H)
- Costume Creator: Akira Noda (Workaholic)
- Costume Thanks: Boutique Salon coco
- Hair & Make up: Keizo Kuroda (THREE PEACE)
- Assistant Hair & Make up: Yoshinori 'Barber' Ito (THREE PEACE)
- Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura
- Stand In: Atsuko 'Minori' Kubota
Oricon Chart Positions
| Week # | Week Rank | Sales | Total Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 132,092 | 132,092 |
| 2 | 5 | 46,480 | 178,572 |
| 3 | 8 | 18,149 | 196,721 |
| 4 | 19 | 9,233 | 205,954 |
| 5 | 23 | 5,414 | 211,368 |
| 6 | 45 | 3,474 | 214,842 |
| 7 | 48 | 2,272 | 217,114 |
| 8 | x | x | x |
| 9 | x | x | 221,553 |
| 10 | 120 | 829 | 220,724 |
| 11 | 142 | 620 | 221,344 |
| 12 | 122 | 850 | 222,194 |
Total Reported Sales: 222,194
Disambiguation
The following are the different versions of this song released throughout Hamasaki Ayumi's discography, listed chronologically.
- forgiveness
- Found on the Memorial address mini-album as track #7. This is the standard version of the song.
- forgiveness -Instrumental-
- Found on the "forgiveness" single as track #4. This is the standard version without the main vocals.
- forgiveness (Arranged by Shingo Kobayashi)
- Found on the ayu-mi-x 7 -version Acoustic Orchestra- remix album as track #12. It has an orchestral arrangement by Kobayashi Shingo.
- forgiveness - ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A ver.
- Found on the ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION live album as track #1. This is the live recording of her performance on the ayumi hamasaki ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A tour.
External Links
- Oricon Profile
- ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | "Original Mix" | "Instrumental" ver. | "Acapella" ver.
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