To Be

Single infobox
Name = To Be


Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki
from Album = Loveppears
Released = May 12, 1999
Format = ^JPN CD Single
^USA Digital Single [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=73951471]
Recorded =
Genre = J-pop
Length = 16:37
Label = Avex Trax
Writer = Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer =
Reviews =
Last single = "Love ~Destiny~"
(1999)
This single = "To Be"
(1999)
Next single = "Boys & Girls"
(1999)"To Be" is the eighth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on May 12, 1999.

Information

"To Be" was released less than a month after her first number one single, "Love ~Destiny~." Hamasaki's first song to be composed by Do as Infinity composer DAI, "To Be" was unable to reach the top position on the Oricon, unlike its predecessor.

Commercial tie-up

The song was used as background music in a commercial for the JT Peach Water drinks featuring Ayumi herself.

Charts

"To Be" debuted on the Oricon at number four, with 109,860 copies sold in its first week [ [http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2958098&highlight=#2958098 Jpopmusic.com :: View topic - The Oricon Resource/Archives Thread II ] ] and over 400,000 copies sold to date. "To Be" was the 67th best-selling of 1999. [ [http://homepage1.nifty.com/shislabo/nenkan/nenkan.htm 年間シングルベスト50 ] ]

Track listing

# "To Be"
# "To Be" (Dub's cool wind remix)
# "To Be" (instrumental)

Rerelease

Single infobox
Name = To Be


Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki
Released = February 28, 2001
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = J-pop
Length = 37:52
Label = Avex Trax
Writer = Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer =
Reviews =
Last single = "evolution"
(2001)
This single = "To Be"
(2001)
Next single = "Love ~Destiny~"
(2001)"To Be" was re-released on February 28, 2001. The single had four extra songs, besides the original ones.

Track listing

# "To Be"
# "To Be" (Dub's cool wind remix)
# "appears" (HW Tokyo Hard House mix)
# "Fly high" (Sharp Boys U.K vocal mix)
# "Fly high" (Supreme mix)
# "Fly high" (Sample Madness remix)
# "To Be"

Live performances

*May 8, 1999 – CDTV – "To Be"
*May 13, 1999 – Utaban – "To Be"
*May 14, 1999 – Music Station – "To Be"
*May 22, 1999 – Pop Jam – "To Be"
*May 28, 1999 – Music Station – "To Be"
*June 21, 1999 – Hey! Hey! Hey! – "To Be"

Chart positions

* Total Sales : 324,500 (Japan)
* Total Sales : 400,000 (Avex)

¹Original version²Re-release version

References

External links

* [http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVDD-20316.html "To Be"] information at Avex Network.
* [http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVCD-30218.html "To Be"] re-release information at Avex Network.
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/46184/1/ "To Be"] information at Oricon.
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/433038/1/ "To Be"] re-release information at Oricon.