For My Dear... Explained

For My Dear...
Cover:	Formydeara.PNG
Type:	single
Artist:	Ayumi Hamasaki
Album:	A Song for ××
Released:	October 7, 1998
Recorded:	1998
Genre:	J-pop
Length:	4:33
Label:	Avex Trax
Producer:	Max Matsuura
Prev Title:	Trust
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Depend on You
Next Year:	1998

"For My Dear..." is the fourth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on October 7, 1998.

Track listing

1. "For My Dear..."
2. "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version)
3. "For My Dear..." (Instrumental)

For My Dear…
Cover:	ForMyDearRereleaseAyumiHamasaki.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Ayumi Hamasaki
Released:	February 28, 2001 February 28, 2016
Recorded:	1998
Genre:	J-pop
Length:	35:51
Label:	Avex Trax
Producer:	Max Matsuura
Prev Title:	Depend on You
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Trust
Next Year:	2001

Re-release

This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, including four new songs.

Track listing

1. "For My Dear..."
2. "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version)
3. "A Song for ××" (she shell Reproduction)
4. "Friend II" (Jazzy Jet Mix)
5. "As if…" (dub's L.B.M remix)
6. "For My Dear..." (Inst.)
7. "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version Inst.)

Live performances

• October 9, 1998 - Super Dream Live - For My Dear...
• October 17, 1998 - Pop Jam - For My Dear...
• October 24, 1998 - Countdown TV - For My Dear...
• October 30, 1998 - Music Station - For My Dear...
• November 9, 1998 - Hey! Hey! Hey! - For My Dear...

Music video

The music video of For My Dear... was directed by Odagami Hiromitsu. The video features Hamasaki sitting in a bar watching people come and go. The video then follows a few of the visitors as they leave. The video also switches to a heavens gate scene where Hamasaki sings.

• Producer: Hasegawa Toru (HAT)
• Director: Odagami Yoko (HAT)
• Production Manager: Sato Naoki (HAT)
• Director of Photography: Sakamoto Seigo
• Light: Nishiyama Yoshiharu
• Stylist: Matsumoto Koji
• Hair: Tamotsu (Too RUSTIC)
• Make Up: Chu (Too RUSTIC)

Success in the Malaysia

Ayumi Hamasaki's For My Dear... was played on Traxx FM.,^[1] the first Japanese song to do so.

Chart positions

Chart (1998)	Peak position	Time in chart
Japan Oricon^1	9	7 weeks
Chart (2001)	Peak position	Time in chart
Japan Oricon²	33	2 weeks

¹Original version
²Re-release version

Oricon sales: 74,440 (Original version)

External links

• For My Dear… information at Avex Network.
• For My Dear… re-release information at Avex Network.
• For My Dear… information at Oricon.
• For My Dear… re-release information at Oricon.

Notes and References

1. Web site: alljpop.com. ww12.alljpop.com.