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For My Dear...

1998 single by Ayumi Hamasaki

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

01Track listing

  1. "For My Dear..."
  2. "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version)
  3. "For My Dear..." (Instrumental)
"For My Dear…"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2001
February 28, 2016
Recorded1998
GenreJ-pop
Length35:51
LabelAvex Trax
SongwriterAyumi Hamasaki
ProducerMax Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Depend on You"
(2001)		 "For My Dear…"
(2001)		 "Trust"
(2001)

02Re-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.)

03Live performances

  • October 9, 1998 - Super Dream Live - For My Dear...
  • October 17, 1998 - Pop Jam - For My Dear...
  • October 24, 1998 - Countdown TV - For My Dear...
  • October 30, 1998 - Music Station - For My Dear...
  • November 9, 1998 - Hey! Hey! Hey! - For My Dear...

04Music 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.

  • Producer: Hasegawa Toru (HAT)
  • Director: Odagami Yoko (HAT)
  • Production Manager: Sato Naoki (HAT)
  • Director of Photography: Sakamoto Seigo
  • Light: Nishiyama Yoshiharu
  • Stylist: Matsumoto Koji
  • Hair: Tamotsu (Too RUSTIC)
  • Make Up: Chu (Too RUSTIC)

05Success in the Malaysia

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

06Chart positions

Chart (1998) Peak
position		 Time in
chart
Japan Oricon1 9 7 weeks
Chart (2001) Peak
position		 Time in
chart
Japan Oricon² 33 2 weeks

1Original version
²Re-release version

Oricon sales: 74,440 (Original version)

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