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Appears
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- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Single
- appears
- Released
- 1999.11.10
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-30064
- Price
- ¥1,260
- Tracklist
- appears "99 Greeting Mix"
- appears "Scud Filter Mix"
- appears "Dub's Eurotech Remix"
- WHATEVER "Ferry 'System F' Corsten dub mix"
- appears "JP's SoundFactory Mix"
- appears "HΛL's MIX"
- immature "D-Z DUAL LUCIFER MIX"
- WHATEVER "Ferry 'System F' Corsten vocal extended mix"
- appears "Keith Litman's Mix of Truth"
- immature "JT Original CM Version"
- appears "99 Greeting Mix" (Instrumental)
- immature "JT Original CM Version" (Instrumental)
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Vinyl
- »appears«
- Released
- 2005.04.18
- Catalog Number
- DRIZ3006-CD
- Tracklist
- appears "Armin van Buuren's Rising Star Radio Edit"
- appears "Kyau vs. Albert Radio Edit"
- appears "Vince the Saint vs. Villa Radio Edit"
- appears "Armin van Buuren's Rising Star 12" Mix"
- appears "Kyau vs. Albert Dub Mix"
- appears "Vince the Saint vs. Villa Remix"
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Vinyl
- appears
- Released
- 2000.03.22
- Catalog Number
- RR12-88152
- Price
- ¥1,427
- Tracklist
- appears "Scud Filter Mix"
- appears "HΛL's MIX"
- appears "Dub's Eurotech Remix"
- appears "99 Greeting Mix″
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Vinyl
- appears remixed by junior vasquez
- Released
- 2001.05.27 (USA)
- Catalog Number
- AVA12
- Tracklist
- appears - Junior's Club mix
- appears - Junior's Instrumental
- appears - Junior's Padapella
- Vinyl
- appears Armin van Buuren Remixes
- Released
- 2005.02.17 (Germany)
- Catalog Number
- DRIZ3005-1
- Tracklist
- appears - Armin van Buuren Rising Star 12" Instrum. mix
- appears - Armin van Buuren Sunset Dub mix
- Vinyl
- appears The Remixes
- Released
- 2005.03.10 (Germany)
- Catalog Number
- DRIZ3005-2
- Tracklist
- appears - Kyau vs. Albert remix
- appears - Kyau vs. Albert dub
- appears - Vince the Saint vs. Villa remix
- Information
"appears" is Hamasaki Ayumi's 11th single. It was released on the same day as the album LOVEppears and was limited to 300,000 copies. It was used as the CM song for the AUBE Holy Crystal line of makeup. "appears" "99 Greeting Mix" was the Kao "Sofina Aube" Christmas CM song. "immature was" used in commercials for JT's Momo no Tennensui drink. This single reached #2 on the Oricon charts and sold 282,170 copies in 1999, becoming the #81 single of the year. It charted for three weeks and sold a total of 290,550 copies.
An alternative version of "appears" was released as the single-edit, which was primarily composed and mixed by Kikuchi, but this edit did not appear on the final cut of Hamasaki's second studio album LOVEppears.
Live Performances
- [1999.11.08] HEY! HEY! HEY!
- [1999.11.10] Big Wednesday
- [1999.11.11] Utaban
- [1999.11.12] MUSIC STATION
- [1999.11.13] Pop Jam
- [1999.11.13] CDTV
- [1999.12.09] FNS Kayousai
- [1999.12.12] Super Dream Live
- [1999.12.20] HEY! HEY! HEY! Live CHAMP X'mas III
- [1999.12.22] Fresh Live
- [1999.12.24] Music Station Christmas Special
- [1999.12.31] CDTV Special Live
- [2000.01.03] CDTV All Hits
- [2000.03.31] Music Station Special
- [2000.06.28~08.09] ayumi hamasaki concert tour 2000 A
- [2003.10.09~31] A MUSEUM ~30th single collection live~
- [2003.12.22] Hey! Hey! Hey! Xmas Special
- [2007.03.10~06.10] ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 A ~Tour of Secret~
- [2012.04.07~10.11] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~
- [2015.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2015-2016 A ~M(A)DE IN TOKYO~
- [2017.05.13~07.17] ayumi hamasaki Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017
- [2020.12.24] ayumi hamasaki Special SHOWCASE ~Xmas Eve 2020~
- [2022.12.07] FNS Kayousai
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Music
- Kikuchi Kazuhito
- Other Information
- Original mix
- Arrangement: HΛL
- Keyboards: HΛL
- Programming: HΛL
- Guitar: Akimoto Naoya
- Mixed by Dave Way
- Acoustic Orchestra Version
- Arrangement: Honma Akimitsu
- Keyboards: Honma Akimitsu
- Programming: Iida Takahiro
- Mixed by Hattori Atsushi
- "HΛL's Progress" ver.
- Arrangement: HΛL (Umesaki Toshiharu, Shimizu Takehito, Nakano Yuta)
- Programming: HΛL
- All Instrument: HΛL
- Mixed by Morimoto Koji
Music Video
The music video for appears was directed by Takeishi Wataru. It shows Hamasaki singing on a rooftop, in an apartment, and walking through the streets of New York. It is very focused on her fashions and various looks.
- Assistant Producer: Kiyoshi Utsumi (prime direction)
- Director: Wataru Takeishi
- Production Manager: Yoshiko Ishibashi (Dee DRIVE)
- Director of Photography: Tetsuya Kamoto (ON THE MARK)
- Stylist: Koji Matsumoto, Tadamasa Tagami
- Hair & Make up: CHIKA (HAIR DIMENSION)
- Assistant Hair & Make up: TARO (HAIR DIMENSION)
- Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura
- Coordination: Luis Ishii Hernandes (Day O Prod.inc.)
Disambiguation
Hamasaki Ayumi promoting the single.
The following are the different versions of "appears" released throughout Hamasaki Ayumi's discography, listed chronologically.
- appears (Album Edit)
- Found on the LOVEppears album as track #12. This is the standard version of the song, and referred to by simply "appears".
- appears "99 Greeting Mix"
- Found on the "appears" single as track #1. This is a mix made by American producer Dave Way.
- appears "Scud Filter Mix"
- Found on the "appears" single as track #2. This is a remix by Atsumi Naoki.
- appears "Dub's Eurotech Remix"
- Found on the "appears" single as track #3. This is a remixed version of the original song by Izumi "D·M·X" Miyazaki.
- appears "JP's SoundFactory Mix"
- Found on the "appears" single as track #5. This remix was made by American DJ Jonathan Peters for Jonathan Peters Productions.
- appears "HΛL's MIX"
- Found on the "appears" single as track #6. This is a remix made by HΛL.
- appears "Keith Litman's Mix of Truth"
- Found on the "appears" single as track #9. This is a remix by Keith Litman for KLM Inc.
- appears "99 Greeting Mix" (Instrumental)
- Found on the "appears" single as track #10. This is the instrumental version of the "99 Greeting Mix" remix.
- appears "H.W Tokyo Hard House Mix"
- Found on the "TO BE" single as track #3. It's a remix by Watanabe Hiroshi.
- appears "Aggressive Extended mix"
- Found on the SUPER EUROBEAT PRESENTS ayu-ro-mix as track #2. This is a remix by Sergio Dall'ora & Luca Degani.
- appears "Junior's Appears On The Air"
- Found on the ayu-mi-x II version US&EU remix album as track #3. Remixed by Junior Vasquez.
- appears "DJ-TURBO Remix"
- Found on the ayu-mi-x II version JPN remix album as track #11. This is a remix by DJ-TURBO from GTS.
- appears "Acoustic Orchestra Version"
- Found on the ayu-mi-x II version Acoustic Orchestra remix album as track #8. This is an orchestra version arranged by Honma Akimitsu.
- appears -inst.melo version-
- Found on the ayu-mi-x II version Acoustic Orchestra remix album as track #11. This is a vocal-less melodic version of the song, played by Honma Akimitsu.
- appears "Junior's Appears On The Air" (NON-STOP)
- Found on the ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix remix album as track #4 on Disc 1. This is a new mix of "Junior's Appears On The Air" by Ueda Shoji.
- appears "DJ-TURBO Remix" (NON-STOP)
- Found on the ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix remix album as track #21 on Disc 1. This is a new mix of "DJ-TURBO Remix" by Ueda Shoji.
- appears - Junior's Club mix
- Found on the "Far away" single as track #4 and on the "appears remixed by junior vasquez" USA vinyl as track #1. This is a remix produced by Junior Vasquez for Junior Vasquez Music.
- appears - Junior's Instrumental
- Found on the "the other side Two ~previously unreleased version~ Junior Vasquez" remix single as track #2 and on the "appears remixes by junior vasquez" USA vinyl as track #2. This is the instrumental version of the "Junior's Club mix" remix.
- appears - Junior's Padapella
- Found on the "appears remixed by junior vasquez" USA vinyl as track #3. This is another remix made by Junior Vasquez.
- appears "Armin Van Buuren remix"
- Found on the Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance remix album as track #11. This is remixed by Armin van Buuren.
- appears (Melodic Extended Mix)
- Found on the SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 2 remix album as track #11. This was remixed by Luca Degani and Sergio Dall'ora.
- appears "Non-Stop Mega Mix Version"
- Found on the ayu-mi-x 4 + selection Non-Stop Mega Mix Version remix album as track #4. This is a mixed version between remixed by Junior Vasquez, Jonathan Peters, Keith Litman, Izumi "D·M·X" Miyazaki and DJ-TURBO.
- appears "HΛL's Progress"
- Found on the A BALLADS best album as track #2. This version of the song has new arrangement and mixing.
- appears - Armin van Buuren Rising Star 12" Instrum. mix
- Found on the "appears Armin van Buuren Remixes" German vinyl as track #1. This is an instrumental-only remix by Armin van Buuren.
- appears - Armin van Buuren Sunset Dub mix
- Found on the "appears Armin van Buuren Remixes" German vinyl as track #2 and on the Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance 2 remix album as track #14. This is a remix made by German DJ Armin van Buuren.
- appears - Kyau vs. Albert remix
- Found on the "appears The Remixes" German vinyl as track #1. This is a remix by DJ duo Kyau & Albert.
- appears - Kyau vs. Albert dub
- Found on the "appears The Remixes" German vinyl as track #2. This is another remix by Kyau & Albert.
- appears - Vince the Saint vs. Villa remix
- Found on the "appears The Remixes" German vinyl as track #3 and on the "»appears«" single as track #6. This a remixed version by Vince the Saint vs. Villa.
- appears "Armin van Buuren's Rising Star Radio Edit"
- Found on the "»appears«" single as track #1. This is a remix by Armin van Buuren.
- appears "Kyau vs. Albert Radio Edit"
- Found on the "»appears«" single as track #2. This is a remix by DJ duo Kyau & Albert.
- appears "Vince the Saint vs. Villa Radio Edit"
- Found on the "»appears«" single as track #3. It's a version of the song remixed by Vince the Saint vs. Villa.
- appears "Armin van Buuren's Rising Star 12" Mix"
- Found on the "»appears«" single as track #4. This was remixed by Armin van Buuren.
- appears "Kyau vs. Albert Dub Mix"
- Found on the "»appears«" single as track #5. Remixed by Kyau & Albert.
- appears (Shinichi Osawa remix)
- Found on the ayu-mi-x 7 -version HOUSE- remix album as track #7. This is a remix by Osawa Shinichi.
External Links
- Oricon Profile: Original Single | Vinyl
- ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | Live Lyric Video | "Original Mix" | "99 Greeting Mix" | "Scud Filter Mix" | "Dub's Eurotech Remix" | "JP's SoundFactory Mix" | "HΛL's Mix" | "Keith Litman's Mix of Truth" | "99 Greeting Mix -Instrumental-" | "A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-" | "LOVEppears / appears -20th Anniversary Edition-" | "Acapella" ver.
- Armin van Buuren Official YouTube Channel: appears "Armin van Buuren Sunset Dub"
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