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To Be

8cm Single Cover
Re-Released Single Cover
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.


Live Performances
Alternative Cover

Song Information

Lyrics
Hamasaki Ayumi
Music
D・A・I
Other Information
Original mix
Arrangement: Suzuki Naoto, D・A・I
Keyboards: Suzuki Naoto
Programming: Iida Takahiro
Guitar: Furukawa Masayoshi
Mixed by Dave Way
Acoustic Orchestra Version
Arrangement: Honma Akimitsu
Acoustic Guitar: Furukawa Masayoshi
Keyboards: Honma Akimitsu
Programming: Iida Takahiro
Mixed by Hattori Atsushi

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.

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.
TO BE "Eurobeat mix"
Found on the SUPER EUROBEAT PRESENTS ayu-ro-mix as track #13. This was remixed by Dave Rodgers.
TO BE "Acoustic Orchestra Version"
Found on the ayu-mi-x II version Acoustic Orchestra remix album as track #4, on the "SEASONS" single as track #3 and on the ayu-mi-x 4 + selection Acoustic Orchestra Version remix album as track #10. This is an orchestra version arranged by Honma Akimitsu.
TO BE -inst.melo version-
Found on the ayu-mi-x II version Acoustic Orchestra remix album as track #10. This is a vocal-less melodic version of the song, played by Honma Akimitsu.
TO BE "Acoustic Orchestra version" (NON-STOP)
Found on the ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix remix album as track #14 on Disc 1. This is a new mix of "Acoustic Orchestra Version" version by Ueda Shoji.
TO BE "2003 ReBirth Mix"
Found on the A BALLADS best album as track #5. This version has a new mixing by Morimoto Koji.
TO BE (10th Anniversary version)
Found on the "GREEN / Days" single as track #3. This is the standard version of the song with different arrangement by HΛL.
TO BE (10th Anniversary version -Instrumental-)
Found on the "GREEN / Days" single as track #6. This is the non-vocal version of the "10th Anniversary" version.
TO BE (Jonathan Peters Club mix)
Found on the ayu-mi-x 7 -version HOUSE- remix album as track #1. This is a remix by Jonathan Peters.
TO BE [Bach: Heikin Ritsu Clavier Kyokushuu Dai 1-kan Dai 1-kyoku Prelude]
Found on the LOVE CLASSICS album as track #4. This is a mash-up between the original song and Johann Sebastian Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier" (Book 1, Prelude).

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