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For My Dear...
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Single
- For My Dear...
- Released
- 1998.10.07
- Catalog Number
- AVDD-20267
- Price
- ¥1,020
- Tracklist
- For My Dear...
- For My Dear... ~Acoustic Version~
- For My Dear... ~Instrumental~
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Single
- For My Dear...
- Released
- 2001.02.28
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-30214
- Price
- ¥1,050
- Tracklist
- For My Dear... "Original Mix"
- For My Dear... "Acoustic Version"
- A Song for XX "she shell REPRODUCTION"
- FRIEND II "JAZZY JET MIX"
- As if... "Dub's L.B.M Remix"
- For My Dear... "Original Mix" (Instrumental)
- For My Dear... "Acoustic Version" (Instrumental)
- Information
For My Dear... is Hamasaki Ayumi's fourth single. For My Dear... was used as the Morinagaseika "Merenge Chocola" CM song. This single reached #9 on the Oricon charts, charted for seven weeks and sold a total of 74,440 copies.
The single was re-released in 2001 on a 12cm format with extra remix songs. This time around the single reached #33 and charted for two weeks.
- Live Performances
- [1998.10.09] Super Dream Live
- [1998.10.17] Pop Jam
- [1998.10.24] CDTV
- [1998.10.30] MUSIC STATION
- [1998.11.09] HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
- [1999.05.08] ayumi hamasaki SECRET LIVE at AKASAKA BLITZ
- [2008.12.30~31] ayumi hamasaki PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE 2008-2009 A
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Music
- Hoshino Yasuhiko
- Other Information
- Arrangement: Hoshino Yasuhiko
- Mixed by Hattori Atsushi
Music Video
The music video for For My Dear... was directed by Odagami Hiromitsu. The video features Hamasaki sitting in a bar watching people come and go. The video then follows a few of the visitors as they leave. The video also switches to a heavens gate scene where Hamasaki sings.
- Producer: Hasegawa Toru (HAT)
- Director: Odagami Yoko (HAT)
- Production Manager: Sato Naoki (HAT)
- Director of Photography: Sakamoto Seigo
- Light: Nishiyama Yoshiharu
- Stylist: Matsumoto Koji
- Hair: Tamotsu (Too RUSTIC)
- Make Up: Chu (Too RUSTIC)
Disambiguation
The following are the different versions of "For My Dear..." released throughout Hamasaki Ayumi's discography, listed chronologically.
- For My Dear...
- Found on the A Song for ×× album as track #15. This is the original version of the song.
- For My Dear... ~Acoustic Version~
- Found on the "For My Dear..." single as track #2. This is a slower acoustic version of the song.
- For My Dear... ~Instrumental~
- Found on the "For My Dear..." single as track #3. This is the vocal-less version of the original mix.
- For My Dear... "Acoustic Version" (Instrumental)
- Found on the "For My Dear..." re-released single as track #7. This is the vocal-less version of the acoustic version of the song.
- For My Dear... - PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE 2008-2009 A ver.
- Found on the NEXT LEVEL live CD as track #16. This is the live recording of her performance at the ayumi hamasaki PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE 2008-2009 A concert. The arrangement is similar to the standard version of the song.
- For My Dear... (HOUSE NATION remix)
- Found on the ayu-mi-x 7 -version HOUSE- remix album as track #3. This is a remix by Tamura Tetsuya.
External Links
- Oricon Profile: Original Single | Re-released Single
- ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | Original Mix | Acoustic Version | Instrumental ver. | "Acapella" ver.
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