Depend on You

Depend on You
"Depend on You"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album A Song for ××
B-side Two of Us
Released December 9, 1998
Format JPN CD Single
USA Digital Single[1]
Recorded 1998
Genre J-pop
Length 4:20
Label Avex Trax
Writer(s) Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (music)
Daisuke Miyaji (music)
Ryosuke Imai (music)
Producer Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"For My Dear..."
(1998)
"Depend on You"
(1998)
"Whatever"
(1999)

"Depend on You" is the fifth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on December 9, 1998. 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"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released February 28, 2001
Format CD single
Recorded 1998
Genre J-pop
Label Avex Trax
Writer(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer 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 1999 only in the 3" CD format which was being replaced by the new standard "maxi" CD format. The single was re-released in the standard maxi format for 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 Mohagany 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.

  • Assistant Producer: Naohito Watanabe (prime direction)
  • Director: Masashi Muto (prime direction)
  • Assistant Director: Takahide Ishii (prime direction)
  • Production Manager: Asako Tsutsumi (prime direction), Hiroyuki Sawada
  • Production Assistant: Shinobu Fukuda, Akiko Nishimura (prime direction)
  • Director of Photography: Kenichi Kawabata (La CERISE)
  • Light: Takahiro Tatara (IMAGE STUDIO 109)
  • Stylist: Koji Matsumoto
  • Hair: Tamotsu (Too RUSTIC)
  • Make Up: Chu (Too RUSTIC)

Disambiguation

Live performances

  • December 8, 1998 – Utaban – Depend on You
  • December 10, 1998 – Hit MMM – Depend on You
  • December 11, 1998 – Music Station – Depend on You
  • December 16, 1998 – Pocket Music – Depend on You
  • December 19, 1998 – Countdown TV – Depend on You
  • December 21, 1998 – Hey! Hey! Hey! – Depend on You
  • December 24, 1998 – Happy Christmas Special – Depend on You
  • December 25, 1998 – Music Station – Depend on You
  • December 30, 1998 – Super Live – Depend on You
  • December 31, 1998 – Countdown TV – Depend on You
  • January 23, 1999 – Pop Jam – Depend on You
  • March 3, 1999 – Japan Gold Disc Awards – Depend on You
  • December 22, 1999 – Fresh Live – Depend on You

Chart positions

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Time in
chart
Japan Oricon1 6 8 weeks
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Time in
chart
Japan Oricon² 27 3 weeks

1Original version

²Re-release version

Oricon sales: 131,460 (Original version)

"Depend on You"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released March 8, 2004 (Europe)
Format CD single
Genre Trance, Ambient
Label Drizzly Records
Writer(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"M"
(2003)
"Depend on You''"
(2003)
"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)

References

External links


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