# For My Dear... > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/For_My_Dear... > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/For_My_Dear....md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_My_Dear... > Source revision: 1281165515 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|1998 single by Ayumi Hamasaki}} {{redirect|For My Dear|the album|Reina Washio}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox song | name = For My Dear... | cover = Formydeara.PNG | alt = | type = single | artist = Ayumi Hamasaki | album = [A Song for ××](/source/A_Song_for_%C3%97%C3%97) | released = October 7, 1998 | recorded = 1998 | studio = | venue = | genre = [J-pop](/source/J-pop) | length = 4:33 | label = [Avex Trax](/source/Avex_Trax) | writer = Yasuhiko Hoshino (music)
[Ayumi Hamasaki](/source/Ayumi_Hamasaki) (lyrics) | producer = [Max Matsuura](/source/Max_Matsuura) | prev_title = [Trust](/source/Trust_(Ayumi_Hamasaki_song)) | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = [Depend on You](/source/Depend_on_You) | next_year = 1998 | misc = {{External music video | header = Official Music Video | 1 = {{YouTube|gWVJEDVwcOo|"For My Dear..."}} | type = single }} }} "'''For My Dear...'''" is the fourth [single](/source/single_(music)) released by [Ayumi Hamasaki](/source/Ayumi_Hamasaki) on October 7, 1998. ==Track listing== # "For My Dear..." # "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version) # "For My Dear..." (Instrumental) {{Infobox song | name = For My Dear… | cover = ForMyDearRereleaseAyumiHamasaki.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Ayumi Hamasaki | album = | released = February 28, 2001
February 28, 2016 | recorded = 1998 | studio = | venue = | genre = [J-pop](/source/J-pop) | length = 35:51 | label = [Avex Trax](/source/Avex_Trax) | writer = [Ayumi Hamasaki](/source/Ayumi_Hamasaki) | producer = [Max Matsuura](/source/Max_Matsuura) | prev_title = [Depend on You](/source/Depend_on_You) | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = [Trust](/source/Trust_(Ayumi_Hamasaki_song)) | next_year = 2001 }} ==Re-release== This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, including four new songs. ===Track listing=== # "For My Dear..." # "For My Dear..." (Acoustic Version) # "A Song for ××" (she shell Reproduction) # "Friend II" (Jazzy Jet Mix) # "As if…" (dub's L.B.M remix) # "For My Dear..." (Inst.) # "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](/source/Traxx_FM).,{{cite web|url=http://ww12.alljpop.com/|title=alljpop.com|website=ww12.alljpop.com}} the first Japanese song to do so.{{citation needed|reason=ukygqueens and allkpop are not reliable sources for chart data|date=September 2017}} ==Chart positions== {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (1998) !Peak
position !Time in
chart |- |Japan [Oricon](/source/Oricon)1 | style="text-align:center;"|9 |7 weeks |- !Chart (2001) !Peak
position !Time in
chart |- |Japan [Oricon](/source/Oricon)² | style="text-align:center;"|33 |2 weeks |} 1Original version
²Re-release version Oricon sales: 74,440 (Original version) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060211212334/http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVDD-20267.html ''For My Dear…''] information at [Avex Network](/source/Avex_Trax). * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060211212003/http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVCD-30214.html ''For My Dear…''] re-release information at Avex Network. * [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/46139/1/ ''For My Dear…''] information at [Oricon](/source/Oricon). * [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/433024/1/ ''For My Dear…''] re-release information at Oricon. {{Ayumi Hamasaki singles}} {{authority control}} Category:Ayumi Hamasaki songs Category:1998 singles Category:2001 singles Category:Songs written by Ayumi Hamasaki Category:1998 songs Category:Song recordings produced by Max Matsuura Category:Avex Trax singles {{1990s-Japan-single-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [For My Dear...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_My_Dear...) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_My_Dear...?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.