Heaven (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
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| Single by Ayumi Hamasaki from the album (miss)understood |
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| B-side | Will | ||||
| Released | September 14, 2005 | ||||
| Format | JPN CD Single USA Digital Single [1] |
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| Genre | J-pop | ||||
| Length | 27:35 | ||||
| Label | Avex Trax | ||||
| Writer(s) | Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||
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| CD + DVD cover | |||||
"Heaven" is the thirty-seventh single released by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on September 14, 2005. "Heaven" ended up selling over 325,000 copies, making it Hamasaki's second highest-selling single of 2005 as well as her last single to date that has sold over 300,000 physical copies. "Heaven" was used as the theme of the Japanese film Shinobi Heart Under Blade, while "Will" was used in a television commercial for Panasonic.[2] HEAVEN has been downloaded over 1,580,000 times to date.
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[edit] Track listing
- CD
- "Heaven" – 4:18
- "Will" – 4:07
- "alterna" (orchestra version)
- "Heaven" (piano version) – 4:18
- "Heaven" (instrumental) – 4:18
- "Will" (instrumental) – 4:07
- DVD
- "Heaven" (PV)
- "Heaven" (photo gallery)
- "Heaven" (TV-CM)
[edit] Live performances
- September 9, 2005 – Music Station
- September 16, 2005 – Music Station
- September 16, 2005 – Music Fighter
- September 17, 2005 – CDTV
- September 23, 2005 – PopJam
- October 07, 2005 – Music Station
- December 23, 2005 – Music Station Super Live – "Heaven" and "Bold & Delicious"
[edit] Chart Performance
On the first day it reached the number-two position on the Oricon chart; the second day it was at number three. It reached stayed at the top position for the rest of the week, however. At the end of the week, the physical sales of "Heaven" was over 169,000 units, topping the weekly Oricon chart. Overall, it lasted for forty-six days in the top twenty of the Oricon daily charts over a forty-nine day period; forty-two of them being consecutive.
- Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak position | First Week Sales | Sales total | Chart run |
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| 14 September 2005 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | #1 | |||
| 14 September 2005 | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | #1 | 168,540 | 327,111 | 14 weeks |
| 14 September 2005 | Oricon Monthly Singles Chart | #3 | |||
| 14 September 2005 | Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | #23 |
- Total Sales : 327,111 (Japan)
[edit] References
- ^ http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=73951471
- ^ 浜崎あゆみ"舞妓姿"!! デジカメ新作CM完成 (Japanese) (2005-08-24). Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
[edit] External links
- "Heaven" information at Avex Network.
- "Heaven" information at Avex Network.
- "Heaven" information at Oricon.
