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+ | | Name = SURREAL | ||
+ | | Type = Single | ||
+ | | Artist = [[Hamasaki Ayumi]] | ||
+ | | Cover = surreal.jpg | ||
+ | | Background = red | ||
+ | | Released = 27 September 2000 | ||
+ | | Genre = [[Pop]] | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Label = [[avex trax]] | ||
+ | | Last Release = ''[[SEASONS]]'' <br /> (2000) | ||
+ | | This Release = '''SURREAL''' <br /> (2000) | ||
+ | | Next Release = ''[[AUDIENCE]]'' (2000) | ||
+ | | Category = Singles | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | '''''SURREAL''''' is Hamasaki Ayumi's 17th single under the avex trax label. The song itself had no commercial tie-ups, but "Duty," the song for which all the remixes on the single are, was featured in commercials for Takanoyuri Beauty Clinic. | |
− | + | "I think the recording process for 'SURREAL' went very smoothly," Ayu says, "But...with this song I wanted to have a more rock feeling, but I didn't say enough about it... The guys in HAL might not have understood how far to take this, so that part of communication took a long time. At the time, I thought 'SURREAL' was like the beginning of a new stage in my life, but listening to it now, I feel like there was some fear or uneasiness [regarding] being face-to-face with my sound completely changing." | |
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− | # | + | The single reached #1 on Oricon charts and stayed on the charts for a total of seven weeks. In all this single has sold a total of 417,210 copies. |
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− | + | ==Track Listing== | |
+ | {| class="wikitable" width="650px" | ||
+ | !align="left"|# | ||
+ | !align="left"|Track Name | ||
+ | !align="left"|Length | ||
+ | !align="left"|Credits | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|1. | ||
+ | |align="left"|SURREAL "Original Mix" | ||
+ | |align="left"|04:45 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|2. | ||
+ | |align="left"|Duty "Eric Kupper Big Room Mix -Radio Edit-" | ||
+ | |align="left"|03:54 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|3. | ||
+ | |align="left"|SEASONS "BUMP & FLEX RADIO EDIT" | ||
+ | |align="left"|03:41 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|4. | ||
+ | |align="left"|Duty "Under Lounge club Mix" | ||
+ | |align="left"|05:52 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|5. | ||
+ | |align="left"|Duty "nicely nice remix" | ||
+ | |align="left"|04:35 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|6. | ||
+ | |align="left"|Duty "STEPPIN' DUB MIX" | ||
+ | |align="left"|05:28 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|7. | ||
+ | |align="left"|Duty "Sky Modulation Mix" | ||
+ | |align="left"|08:30 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|8. | ||
+ | |align="left"|Duty "Dub's mellowtech 002 Remix" | ||
+ | |align="left"|08:42 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|9. | ||
+ | |align="left"|Duty "GENIUS BEAT MIX" | ||
+ | |align="left"|05:35 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |align="left"|10. | ||
+ | |align="left"|SURREAL "Original Mix -Instrumental-" | ||
+ | |align="left"|04:42 | ||
+ | !align="left"| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
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− | + | ==Music Video== | |
+ | [[Image:surrealpv.jpg|right|thumb]] | ||
− | " | + | The PV for "SURREAL," directed by Wataru Takeishi, shows Ayu waking up in her bed, and looking around to see that she's on a beach. She hikes up a mountain and ultimately to a brightly-colored garden, where she sees herself as a wildcat. |
− | + | Ayu's comments on the PV shoot: "We shot the PV on Lanai Island, and I remember during one morning of the shoot, I was doing my makeup in the back, and my tired-looking manager suddenly takes out a multicolored pen and writes 'HAPPY' in English, lol. Neither me nor any staff were sleeping or resting at all, even since before the shoot actually started. So yeah... I think we were broken, lol. But why he wrote 'HAPPY' is an enigma." | |
− | + | Director: Wataru Takeishi (Dee DRIVE inc.)<br /> | |
+ | Producer: Ryuzo Shoji (to max inc.)<br /> | ||
+ | Assistant Producer: Kiyoshi Utsumi (to max inc.)<br /> | ||
+ | P. Producer: Yoshiko Ishibashi (Dee DRIVE inc.)<br /> | ||
+ | Director of Photography: Tetsuya Kamoto (JPN Production)<br /> | ||
+ | Light: Masami Noguchi<br /> | ||
+ | Stylist: Koji Matsumoto<br /> | ||
+ | Assistant Stylist: Takako 'ESP' Mishima (OFFICE an-gel)<br /> | ||
+ | Hair & Make up: CHIKA (artifata)<br /> | ||
+ | Assistant Hair & Make Up: Junpei 'inocchi' Tanaka (artifata)<br /> | ||
+ | Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura<br /> | ||
+ | U.S. Coordinator: Kohki Nishitani (MAGIC ISLAND Production, inc.), Johnnie Mitsuru Purvis, Stanley Izumi Kim<br /> | ||
− | + | ==Live Performances== | |
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− | + | *[2000.09.23] CDTV All Hits | |
+ | *[2000.10.02] SMAPxSMAP Autumn Special | ||
+ | *[2000.10.06] Music Station | ||
+ | *[2000.10.08] CDTV | ||
+ | *[2000.10.09] AX Music Factory | ||
+ | *[2000.10.11] Sokuhou! Uta no Daijiten!! | ||
+ | *[2000.10.14] Pop Jam | ||
+ | *[2000.10.16] Hey! Hey! Hey! | ||
+ | *[2000.10.25] Music Enta | ||
+ | *[2000.11.18] All Japan Request Awards | ||
+ | *[2000.12.02] Digital Dream Live | ||
+ | *[2000.12.03] MUSIX! | ||
+ | *[2000.12.30] CDTV Special | ||
+ | *[2001.03.14] Japan Gold Disc Awards | ||
− | * [ | + | ==Internal Links== |
− | * | + | *[[Hamasaki Ayumi]] |
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+ | ==External Links== | ||
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Revision as of 19:46, 26 April 2009
"I think the recording process for 'SURREAL' went very smoothly," Ayu says, "But...with this song I wanted to have a more rock feeling, but I didn't say enough about it... The guys in HAL might not have understood how far to take this, so that part of communication took a long time. At the time, I thought 'SURREAL' was like the beginning of a new stage in my life, but listening to it now, I feel like there was some fear or uneasiness [regarding] being face-to-face with my sound completely changing." The single reached #1 on Oricon charts and stayed on the charts for a total of seven weeks. In all this single has sold a total of 417,210 copies. Track Listing
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Music VideoThe PV for "SURREAL," directed by Wataru Takeishi, shows Ayu waking up in her bed, and looking around to see that she's on a beach. She hikes up a mountain and ultimately to a brightly-colored garden, where she sees herself as a wildcat. Ayu's comments on the PV shoot: "We shot the PV on Lanai Island, and I remember during one morning of the shoot, I was doing my makeup in the back, and my tired-looking manager suddenly takes out a multicolored pen and writes 'HAPPY' in English, lol. Neither me nor any staff were sleeping or resting at all, even since before the shoot actually started. So yeah... I think we were broken, lol. But why he wrote 'HAPPY' is an enigma." Director: Wataru Takeishi (Dee DRIVE inc.) Live Performances
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