Carols

CD Art

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Single

CAROLS

Released

2004.09.29

Catalog Number

AVCD-30650/B (CD+DVD)

AVCD-30651 (CD Only)

AVGD-30652 (SACD)

AVAD-91208 (DVD-Audio)

Price

¥1,890 (CD+DVD)

¥1,050 (CD Only)

CD Tracklist

1. CAROLS "Original Mix"
2. CAROLS "Criminal Tribal Mix"
3. CAROLS "Hammond B-3 Whisper"
4. CAROLS "Original Mix" -Instrumental-

DVD Tracklist

1. CAROLS (Video clip)

Information

"CAROLS" is Hamasaki Ayumi's 34th single. It was released on the same day as her ARENA TOUR 2003~2004 A DVD. "CAROLS" was used as the Panasonic Digital Camera "LUMIX FX7" CM song. This single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and sold 301,275 copies in 2004, becoming the #20 single of the year. It charted for 15 weeks and sold a total of 309,128 copies.

Live Performances

• [2004.09.24] MUSIC STATION
• [2004.09.24] POP JAM
• [2004.09.26] CDTV
• [2004.09.30] AX Music
• [2004.10.08] MUSIC STATION
• [2004.10.11] HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
• [2004.12.24] Music Station Christmas Special
• [2004.12.31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2004-2005 A
• [2005.02.01~04.24] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2005 A ~MY STORY~
• [2010.12.30~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 ~do it again~
• [2013.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2013-2014 A
• [2015.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2015-2016 A ~M(A)DE IN TOKYO~

Song Information

Lyrics

Hamasaki Ayumi

Music

Kinoshita Tomoya

Other Information

Original Mix

Arrangement: CMJK

Programming: CMJK

Guitar: CMJK

Drums: Konishi Shojiri

Bass: Mikuzuki Chiharu

Acoustic Piano: Saito Yuta

Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings

Additional Guitar: Aida Shigekazu

B.G. Vocal: Hamasaki Ayumi

Mixed by Morimoto Koji

CLASSICAL VERSION

Arrangement: Takezawa Yutaka

English Horn: Shoji Satoshi

Flute: Soma Mitsuru

Piano: Nakanishi Yasuharu

Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group

Trombone: Sano Satoshi

Trumpet: Sasaki Shiro

Mixed by Morimoto Koji

Music Video

PV Shot

The music video for "CAROLS" was directed by Muto Masashi. It was filmed in black and white. It shows Hamasaki singing in an empty theatre.

Credits

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• produced by max matsuura

• A&R + Directed by Yasuyuki Tomita (avex trax)

• Mastered by Kazushige Yamazaki at FLAIR

• A&R Coordination: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
• A&R Chief: Nobuhito Ikehata (avex trax)

• Executive Supervisor: Daisuke Shimokawa, Ketsuro Oshita (avex inc.)

• Artist Management: Yuka Kikuchi, Kouji Hashimoto, Makoto Noto (avex inc.)

• Media Operation: avex Media room & Promotion room, 2nd A&R/Promotion Dept. Akira Akutsu, Koki Sato & avex inc. Advertisement Division

• Sales Promotion: Hideo Yamamoto, Masatoshi Furukawa, Atsushi Shiraishi & All avex distribution Staff

• Visual Producer: Kiyoshi 'Utsumizm' Utsumi (to max inc.)

• Advisory Producers: Motohiro Abe (avex inc.), Ryuzo Shoji (to max inc.), Yoshihisa Nagata (prime direction, inc.)

• General Producer: Shinji Hayashi (avex inc.), Ryuhei Chiba (avex inc.)

• Specially Coordinated by Tom Yoda (avex group)

• Art Direction: Shinichi Hara
• Design: Tomokazu Suzuki (RICE)
• Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex inc.)
• CG Treatment: Makoto Harikae, Hiroko Tanaka (amana)
• Quality Control: Shuichi Takahashi (avex inc.)

• Photographer: Takashi Miezaki (FEMME)
• Digital Work: Jerico Aqualla
• Fashion Director: Kei Ito
• Fashion Designer: Akira Noda (Workaholic)
• Stylist: Hideo 'Kokomi' Suzue (H)
• Assistant Stylist: Hirosuke 'Darling' Terada
• Hair & Make up: Keizo Kuroda (THREE PEACE)
• Assistant Hair & Make up: Kazuhisa Kurumizawa
• Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura

• DVD Audio/Video Authoring: Yuka Matsuki, Naoya Munemura (avex network)
• SACD Operation: Shigeru Inoue (Sony Corporation), Atsuo Fujita, Masashi, Sakashita (F Inc.)

Oricon Chart Positions

Week #	Week Rank	Sales	Total Sales
1	1	177,778	177,778
2	3	47,876	225,654
3	3	29,890	255,544
4	9	18,447	273,991
5	18	12,498	286,489
6	x	x	x
7	x	x	x
8	x	x	x
9	x	x	303,284
10	x	x	304,907
11	101	1,623	304,907
12	101	1,310	306,217
13	122	1,064	307,281
14	173	742	308,023
15	175	1,105	309,128

Total Reported Sales: 309,128

Total Reported Downloads: 1,000,000

Disambiguation

The following are the different versions of this song released throughout Hamasaki Ayumi's discography, listed chronologically.

CAROLS

Found on the MY STORY album as track #11. This is the standard version of the song, often referred to as "Original Mix".

CAROLS "Criminal Tribal Mix"

Found on the "CAROLS" single as track #2. This is a remixed version of the song by CMJK.

CAROLS "Hammond B-3 Whisper"

Found on the "CAROLS" single as track #3. This is a remix with Hammond Organ performed by Kawai Daisuke.

CAROLS "Original Mix" -Instrumental-

Found on the "CAROLS" single as track #4. This is the standard version without its main vocals.

CAROLS - CLASSICAL VERSION

Found on the MY STORY Classical album as track #7. This is a classical version conducted by Sado Yutaka.

CAROLS × PLAYGROUP

Found on the ayu-mi-x 6 -SILVER- remix album as track #10. This is a remix by Playgroup.

CAROLS (PLAYGROUP Dub)

Found on the "INSPIRE / CAROLS" vinyl as track #3. This is a reviewed version of the remix by Playgroup.

CAROLS (PLAYGROUP Inst)

Found on the "INSPIRE / CAROLS" vinyl as track #4. This is a non-vocal remix by Playgroup.

CAROLS (Push remix)

Found on the ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4 remix album as track #12. This is a remix by Push.

External Links

• Oricon Profile: CD+DVD | CD Only | SACD | DVD-Audio
• ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | "Original Mix" | "Criminal Tribal Mix" | "Hammond B-3 Whisper" | "1-Sepi" ver. | "Acapella" ver.