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"Depend on You"
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Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album A Song for ××
B-side "Two of Us"
ReleasedDecember 9, 1998
Recorded1998
Genre J-pop
Length4:20
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Kazuhito Kikuchi, Daisuke Miyaji & Ryosuke Imai (music)
Producer(s) Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"For My Dear..."
(1998)
"Depend on You"
(1998)
"Whatever"
(1999)
Official Music Video
"Depend on You" on YouTube

"Depend on You" is the fifth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on December 9, 1998. The single reached number nine on the weekly Oricon chart, becoming her third consecutive top-ten single in Japan. The single contains a B-side, "Two of Us", which was never released on an album. Both songs were featured in the PlayStation RPG Thousand Arms .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Depend on You"
  2. "Two of Us"
  3. "Depend on You" (instrumental)
"Depend on You"
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Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2001
February 28, 2016
Recorded1998
Genre J-pop
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer(s) Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Whatever"
(2001)
"Depend on You"
(2001)
"For My Dear..."
(2001)

Re-release

This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, featuring five new tracks. The single was re-released for the fact that it was initially released in 1998 only in the 3" CD format, which by this time had been replaced by the new standard "maxi" CD format. In this case, the single was re-released in 2001 for a wider compatibility.

Track listing

  1. "Depend on You"
  2. "Two of Us
  3. "Depend on You" (Dub's Electro Remix)
  4. "Depend on You" (44XL dub)
  5. "Depend on You" (Bodyguard mix)
  6. "Two of Us" (PPS Connection mix)
  7. "Two of Us" (Touch of Mahogany mix)
  8. "Depend on You" (Instrumental)

Depend on You was also remixed and released in Mirrorcle World for her 10th anniversary of chart-topping singles.

Music video

The music video for "Depend on you" was directed by Muto Masashi. It depicts Hamasaki singing while on a "journey" of sorts – a road is shown, and she sings at various natural locales, including a mountain and a pond.

Disambiguation

Live performances

Chart positions

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Time in
chart
Japan Oricon 198 weeks
Chart (2001)Peak
position
Time in
chart
Japan Oricon²273 weeks

1Original version

²Re-release version

Oricon sales: 131,460 (Original version)

"Depend on You"
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Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
ReleasedMarch 8, 2004 (Europe)
Genre Trance, Ambient
Label Drizzly Records
Songwriter(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"M"
(2003)
"Depend on You"
(2004)
"Naturally"
(2004)

European version

In 2004, "Depend on You" was also released in Europe as a trance single. The CD single was only released in Germany but the digital single was released worldwide.

  1. "Depend on You" (Svenson & Gielen radio edit)
  2. "Depend on You" (DJ Shog radio edit)
  3. "Depend on You" (DJ Shog dub mix)
  4. "Depend on You" (Svenson & Gielen club mix)
  5. "Depend on You" (Svenson & Gielen instrumental mix)

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