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: Found on the "[[Boys & Girls]]" single as track #7. This is a remix by [[Hakamada Hideki]]. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== |
Revision as of 15:46, 25 May 2020
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Single
- TO BE
- Released
- 1999.05.12
- Catalog Number
- AVDD-20316
- Price
- ¥1,020
- Tracklist
- TO BE
- TO BE (Dub's cool wind Remix)
- TO BE (Instrumental)
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Single
- TO BE
- Released
- 2001.02.28
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-30218
- Price
- ¥1,050
- Tracklist
- TO BE "Original Mix"
- TO BE "Dub's cool wind Remix"
- appears "H.W Tokyo Hard House Mix"
- Fly high "SHARP BOYS U.K VOCAL MIX"
- Fly high "Supreme Mix"
- Fly high "SAMPLE MADNESS REMIX"
- 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.
- Live Performances
- [1999.05.08] CDTV
- [1999.05.08] ayumi hamasaki SECRET LIVE at AKASAKA BLITZ
- [1999.05.13] Utaban
- [1999.05.14] MUSIC STATION
- [1999.05.22] Pop Jam
- [1999.05.28] MUSIC STATION
- [1999.06.21] HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
- [1999.12.31] avex MILLENIUM COUNT DOWN 1999-2000
- [2000.04.28~06.03] ayumi hamasaki concert tour 2000 A
- [2000.12.09] uc special live ~Ayumi Hamasaki limited stage 2000. Winter~
- [2003.03.18~05.27] ayumi hamasaki LIMITED TA LIVE TOUR
- [2003.05.17] ayu ready? #032
- [2004.12.31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2004-2005 A
- [2014.05.30~07.06] ayumi hamasaki PREMIUM SHOWCASE ~Feel the love~
- [2017.03.31] MUSIC STATION
- [2018.08.11] MUSIC FAIR
- [2019.01.12] MUSIC FAIR
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Music
- D・A・I
- Other Information
- Arrangement: Suzuki Naoto, D・A・I
- Keyboards: Suzuki Naoto
- Programming: Iida Takahiro
- Guitar: Furukawa Masayoshi
- Mixed by Dave Way
Music Video
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.
- Assistant Producer: Utsumi Kiyoshi (prime direction)
- Director: Takeishi Wataru
- Production Manager: Ishibashi Yoshiko (Dee DRIVE), Azumaya Yusuke (prime direction)
- Production Assistant: Sugiyama Yasumasa (Dee Drive)
- Director of Photography: Kato Masakazu
- Light: Noguchi Masuto
- Stylist: Matsumoto Koji
- Hair & Make up: Tamotsu, Chu (Too-Rustic)
Disambiguation
The following are the different versions of this song released throughout Hamasaki Ayumi's discography, listed chronologically.
- TO BE
- Found on the LOVEppears album as track #7. This is the standard version of the song.
- TO BE (Dub's cool wind Remix)
- Found on the "TO BE" single as track #2. This is a remixed version by Izumi "D·M·X" Miyazaki.
- TO BE (Instrumental)
- Found on the "TO BE" single as track #3. It's the vocal-less version of the original song.
- TO BE "Bright Mix"
- Found on the "Boys & Girls" single as track #7. This is a remix by Hakamada Hideki.
External Links
- Oricon Profile: Original Single | Re-released Single
- ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | Live Lyric Video | "A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-" | "Acapella" ver.
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