A (song)

Single infobox
Name = A


Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki
from Album = Loveppears
Released = August 11, 1999
Format = ^JPN CD Single
^USA Digital Single [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=73951471]
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = J-pop
Length = 1:15:48
Label = Avex Trax
Writer = Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer =
Reviews =
Last single = "Boys & Girls"
(1999)
This single = "A"
(1999)
Next single = "appears"
(1999)

"A" is Ayumi Hamasaki's tenth single, released on August 11, 1999. Hamasaki's best-selling single as well Japan's 57th best-selling single of all time [cite web|url=http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-single.html|title=歴代シングルランキング|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-07-11] , "A," is unique among Hamasaki's singles, as it is her only single with quadruple A-sides.

Commercial endorsement

"Trauma" and "monochrome" were used as the background music of two TV commercials for the JT Peach Water drinks. "Too Late" was the theme song of a TV ad for HONDA Giorno CREA. "End Roll (HAL'S MIX)" featured in commercial for Morinaga as background music.

Ayumi appeared in the four commercials.

Track listing

# "monochrome"
# "too late"
# "Trauma"
# "End roll"
# "monochrome" (Keith Litman's Big City Vocal Mix)
# "too late" (Razor 'N Guido Remix)
# "Trauma" (Heavy Shuffle Mix)
# "End roll" (HΛL's Mix)
# "monochrome" (Instrumental)
# "too late" (Instrumental)
# "Trauma" (Instrumental)
# "End roll" (Instrumental)
# "End roll" (Neuro-mantic Mix)
# "monochrome" (Dub's full color Remix)

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

* Total Sales : 1,670,000 (Japan)
* "A" is Hamasaki's highest selling single and her second consecutive single to sell over a million copies.

References

External links

* [http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVCD-30050.html "A"] information at Avex Trax Network.
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/45106/1/ "A"] information at Oricon.