For My Dear...

"For My Dear..."
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album A Song for ××
ReleasedOctober 7, 1998
Recorded1998
GenreJ-pop
Length4:33
LabelAvex Trax
SongwritersYasuhiko Hoshino (music)
Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
ProducerMax 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.

Track 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)

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., the first Japanese song to do so.[citation needed]

Chart 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)

References

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