Terminal (Ayumi Hamasaki song)

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"Terminal"
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Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Colours
ReleasedOctober 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)
Recorded2014
Genre Trance, progressive house
Length5:44
Label Avex Trax
Composer(s) Armin van Buuren, Benno de Goeij
Lyricist(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer(s) Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Hello New Me"
(2014)		"Terminal"
(2014)		"Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk"
(2014)

"Terminal" is a song by Japanese musician Ayumi Hamasaki. Produced by Dutch trance DJ Armin van Buuren, the song was released as a single from her fifteenth studio album Colours on October 1, 2014. [1]

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Background

Re-cut singles that were songs present on an already released album were common in Hamasaki's career, however "Terminal" is the first instance since "Daybreak" from her fourth studio album I Am... , released in 2002.

Hamasaki had first collaborated with Armin van Buuren in 2001, when he remixed her song "Appears" for Cyber Trance Presents Ayu Trance , with "Appears (Armin van Buuren's Sunset Dub)" later appearing on Cyber Trance Presents Ayu Trance 2 (2002). [2] [3]

Writing and production

The song was written and produced by Armin van Buuren, as well as his long-time collaborator Benno de Goeij. The dub remix featured on the single was used by van Buuren in his personal DJ sets. [4] Hamasaki recorded the vocals for the song at Record Plant Recording Studios in Los Angeles. [5]

Release and promotion

For Hamasaki's Premium Showcase: Feel the Love tour in May and June 2014, tour exclusive singles were released at each of the three venues she performed at. For her performances at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya on May 30, May 31 and June 1, 2014, a single featuring "XOXO" and "Terminal" was released. [6] [7] The song was first performed at the showcase, in a trance DJ set also featuring "Connected" (2002). [8] The song was initially given a wide release on June 18, when the Colours album was released digitally. [9]

The dub mix of the song was released globally on September 15, though van Buuren's label Armind. [10] It also featured on A State Of Trance at Ushuaïa, Ibiza 2014, a mix CD created by van Buuren compiling the music played at his residency show at the Ushuaïa Beach Hotel in Ibiza. [11] The single's Japanese release was timed to be released at the same time as Ultra Japan, an EDM festival in Odaiba, Tokyo held on September 27 and 28, 2014. [1] On the same day as the single's release, Hamasaki released her song "XOXO" as a Plug Air: a new format featuring a physical device that plugs into cellphones to stream content. [12]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Armin van Buuren and Benno de Goeij

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Terminal (Dub Radio Mix)"2:53
2."Terminal (Dub Mix)"4:33
Total length:7:26

All tracks are written by Ayumi Hamasaki, Armin van Buuren and Benno de Goeij

Japanese single
No.TitleLength
1."Terminal (Original Mix)"5:44
2."Terminal (Dub Mix)"4:35
3."Terminal (Hackjack Mix)"5:45
Total length:16:04

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from "Terminal"'s liner notes booklet. [5]

Musicians and personnel

Charts and sales

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Japan Billboard Hot Single Sales [13] 31
Japan Oricon daily singles [14] 16
Japan Oricon weekly singles [15] [16] 24

Sales

ChartAmount
Oricon physical sales [16] 4,000

Release history

RegionDateFormatDistributing LabelCatalogue codes
Japan May 30, 2014 [7] Tour exclusive single ("XOXO" / "Terminal") Avex Trax
WorldwideSeptember 15, 2014 [10] Digital download (Dub Mix)ArmindARMD1196
JapanOctober 1, 2014 [1] [17] CD, rental CDAvex TraxAVCD-83113

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