Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
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| Single by Ayumi Hamasaki from the album Loveppears |
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| Released | July 14, 1999 | ||||
| Format | CD Single | ||||
| Genre | J-pop | ||||
| Length | 57:45 | ||||
| Label | Avex Trax | ||||
| Writer(s) | Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||
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"Boys & Girls" was Ayumi Hamasaki's ninth single, released on July 14, 1999. Hamasaki's first Maxi single, it was also her first certified million-seller. In its first week of release, it ranked at number two after Ami Suzuki's "Be Together" claimed the top spot. The following week, however, it was able to top the charts.
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[edit] Commercial tie-up
In 1999, Ayumi became a spokeswoman for AUBE, a cosmetics compagny. Boys & Girls was used in a lipstick commercial for the mark as the theme song. Ayu appeared in the TV ad.
[edit] Track listing
- Boys & Girls (Mad Filter Mix)
- Boys & Girls (Aube Original Mix)
- Boys & Girls (Higher Uplift Mix)
- Love ~Destiny~ (Todd'S Lovers Conversion)
- Boys & Girls (HΛL's Mix)
- Boys & Girls (Melt Down Dub Mix)
- To Be (Bright Mix)
- Boys & Girls (D-Z Psychedelic Assassin Mix)
- Boys & Girls (Dub's club Remix)
- Boys & Girls (Aube Original Mix – Instrumental)
[edit] Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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| July 14,1999 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | #1 | |||
| July 14,1999 | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | #1 (2 weeks at #1) | 261,750 | 1,038,000 | 16 |
| July 14,1999 | Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | #11 |
- Total Sales : 1,038,000 (Japan)
- "Boys & Girls" is the first single by Hamasaki to sell over a million copies
- "Boys & Girls" is Hamasaki's fourth highest selling single.
The single debut at #2 with over 260,000 copies sold in its first week of release. However, within its second week "Boys & Girls" reached the #1 position and stayed there for two consecutive weeks. By the end of its chart run the single sold sold over a million copies.[1] It was the 11th best-selling single of 1999[2] and is the 221th best-selling single of all time in Japan.[3]
[edit] Live performances
- xx xx, 1999 – CDTV All Hits – "Boys & Girls"
- July 16, 1999 – Music Station – "Boys & Girls"
- July 17, 1999 – CDTV – "Boys & Girls'
- July 19, 1999 – Hey! Hey! Hey! – "Boys & Girls"
- July 22, 1999 – Utaban – "Boys & Girls"
- September 24, 1999 – J-Pop Night – "Boys & Girls" and "End roll" and "too late" and "Trauma"
- November 20, 1999 – All Japan Request Awards – "Boys & Girls"
- December 3, 1999 – Japan Cable Awards – "Boys & Girls"
- December 12, 1999 – Super Dream Live – "Boys & Girls" and "appears"
- December 22, 1999 – Fresh Live – "Boys & Girls"
- December 24, 1999 – Music Station Christmas Special – "Boys & Girls" and "appears"
- December 25, 1999 – Pop Jam Christmas Special – "Boys & Girls"
- December 31, 1999 – Japan Record Awards – "Boys & Girls"
- December 31, 1999 – Kouhaku – "Boys & Girls"
- December 31, 1999 – CDTV Special Live 1999-2000 – "Boys & Girls" and "Immature" and "appears"
- August 31, 2000 – Avex Summer Paradise 2000 – "M" and "Boys & Girls"
- November 24, 2004 - Asia Song Festival - "M" and "Boys & Girls"
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
Time in chart |
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| Japan Oricon | 1 | 16 weeks |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Boys & Girls information at Avex Network.
- Boys & Girls information at Oricon.
