For My Dear...

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"For My Dear..."
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Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album A Song for ××
ReleasedOctober 7, 1998
Recorded1998
Genre J-pop
Length4:33
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Yasuhiko Hoshino (music)
Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Producer(s) Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Trust"
(1998)
"For My Dear..."
(1998)
"Depend on You"
(1998)
Official Music Video
"For My Dear..." on YouTube

"For My Dear..." is the fourth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on October 7, 1998.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "For My Dear..."
  2. "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version)
  3. "For My Dear..." (Instrumental)
"For My Dear…"
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Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2001
February 28, 2016
Recorded1998
Genre J-pop
Length35:51
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer(s) Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Depend on You"
(2001)
"For My Dear…"
(2001)
"Trust"
(2001)

Re-release

This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, including four new songs.

Track listing

  1. "For My Dear..."
  2. "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version)
  3. "A Song for ××" (she shell Reproduction)
  4. "Friend II" (Jazzy Jet Mix)
  5. "As if…" (dub's L.B.M remix)
  6. "For My Dear..." (Inst.)
  7. "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version Inst.)

Live performances

Music video

The music video of 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.

Success in the Malaysia

Ayumi Hamasaki's For My Dear... was played on Traxx FM., [1] the first Japanese song to do so.[ citation needed ]

Chart positions

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Time in
chart
Japan Oricon 197 weeks
Chart (2001)Peak
position
Time in
chart
Japan Oricon²332 weeks

1Original version
²Re-release version

Oricon sales: 74,440 (Original version)

References

  1. "alljpop.com". ww12.alljpop.com.