You Were...

Artist: Hamasaki Ayumi
Song: You were...
Lyrics: Hamasaki Ayumi
Music: Kazuhiro Hara
Other Information: Arrangement: HAL; Programming: HAL; Additional Programming: Maruyama Mayuko; Drums: Tamada Tom; Bass: Mikuzuki Chiharu; Guitar: Shimizu Takehito; Strings Arrangement: Ittetsu Gen; Strings: Kajitani Yuko Strings; Mixing: Morimoto Koji

"You were..." is a winter ballad recorded by Hamasaki Ayumi, first released as an A-side on her 47th single "You were... / BALLAD". It was used as image song for the Japanese release of the Disney movie Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, and as CM song for "music.jp". The music video was directed by Masashi Muto.

Disambiguation

There are four versions of "You were..." to be found on Hamasaki Ayumi's discography. These are:

You were... (Original): Found on "You were... / BALLAD" single as track #1 and on Rock'n'Roll Circus album as track #14.
You were... (Music Box mix -retake version-): Found on the 'CD Only' and 'CD+DVD Type A' versions of "You were... / BALLAD" single as track #4. It has another arrangement, made by Nakano Yuta.
You were... (Instrumental): Found on the "You were... / BALLAD" as track #5 or #6. This is the standard version of the song without the vocals.
You were... (Arranged by CMJK): Found on ayu-mi-x 7 -Acoustic Orchestra- album as track #11.