Friday, February 21, 2014

TO BE




TO BE
Label : Avex Trax - AVDD-20316
Format : CD, Mini
Country : Japan
Release Date : 12 Mei 1999
Genre : Reggae, Rock
Style : Pop Rock, Reggae Pop
Price : ¥1,020

Tracklist :

01. TO BE
02. TO BE "Dub's cool wind" Remixed by Izumi "D•M•X" Miyazaki
03. TO BE -Instrumental-





TO BE
Label : Avex Taiwan Inc. ‎– AVJSG40022
Format : CD, Mini
Country : Taiwan
Release Date : 1999
Genre : Electronic, Rock
Style : Downtempo, Pop Rock
Price :

Tracklist :

01. TO BE
02. TO BE "Dub's cool wind" Remixed by Izumi "D•M•X" Miyazaki
03. TO BE -Instrumental-





TO BE
Label : Avex Trax ‎– AVCD-30218
Format : CD, Maxi-Single, Reissue
Country : Japan
Release Date : 28 Feb 2001
Genre : Pop
Style : J-pop
Price : ¥1,050

Tracklist :

01. TO BE "Original Mix"
         Mixed by Atsushi Hattori
02. TO BE "Dub's cool wind Remix"
         Remixed by Izumi"D•M•X"Miyazaki
03. appears "H.W Tokyo Hard House Mix"
         Remixed by Hiroshi Watanabe
04. Fly high "SHARP BOYS U.K VOCAL MIX"
         Remixed by SHARP BOYS
05. Fly high "Supreme Mix"
         Remixed by Naoki Atsumi
06. Fly high "SAMPLE MADNESS REMIX"
         Remixed by EBOMAN
07. TO BE "Original Mix -Insturumental-"
         Mixed by Atsushi Hattori




Credits
Arranged By – D.A.I., Naoto Suzuki (2)
Lyrics By – Ayumi Hamasaki
Music By – D.A.I.
Producer – Max Matsuura
Information
"TO BE" is the eighth single released by Hamasaki Ayumi. This is Hamasaki's last single to be released in 8cm CD version. The title track was used as the CM song for JT Peach Water drinks which featuring Hamasaki herself. The single reached #4 on the weekly charts and stayed on the charts for a total of fifteen weeks. The single also became the the #64 single of 1999. The single sold 109,860 copies during it's first weeks sales and it has since sold a total of 324,500 copies.

The single was re-released in 2001 on a 12cm format with extra remix songs. This time around the single reached #26 and charted for three weeks.

TV Performances
  • [1999.05.08] CDTV
  • [1999.05.13] Utaban
  • [1999.05.14] Music Station
  • [1999.05.22] Pop Jam
  • [1999.05.28] Music Station
  • [1999.06.21] Hey! Hey! Hey!

Music Video
The music video for "TO BE" was directed by longtime collaborator Takeishi Wataru. It shows Hamasaki singing as seen by a little boy through a kaleidoscope. It makes use of various backgrounds, outfits, makeup, and wigs to bring as much color as possible into the world the little boy sees. At the end, the kaleidoscope lens breaks, and Hamasaki is seen in black and white.

Assistant Producer: Utsumi Kiyoshi (prime direction)
Director: Takeishi Wataru
Production Manager: Ishibashi Yoshiko (Dee DRIVE), Azumaya Yusuke (prime direction)
Production Assistant: Sugiyama Yasumasa (Dee Drive)
Director of Photography: Kato Masakazu
Light: Noguchi Masuto
Stylist: Matsumoto Koji
Hair & Make up: Tamotsu, Chu (Too-Rustic)