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Song 4 U
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- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Digital Single
- Song 4 u (XILLIA2 ver.)
- Released
- 2012.09.23
- Price
- ¥200 (recochoku)
- Tracklist
- Song 4 u (XILLIA2 ver.)
- Information
"Song 4 u (XILLIA2 ver.)" is Hamasaki Ayumi's sixth digital single. The song, which came in a 2:18 min. duration version, was used as the theme song of Tales of Xillia 2.The full-length song can be found on her fourth mini-album LOVE as track #1. The cover for the You & Me digital single was used as cover for the single.
- Live Performances
- [2012.04.07~10.11] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~
- [2012.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2012-2013 A ~WAKE UP~
- [2012.12.03] HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
- [2015.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2015-2016 A ~M(A)DE IN TOKYO~
- [2019.12.31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2019-2020 ~Promised Land~ A
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Music
- HINATAspring, Nakano Yuta
- Other Information
- Original mix
- Arrangement: Nakano Yuta
- Programming & Strings Arrangement: Nakano Yuta
- Guitar: Akizuki Ryota
- Strings: Yu Manabe Strings
- Additional B.G.Vocal: Kawamura Yumi
- Mixed by Yamada Naoki
- Orchestra version
- Arrangement: Nakano Yuta
- Additional Violin: Manabe Yu
- Mixed by Morimoto Koji
- A Classical ver.
- Arrangement: Kameoka Natsumi
- Bassoon: Inoue Toshitsugu, Sato Yuki
- Clarinet: Nakamura Megumi, Itoi Yumiko
- Flute: Takakawa Hideyo, Wakamatsu Junko
- Harp: Asakawa Tomoyuki
- Horn: Jonathan Hammill, Hagiwara Kensho, Uema Yoshiyuki, Ohno Yuta
- Oboe: Oka Hokuto, Morieda Mayuko
- Piano: Miyamoto Hajime
- Strings: Yoshida Uchu Strings
- Timpani: Kayatani Ryoichi
- Trombone: Nakagawa Eijiro, Shishiuchi Kanade, Nonoshita Koichi
- Trumpet: Sato Tomonori, Kumashiro Yuko
- Tuba: Furumoto Taichi
Music Video

The music video for "Song 4 u" was directed by Muto Masashi.
It shows several Hamasakis on a table chess, some dressed in white and others in black to represent the chess pieces. They sing and move according to their chess piece counterpart.
Disambiguation
The following are the different versions of this song released throughout Hamasaki Ayumi's discography, listed chronologically.
- Song 4 u
- Found on the LOVE mini-album as track #1 and on the LOVE again album as track #2. This is the standard version of the song, also referred to as "Original mix".
- Song 4 u (Orchestra version)
- Found on the LOVE mini-album as track #4. This is a re-arranged version by Nakano Yuta.
- Song 4 u (Original mix -Instrumental-)
- Found on the LOVE mini-album as track #9. This is the standard version without its main vocals.
- Song 4 u - A Classical ver.
- Found on the A Classical remix album as track #8. This version has a classical arrangement by Kameoka Natsumi.
External Links
- ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | "Acapella" ver.
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