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[[Image:ayu-tobe.jpg|thumb|200px|8cm CD Art]]
 
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# [[Fly High (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Fly high "Supreme Mix"]]
 
# [[Fly High (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Fly high "Supreme Mix"]]
 
# [[Fly High (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Fly high "SAMPLE MADNESS REMIX"]]
 
# [[Fly High (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Fly high "SAMPLE MADNESS REMIX"]]
# [[Be (Hamasaki Ayumi)|BE "Original Mix -Insturumental-"]]
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"TO BE" is the eighth single released by [[Hamasaki Ayumi]]. This is Hamasaki's last single to be released in 8cm CD version. The title track was used as the [[CM]] song for JT Peach Water drinks which featuring Hamasaki herself. The single reached #4 on the weekly charts and stayed on the charts for a total of fifteen weeks. The single also became the the #64 single of 1999. The single sold 109,860 copies during it's first weeks sales and it has since sold a total of 400,000 copies.
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"TO BE" is the eighth single released by [[Hamasaki Ayumi]]. This is Hamasaki's last single to be released in 8cm CD version. The title track was used as the [[CM]] song for JT Peach Water drinks which featuring Hamasaki herself. The single reached #4 on the weekly charts and stayed on the charts for a total of fifteen weeks. The single also became the the #64 single of 1999. The single sold 109,860 copies during it's first weeks sales and it has since sold a total of 324,500 copies.
  
The single was re-released in 2001 on a 12cm format with extra remix songs. This time around the single only peaked at #26.
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The single was re-released in 2001 on a 12cm format with extra remix songs. This time around the single reached #26 and charted for three weeks.
  
 
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; Other Information
 
; Other Information
: Arrangment: [[Suzuki Naoto]] / [[Nagao_Dai|D・A・I]]
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: Arrangement: [[Suzuki Naoto]] / [[Nagao Dai|D・A・I]]
  
 
==Music Video==
 
==Music Video==
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[[Image:ayutobepv.jpg|thumb|250px|PV Shot]]
The [[PV|music video]] for "TO BE" was directed by longtime collaborator [[Wataru Takeishi]]. It shows Ayu singing as seen by a little boy through a kaleidoscope. It makes use of various backgrounds, outfits, makeup, and wigs to bring as much color as possible into the world the little boy sees. At the end, the kaleidoscope lens breaks, and Ayu is seen in black and white.
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The [[PV|music video]] for "TO BE" was directed by longtime collaborator [[Takeishi Wataru]]. It shows Hamasaki singing as seen by a little boy through a kaleidoscope. It makes use of various backgrounds, outfits, makeup, and wigs to bring as much color as possible into the world the little boy sees. At the end, the kaleidoscope lens breaks, and Hamasaki is seen in black and white.
  
 
*Assistant Producer: [[Utsumi Kiyoshi]] (prime direction)
 
*Assistant Producer: [[Utsumi Kiyoshi]] (prime direction)
*Director: [[Wataru Takeishi]]
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*Director: [[Takeishi Wataru]]
 
*Production Manager: [[Ishibashi Yoshiko]] (Dee DRIVE), [[Azumaya Yusuke]] (prime direction)
 
*Production Manager: [[Ishibashi Yoshiko]] (Dee DRIVE), [[Azumaya Yusuke]] (prime direction)
 
*Production Assistant: [[Sugiyama Yasumasa]] (Dee Drive)
 
*Production Assistant: [[Sugiyama Yasumasa]] (Dee Drive)
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[[Category:J-Pop (releases)]]
 
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[[Category:1999 Singles]]
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[[Category:1999 Oricon Top 100 Singles]]
 
[[Category:2001 Singles]]
 
[[Category:2001 Singles]]
 
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[[Category:1999 Songs]]
 
[[Category:Hamasaki Ayumi Songs]]
 
[[Category:Hamasaki Ayumi Songs]]
 
[[Category:CM Theme Song]]
 
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Revision as of 17:11, 26 July 2009

8cm CD Art
Re-Released CD Art
Artist
Hamasaki Ayumi
Single
TO BE
Released
1999.05.12
Catalog Number
AVDD-20316
Price
¥1,020
Tracklist
  1. TO BE
  2. TO BE (Dub's cool wind Remix)
  3. TO BE (Instrumental)

Artist
Hamasaki Ayumi
Single
TO BE
Released
2001.02.28
Catalog Number
AVCD-30218
Price
¥1,050
Tracklist
  1. TO BE "Original Mix"
  2. TO BE "Dub's cool wind Remix"
  3. appears "H.W Tokyo Hard House Mix"
  4. Fly high "SHARP BOYS U.K VOCAL MIX"
  5. Fly high "Supreme Mix"
  6. Fly high "SAMPLE MADNESS REMIX"
  7. TO BE "Original Mix -Instrumental-"


Information

"TO BE" is the eighth single released by Hamasaki Ayumi. This is Hamasaki's last single to be released in 8cm CD version. The title track was used as the CM song for JT Peach Water drinks which featuring Hamasaki herself. The single reached #4 on the weekly charts and stayed on the charts for a total of fifteen weeks. The single also became the the #64 single of 1999. The single sold 109,860 copies during it's first weeks sales and it has since sold a total of 324,500 copies.

The single was re-released in 2001 on a 12cm format with extra remix songs. This time around the single reached #26 and charted for three weeks.

TV Performances

Song Information

Lyrics
Hamasaki Ayumi
Music
D・A・I
Other Information
Arrangement: Suzuki Naoto / D・A・I

Music Video

PV Shot

The music video for "TO BE" was directed by longtime collaborator Takeishi Wataru. It shows Hamasaki singing as seen by a little boy through a kaleidoscope. It makes use of various backgrounds, outfits, makeup, and wigs to bring as much color as possible into the world the little boy sees. At the end, the kaleidoscope lens breaks, and Hamasaki is seen in black and white.

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