Surreal

CD Art

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Single

SURREAL

Released

2000.09.27

Catalog Number

AVCD-30175

Price

¥1,260

Tracklist

1. SURREAL "Original Mix"
2. Duty "Eric Kupper Big Room Mix -Radio Edit-"
3. SEASONS "BUMP & FLEX RADIO EDIT"
4. Duty "Under Lounge club Mix"
5. Duty "nicely nice remix"
6. Duty "STEPPIN' DUB MIX"
7. Duty "Sky Modulation Mix"
8. Duty "Dub's mellowtech 002 Remix"
9. Duty "GENIUS BEAT MIX"
10. SURREAL "Original Mix -Instrumental-"

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DVD Art

VHS Art

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Video Single

SURREAL

Released

2000.12.13

Catalog Number

AVVD-90090 (VHS)

AVBD-91037 (DVD)

Price

¥1,575

Tracklist

1. SURREAL (PV)
2. Duty TV-CM
3. Making of

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Vinyl Cover

Artist

Hamasaki Ayumi

Vinyl

SURREAL

Released

2000.12.27

Catalog Number

RR12-88192

Price

¥1,575

Tracklist

1. Duty "Eric Kupper Big Room Mix -Radio Edit- "
2. SEASONS "BUMP & FLEX RADIO EDIT"
3. SURREAL "Original Mix"

Information

"SURREAL" is Hamasaki Ayumi's 17th single. It was released on the same day as the album Duty. It was used as the Takanoyuri Beauty Clinic "Koisuru Shirohada" CM song. This single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for seven weeks. It sold 417,210 copies, becoming the #60 single of 2000.

"SURREAL" is also Hamasaki Ayumi's first video single, released in VHS, VCD and DVD formats.

Live Performances

• [2000.09.23] CDTV All Hits
• [2000.10.02] SMAPxSMAP Autumn Special
• [2000.10.06] MUSIC STATION
• [2000.10.08] CDTV
• [2000.10.09] AX Music Factory
• [2000.10.11] Sokuhou! Uta no Daijiten!!
• [2000.10.14] POP JAM
• [2000.10.16] HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
• [2000.10.25] Music Enta
• [2000.11.18] All Japan Request Awards
• [2000.12.02] Digital Dream Live
• [2000.12.03] MUSIX!
• [2000.12.30] CDTV Special
• [2000.12.31] ayumi hamasaki countdown live 2000-2001 A
• [2001.03.14] Japan Gold Disc Awards
• [2001.03.17] POP JAM
• [2001.06.22~07.07] ayumi hamasaki DOME TOUR 2001 A
• [2001.12.31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2001-2002 A
• [2002.07.06~07.28] ayumi hamasaki STADIUM TOUR 2002 A
• [2003.03.18~05.27] ayumi hamasaki LIMITED TA LIVE TOUR
• [2003.10.09~31] A MUSEUM ~30th single collection live~
• [2003.12.30~2004.04.25] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2003~2004 A
• [2004.05.22] MTV THE SUPER DRY LIVE
• [2005.02.01~04.24] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2005 A ~MY STORY~
• [2005.12.31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2005-2006
• [2007.03.10~06.10] ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 A ~Tour of Secret~
• [2007.12.30~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary
• [2008.04.05~11.02] ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2008 ~10th Anniversary~ Live in TAIPEI
• [2008.09.28] CDTV
• [2008.12.30~31] ayumi hamasaki PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE 2008-2009 A
• [2010.04.11~10.11] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2010 A ~Rock'n'Roll Circus~
• [2012.04.07~10.11] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~
• [2012.09.17] Kishidan Banpaku 2012 ~Boso Rock'n'Roll Olympics~
• [2012.12.17] HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
• [2012.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2012-2013 A ~WAKE UP~
• [2013.04.13~07.28] ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~
• [2013.09.21] TV Asahi 55th Anniversary ~TV Asahi Dream Festival 2013~
• [2013.12.27] MUSIC STATION
• [2013.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2013-2014 A
• [2014.12.29~31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A Cirque de Minuit
• [2016.05.14~07.18] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2016 A ~M(A)DE IN JAPAN~
• [2017.05.13~07.17] ayumi hamasaki Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017
• [2019.04.06~07] ayumi hamasaki 21st anniversary -POWER of A^3-
• [2021.12.31] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2021-2022 A ~23rd Monster~

Song Information

Lyrics

Hamasaki Ayumi

Music

Kikuchi Kazuhito

Other Information

Original Mix

Arrangement: HΛL

Programming: HΛL

Keyboards: HΛL

Guitar: Akimoto Naoya

Mixed by Hashimoto Masashi

"Acoustic Orchestra Version"

Arrangement: Honma Akimitsu, Asakawa Tomoyuki

Harp: Asakawa Tomoyuki

Flute: Mitsuru Goma Group

Horn: Otohiko Fujita Group

Keyboards: Honma Akimitsu

Percussion: Takara Kumiko, Takada Midori, Fujii Tamao

Strings: Naoto Takahashi Strings

Conductor: Asakawa Tomoyuki

Mixed by Hattori Atsushi

Music Video

PV Shot

The music video for "SURREAL" was directed by Takeishi Wataru. The video shows Hamasaki waking up in her bed, and looking around to see that she's on a beach. She hikes up a mountain and ultimately to a gazebo inside a brightly-colored jungle area, where she sees herself as a wildcat. The dream environment eventually crumbles, and Hamasaki wakes up... or does she?

• Director: Wataru Takeishi (Dee DRIVE inc.)
• Producer: Ryuzo Shoji (to max inc.)
• Assistant Producer: Kiyoshi Utsumi (to max inc.)
• P. Producer: Yoshiko Ishibashi (Dee DRIVE inc.)
• Director of Photography: Tetsuya Kamoto (JPN Production)
• Light: Masami Noguchi
• Stylist: Koji Matsumoto
• Assistant Stylist: Takako 'ESP' Mishima (OFFICE an-gel)
• Hair & Make up: CHIKA (artifata)
• Assistant Hair & Make Up: Junpei 'inocchi' Tanaka (artifata)
• Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura
• U.S. Coordinator: Kohki Nishitani (MAGIC ISLAND Production, inc.), Johnnie Mitsuru Purvis, Stanley Izumi Kim

Credits

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• Produced by max matsuura
• All Lyrics written by ayumi hamasaki

• Sound Produced by Naoto Suzuki

• Production Assistant: Yuka Akiyama (prime direction inc.)

• Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto at JVC VICTOR STUDIO

• A&R Coordination: Yasuyuki Tomita (avex trax)
• A&R Supervisor: Nobuhito Ikehata (avex trax)
• Executive Supervisor: Katsuro Oshita (avex trax)

• Artist Management: Yuka Kikuchi, Junichi Kamitoku, Kouji Hashimoto (avex inc.)

• Artist Promotion: Toshiyasu Takahashi (avex trax)

• Sales Promotion: Kentaro Furusawa, Akihiro Terada, Yasuhiro Yamamoto (avex distribution)

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

• General Producer: Shinji Hayashi (avex trax)

• Specially Coordinated by Tom Yoda (avex group)

• Art Direction: Shinichi Hara
• Design: Shigeru Kasai (RICE)
• Creative Coordination: Toshikuzu Sakawa, Naoki Ueda (avex trax)

• Photographer: Toru Kumazawa
• Assistant Photographer: gina
• Stylist: Koji Matsumoto
• Assistant Stylist: Hiroyuki 'Ushiko' Ishii, Takako 'esp.' Mishina
• Hair & Make up: CHIKA (HAIR DIMENSION)
• Assistant Hair & Make up: TARO, JUNPEI (HAIR DIMENSION)
• Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura
• Interior Coordinator: Hiromi 'ROMI' Yamada, Naoe Hashimoto

Disambiguation

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

SURREAL

Found on the Duty album as track #7. This is the standard version of the song. It is often referred to as "Original Mix".

SURREAL "Original Mix -Instrumental-"

Found on the "SURREAL" single as track #10. This is the vocal-less version of the original song.

SURREAL "Sample MadnesS remix"

Found on the "AUDIENCE" single as track #2 and on the ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Version remix album as track #14. This is a remixed version by Eboman.

SURREAL "Paranoid Android Mix"

Found on the "AUDIENCE" single as track #6. This is a remix by KO-I.

SURREAL "nicely nice electron'00 remix"

Found on the "evolution" single as track #7. It was remixed by Sato Seiki.

SURREAL "Thunderpuss Remix"

Found on the ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Version remix album as track #7. This is a remix trance group Thunderpuss.

SURREAL "Club 69 Remix"

Found on the ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Version remix album as track #8. This was remixed by peter rauhofer for unique productions.

SURREAL "Dub's Floor Mix Transport 006"

Found on the ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Version remix album as track #22. It's a remix of the song by Izumi "D·M·X" Miyazaki.

SURREAL "Acoustic Orchestra Version"

Found on the ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version remix album as track #1. This is an orchestral version of the original song, arranged by Honma Akimitsu and Asakawa Tomoyuki.

SURREAL "Marc et Claude remix"

Found on the Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance remix album as track #5. Remixed by Jürgen Driessen, Klaus Derichs and Marc Romboy.

SURREAL (Time A Go-Go Mix)

Found on the SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 2 remix album as track #10. This is a remix by Luca Degani & Sergio Dall'ora.

SURREAL / Thunderpuss RADIO

Found on the "excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD004" remix single as track #1. This was remixed by Thunderpuss.

SURREAL / Thunderpuss EXTENDED

Found on the "excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD004" remix single as track #2. This is a longer version of the Thunderpuss remix.

SURREAL / Thunderpuss DUB

Found on the "excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD004" remix single as track #3. This is a dub remix by Thunderpuss.

SURREAL / Club 69 RADIO

Found on the "excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD004" remix single as track #4. This was remixed by peter rauhofer.

SURREAL / Club 69 EXTENDED

Found on the "excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD004" remix single as track #5. Remixed by peter rauhofer.

SURREAL "Non-Stop Mega Mix Version"

Found on the ayu-mi-x 4 + selection Non-Stop Mega Mix Version remix album as track #12. This is a mixed version between remixes by Thunderpuss, Club 69, Eboman, Izumi "D·M·X" Miyazaki and Sato Seiki.

SURREAL (DIMA EURO remix 2011)

Found on the ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu-ro mix 4 remix album as track #3. This is a remix by Davide di Marcantonio.

External Links

• Oricon Profile: Single | DVD | Vinyl
• ayu's Official YouTube Channel: MUSIC VIDEO | "Original Mix" | "Instrumental" ver. | "nicely nice electron'00 Remix" | "Thunderpuss Remix" | "Club 69 Remix" | "Dub's Floor Mix Transport 006" | "A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-" | "Acapella" ver.