Free & Easy

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“Free & Easy”
“Free & Easy” cover
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Rainbow
Released April 24, 2002
Format JPN CD Single
USA Digital Single [1]
Genre J-pop
Length 22:43
Label Avex Trax
Writer(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Daybreak"
(2002)
"Free & Easy"
(2002)
"H"
(2002)

"Free & Easy" is the 26th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki in Japan on April 24, 2002.

On the first day of release, "Free & Easy" entered the Japanese charts at #2 to Mai Kuraki's "Feel fine!", though the following day "Free & Easy" replaced "Feel fine!" at the top and continued to be #1 for the rest of the week. "Free & Easy" sold more than 281,090 copies in its first week and 486,520 copies in total. The single became the 15th best selling single of 2002.

"Free & Easy" saw a complete change in Ayumi Hamasaki's singles. Although released on the same CD format, from this single on, they contained significantly fewer remixes, each single having a maximum of seven tracks. ("No way to say" had seven tracks but all other singles after "Free & Easy" had a maximum of six). The single before "Free & Easy", "Daybreak" had ten tracks.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Free & Easy – 4:59
  2. Naturally (dolly remix)
  3. still alone (Warp Brothers Extended Mix)
  4. Free & Easy (Instrumental) – 4:59

[edit] Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
April 24, 2002 Oricon Daily Singles Chart #1
April 24, 2002 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #1 281,090 486,520 9
April 24, 2002 Oricon Yearly Singles Chart #15

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=73951471

[edit] External links