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{{Infobox song

| name = Vogue

| cover = Vogue (Ayumi Hamasaki single - cover art).png

| alt = A close-up of Ayumi Hamasaki's face, having been edited with digital effects. The song's title, "Vogue", is present on screen.

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| caption = CD and digital artwork.

| type = single

| artist = Ayumi Hamasaki

| album = Duty

| B-side = Ever Free

| released = April 26, 2000

| recorded = {{unbulleted list|2000|Avex Studios|{{small|(Tokyo)}}}}

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| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=28}}

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| writer = Ayumi Hamasaki

| producer = Max Matsuura

| prev_title = Fly High

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Far Away

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{External music video

| header = Official Short Music Video

| 1 = {{YouTube|BP2960xlNIQ|"Vogue"}}

| type = single

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{{External music video

| header = Trilogy

| 1 = {{YouTube|0o4_NtlNPdE|"Vogue～Far Away～Seasons"}}

| type = single

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"Vogue" (uncapitalized as "vogue") is a song recorded by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki for her third studio album, Duty (2000). It was written by Hamasaki, while production was handled by Max Matsuura. It premiered on April 26, 2000 as the lead single from the album. Her third consecutive lead single to be produced by Matsuura, the song is part of a trilogy from Duty; the other two singles being "Far Away" and "Seasons".

Musically, "Vogue" was described as a Japanese pop song with musical elements of Latin pop. The lyrics discusses her presence in the music industry. Upon its release, the track garnered positive reviews from music critics, who praised the composition and Hamasaki's song writing. It also achieved success in Japan, peaking at number three on the Oricon Singles Chart and four on the TBS Count Down TV chart. "Vogue" has sold over 767,000 units in Japan.

The accompanying music video for "Vogue" was directed by Wataru Takeishi; it features two children in a post-apocalyptic city, reading a book that contains video imagery of Hamasaki in a cherry blossom field. Both the music video and the song has appeared on several compilations by Hamasaki, including A Best (2001) and A Complete: All Singles (2008). For additional promotion, the song was featured on several concert tours by Hamasaki including her 2000 self-titled and the Power of Music tour.

Background and release

"Vogue" was written by Hamasaki, while production was handled by Japanese musician Max Matsuura.{{cite AV media notes|title=Duty|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVCD-11837 |location=Japan}} The song was composed and arranged by long-term collaborator Kazuhito Kikuchi, whilst Japanese musician Naoto Suzuki co-arranged it. This was Kikuchi's final collaboration with Hamasaki, until he returned as the main composer for her sixth studio album, My Story (2004).{{cite AV media notes |title=My Story|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2004|first= Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVCD-17610/B|location=Japan}} For the track's instrumentation, Suzuki played the keyboards, Naoki Hayashibe played the guitar, and Takahiro Iida mixed the final composition. It was selected as the lead single from Duty, and was released on April 26, 2000 by Avex Trax.

The maxi CD of the single contains the original composition and its instrumental version, plus seven remixes and the b-side "Ever Free".{{cite AV media notes |title=Vogue|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVCD-30108|location=Japan}} "Vogue" is her first single to include an unreleased non-album b-side since her 1999 single "Depend on You", and remains her final to do so.{{cite AV media notes |title=Depend on You|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=1999 |first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan |id=AVDD-20278 |location=Japan}} As a single from the Duty trilogy, which included Hamasaki's singles "Far Away" and "Seasons", the singles were released as a DVD single and VHS. It included the three mini-music videos, alongside the making of the videos and a TV commercial.{{cite AV media notes |title=Vogue/Far Away/Seasons|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000 |first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=DVD |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan |id=AVVD-91035 |location=Japan}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Vogue/Far Away/Seasons|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000 |first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=VHS |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan |id=AVVD-90082 |location=Japan}} The CD and digital cover sleeve has a close-up of Ayumi Hamasaki's face, edited with digital effects. The song's title, "Vogue", is present on cover. According to Matt Wilce from Metropolis magazine, the song's title was influenced by the same titular song by American recording artist Madonna.{{cite web|author=Wilce, Matt|url=http://archive.metropolis.co.jp/biginjapan/379/biginjapaninc.htm|title=Big in Japan: Ayumi Hamasaki|work=Metropolis (Japan)|access-date=May 13, 2015|archive-date=October 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030050611/http://archive.metropolis.co.jp/biginjapan/379/biginjapaninc.htm|url-status=dead}} The standalone CD cover was used as the digital EP cover for the iTunes Store and Amazon.com.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|work=iTunes Store (Japan)|date=2009|access-date=May 13, 2015}}

Composition

"Vogue" was recorded in 2000 at Avex Studios and Prime Sound Studios in Tokyo, Japan. The song was described as a Japanese pop song with musical elements of Latin pop.{{cite web|author=CD Journal Staff|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Duty [CD]|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/duty/3200071069|work=CD Journal|date=September 27, 2000|access-date=December 23, 2015|language=ja}}{{cite web|author=Yahoo! Geocities Staff|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Duty|url=http://www.geocities.jp/source_of_my_music/japanese_female_singer2_review.html|work=Yahoo! GeoCities; powered by Yahoo! Music|date=September 27, 2000|access-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054720/http://www.geocities.jp/source_of_my_music/japanese_female_singer2_review.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} As part of the trilogy set with "Far Away" and "Seasons", "Vogue" highlights the theme of the present. With this, "Far Away" details the past and "Seasons" discusses Hamasaki's future.{{cite web|author=Morimosa|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Duty|url=http://homepage2.nifty.com/morimasa/duty.html|work=Nifty.com|date=September 27, 2000|access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The trilogy set also focuses on hopelessness, a reflection of Hamasaki's disappointment that she had not expressed herself thoroughly in any of her previous songs.{{cite journal | title="Review of Ayu's Year 2000 & M". | journal=J-Point|date=December 22, 2000|pages=75 |author=Author, Unknown|language=ja}} Based on her song writing, she described her feelings after the writing all the tracks from Duty as "unnatural" and was constantly "nervous" for the final result.{{cite journal | title=Ayu 10th Year Career Anniversary | journal=Cawaii|date=May 2008|pages=15, 18 |author=Tsuriya, Takako|language=ja}} A staff reviewer from Amazon Japan noticed the trilogy set had a "healing effect" that was absent on Hamasaki's two previous studio albums.{{cite web|author=Amazon Japan Staff|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Duty|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/Duty-%E6%B5%9C%E5%B4%8E%E3%81%82%E3%82%86%E3%81%BF/dp/B000059O85|work=Amazon Japan|date=September 27, 2000|access-date=December 23, 2015}}

Critical response

"Vogue" received highly favourable reviews from music critics. Alexey Eremenko, who had written her extended biography at AllMusic, highlighted the song as an album and career stand out track.{{cite web|author=Eremenko, Alexey|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Songs, Highlights, Awards and Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ayumi-hamasaki-mn0000758915/song|work=AllMusic|date=2013|access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=November 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} A staff reviewer from Yahoo! GeoCities reviewed Hamasaki's greatest hits album A Best, and singled out the song as one of her best tracks. They commented that "Vogue" was the best examples of "classic J-pop music." Morimosa from Nifty.com complimented Hamasaki's song writing; he compared the song writing to the rest of the songs from Duty, and commended how she inducted a "pessimistic" nature rather than "anxiety" or "aggression". Hamasaki hosted an online voting poll for fans to choose their favourite tracks to be featured on her Ayumi Hamasaki 15th Anniversary Tour. As a result, "Vogue" was included on the list.{{cite web|author=Avex Trax Staff|title=Ayumi Hamasaki 15th Anniversary Tour A Best Live|url=http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/abestlive/|work=Ayumi Hamasaki's website|date=March 14, 2015|access-date=December 23, 2015}} The song was remixed as an orchestral song for her remix album ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version (2003), and was commended alongside other tracks for its "rich melody".

Commercial performance

In Japan, "Vogue" debuted at number three on the Oricon Singles Chart.{{cite web | script-title=ja:浜崎あゆみのリリース一覧 | trans-title=List of Ayumi Hamasaki's Releases | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/246497/products/release/ |language=ja | work=Oricon | access-date=August 17, 2014}} It lasted for seventeen weeks on the chart, selling 767,660 units by the end of 2000.{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 | trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp |language=ja | work=Oricon |url-access=subscription | access-date=May 21, 2014}} This became Hamasaki's third highest selling single at the time. Currently, the song is Hamasaki's eighth best selling single, according to Oricon Style.{{cite web |title=Ayumi Hamasaki CD Ranking Oricon Music Style |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246497/rank/single/ |type=Bulletin |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |access-date=May 13, 2015}} The DVD single, released under the title of Vogue/Far Away/Seasons reached at number one on the Oricon DVD Chart, spending seventeen weeks in the top fifty.{{cite web |title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Vogue/Far Away/Seasons DVD – Oricon Music Style |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/246497/products/cinema/410877/2/ |type=Bulletin |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429233213/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/246497/products/cinema/410877/2/ |archive-date=April 29, 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2015}} It is Hamasaki's second best selling DVD single, and her eighth best seller overall.{{cite web |title=Ayumi Hamasaki DVD Ranking Oricon Music Style |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/246497/ranking/dvd/ |type=Bulletin |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518130328/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/246497/ranking/dvd/ |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2015}} "Vogue" was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 800,000 units.{{cite journal |title=GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年7月度 |trans-title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. September 2000 Edition |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200009.pdf | journal=The Record |type=Bulletin |language=ja |location=Chūō, Tokyo |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |publication-date=September 10, 2000 |volume=490 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122032609/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200009.pdf |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=January 22, 2014}} The single entered at number four on Japan's TBS Count Down TV Chart;{{cite web |title=CDTV PowerWeb:! Ranking Date for Vogue by Ayumi Hamasaki |url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/cdtv/songdb/song4730-j.html |type=Bulletin |language=ja |work=Count Down TV |publisher=TBS |publication-date=May 4, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620201606/http://www.tbs.co.jp/cdtv/songdb/song4730-j.html |archive-date=June 20, 2006 |access-date=December 23, 2015}} it stayed there for two consecutive weeks, and lasted seventeen weeks in the chart. "Vogue" was placed at number twenty-five on their Annual Count Down TV chart in 2000.{{cite web|work=Count Down TV|publisher=TBS|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/cdtv/cddb/countdown2000total-j.html|title=CDTV PowerWeb:! 2000 Annual List|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916021345/http://www.tbs.co.jp/cdtv/cddb/countdown2000total-j.html|archive-date=September 16, 2006 }}

Music video

The accompanying music video was directed by Wataru Takeishi.{{cite web |author=Avex |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjAydwBcPHs|title=Vogue / 浜崎あゆみ |publisher=Avex Trax; published through YouTube|date=30 June 2015|access-date=23 December 2015}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}} Because the music video was part of the trilogy set with "Far Away" and "Seasons", only a portion of the song was shot for the video. As a result, the video for "Vogue" lasts for two minutes and fifty-one seconds.{{cite web |author=Avex |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFIVT-tDPC4|title=Far Away / 浜崎あゆみ |publisher=Avex Trax; published through YouTube|date=June 30, 2015|access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}{{cite web |author=Avex |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9L7f4rIt4k|title=Seasons / 浜崎あゆみ |publisher=Avex Trax; published through YouTube|date=June 30, 2015|access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}} The artwork for the single was a screen shoot from the music video. Two out take shots from the video were then used for the artworks for "Far Away" and "Seasons".{{cite AV media notes |title=Far Away|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVCD-30118|location=Japan}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Seasons|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan |id=AVCD-30119|location=Japan}} The music video was included on the DVD and VHS formats of the three singles. The music video also appeared on Hamasaki's DVD compilation box sets: A Clips Vol.2 (2002),{{cite AV media notes |title=A Clips Vol.2|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2002 |first= Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax |id=AVVD-90144 |location=Japan}} Complete Clip Box (2004),{{cite AV media notes |title=Complete Clip Box Set|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2004 |first= Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax |id=AVVD-90144 |location=Japan}} A Clip Box 1998–2011 (2011),{{cite AV media notes |title=A Clip Box 1998–2011|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2011 |first= Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax |id=AVBD-91910~5 |location=Japan}} and the bonus DVD version with A Complete: All Singles.{{cite AV media notes |title=A Complete: All Singles|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2008 |first= Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax |id=AVCD-23673~5/B |location=Japan}}

=Synopsis=

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The video opens with two children walking through a post-apocalyptic world, with industrial sites in the background. The two children are barred in with barded wire fences. Hamasaki then appears inside a photo album, singing the song in front of cherry blossom trees. Hamasaki's scenes are inter cuts that are featured throughout the entire video. The two children escape by crawling under the fence, but are being watched by camera surveillance.

They are free and start to run around a hilly surface, only to see more industrial sites blowing out fumes in the distance. The two children find an unusual object buried in the sands surface and dig it up. They find an electronic-powered crate, open it, and find a blank photo album. The photo album starts to show the cherry trees from where Hamasaki is singing from, and finally watch Hamasaki singing. The last chorus features Hamasaki singing, fully colored, with the children flipping each page to observe the flowers where Hamasaki is singing from. The final scene features a destructed Empire State Building in the distance, with Hamasaki in the middle of the land by herself; this scene then leads onto the music video for "Far Away".

Live performances and other appearances

Hamasaki has performed "Vogue" on several concert tours and New Years countdown shows throughout Asia. It has been included in all of Hamasaki's New Years countdown concerts up until the Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2006–2007 A.{{efn|group=upper-alpha|All New Years concert links are listed below; 2000–2001 A,{{cite AV media notes |title=Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2000-2001|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2001|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVBD-91060|location=Japan}} 2006-2007,{{cite AV media notes |title=Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2006-2007|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2007|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVBD-91558|location=Japan}} and 2008-2009.{{cite AV media notes |title=Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2008-2009|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2007|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|location=Japan}}}} The song made its debut tour performance on Hamasaki's 2000 Japan Concert Tour.{{cite AV media notes |title=Ayumi Hamasaki 2000 Dome Tour|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2001|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVBD-91558|location=Japan}} It appeared on her 2002 Stadium Tour and The Power of Music Tour. The song's last live performance was her 2014 Ayumi Hamasaki Premium Showcase: Feel the love, in which was supported by her 2014 studio album Colours.{{efn|group=upper-alpha|All arena tours appearances are listed below; Stadium Tour 2002,

{{cite AV media notes |title=Ayumi Hamasaki 2002 Stadium Tour|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2002|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVBD-91558|location=Japan}} and the final performance from Premium Showcase: Feel the Love.{{cite AV media notes |title=Premium Showcase: Feel the Love|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2014|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVBD-92166|location=Japan}}}} The song has been included on two of her greatest hits compilations, which are A Best (2002),{{cite AV media notes |title=A Best|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2002|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVCD-11950|location=Japan}} and A Complete: All Singles (2008),{{cite AV media notes |title=A Complete: All Singles|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2002|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan|id=AVCD-23676~8|location=Japan}}

"Vogue" was remixed by several professional disc jockeys and producers, and has appeared on several remix albums by Hamasaki. The remixes include the Computerhell and Junkie XL remix on ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Version (2001) and Ayu-mi-x 4 + Selection Non-Stop Mega Mix Version (2002),{{cite AV media notes |title=ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Version|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2001|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-11930|location=Japan}} the Dave Rodgers remix on Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 2 (2001),{{cite AV media notes |title=Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 2|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2001|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-17027|location=Japan}} the Traditional remix on Rmx Works from Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 3 (2003),{{cite AV media notes |title=Rmx Works from Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 3|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2003|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-17381|location=Japan}} and the Groove Coverage remix on Ayu-mi-x 7 Presents Ayu Trance 4 (2011).{{cite AV media notes |title=Ayu-mi-x 7 Presents Ayu-ro Mix 4|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2011|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVJCD10477|location=Japan}} The orchestral acoustic remix, and its instrumental version, was included on her third orchestral remix album, ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version (2001).{{cite AV media notes |title=ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2001|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-11928|location=Japan}} It was used as the theme song for Japanese cosmetics brand Kose Visee, and the b-side track "Ever Free" was used as the theme song for the 2000 Japanese TV series Tenki Yohou no Koibito.{{cite web|author=CD Journal Staff|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Vogue|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/vogue/3200031113|work=CD Journal|date=April 23, 2000|access-date=December 23, 2015|language=ja}}

Track listings

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  • Japanese CD single
  1. "Vogue" – 4:29
  2. "Vogue" (Hal's 2000 remix) – 4:42
  3. "Too Late" (Soul Solution extended remix) – 7:25
  4. "Vogue" (Dub's Mellowtech remix) – 6:51
  5. "Vogue" (Groove That Soul remix) – 5:43
  6. "Vogue" (400Bpm Fatback remix) – 5:18
  7. "Whatever" (FPM's Winter Bossa remix) – 6:53
  8. "Vogue" (Pandart Sasanooha mix) – 5:25
  9. "Vogue" (instrumental) – 4:29
  10. "Ever Free" – 3:51
  • Vogue/Far Away/Seasons DVD single{{cite AV media notes |title=Vogue Far Away Seasons|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000 |first= Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan |id=AVBD-91035 |location=Japan}}
  1. "Vogue" (music video)
  2. "Far Away" (music video)
  3. "Seasons" (music video)
  4. TV commercial for DVD single
  5. "Vogue" (making of the music video)
  6. "Far Away" (making of the music video)
  7. "Seasons" (making of the music video)
  8. Credits roll

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  • 12 inch Vinyl{{cite AV media notes |title=Vogue|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000 |first= Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Vinyl; Liner notes |publisher=Avex Trax, Avex Taiwan, Rhythm Republic |id=RR12-88174 |location=Japan}}
  1. "Vogue" (Dub's Mellowtech remix) – 6:51
  2. "Vogue" (Groove That Soul remix) – 5:43
  3. "Vogue" – 4:29
  • Digital download
  1. "Vogue" – 4:29
  2. "Vogue" (Hal's 2000 remix) – 4:42
  3. "Too Late" (Soul Solution extended remix) – 7:25
  4. "Vogue" (Dub's Mellowtech remix) – 6:51
  5. "Vogue" (Groove That Soul remix) – 5:43
  6. "Vogue" (400Bpm Fatback remix) – 5:18
  7. "Whatever" (FPM's Winter Bossa remix) – 6:53
  8. "Vogue" (Pandart Sasanooha mix) – 5:25
  9. "Ever Free" – 3:51

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Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the singles liner notes:

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  • Ayumi Hamasaki – songwriting, vocals, background vocals
  • Naoto Suzuki – arrangement
  • Kazuhito Kikuchi – composition, arrangement
  • Max Matsuura – executive producer, vocal production, additional production
  • Shinichi Hara – art direction
  • Shigeru Kasai – design

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  • Toru Kumazawa – photographer
  • Koji Matsumoto – fashion director
  • Koji Matsumoto and Takako Mishima – stylist
  • CHIKA – hair assistant and make-up stylist
  • Kanako Miura – nail artist

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Charts and certifications

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=Weekly and daily charts=

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!Chart (2000)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Japan Daily Singles Chart (Oricon)

|align="center"|2

scope="row"|Japan Weekly Singles Chart (Oricon)

|align="center"|3

scope="row"|Japan Count Down TV Singles Chart (TBS)

|align="center"|4

scope="row"|Japan Count Down TV Annual Chart (TBS)

|align="center"|25

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=Certification=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=Japan |artist=Ayumi Hamasaki |title=Surreal |type=single |award=Platinum |number=2 |certref= |relyear=2000 |salesamount=767,660| salesref=}}

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Release history

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scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

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scope="row"|Japan

|April 26, 2000

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scope="row"|Japan

|rowspan="11"|2008{{efn|group=upper-alpha|There is currently insufficient evidence to determine what date Hamasaki's digital releases appeared on online retails. The closest source for iTunes Store evidence is at Jame World, whom confirmed Hamasaki's work was released worldwide on iTunes in September 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.jame-world.com/us/news-32267-avex-artists-available-at-us-itunes-store.html|title=Avex Artists Available at US iTunes Store|publisher=Jame World|date=September 5, 2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}}}

|rowspan="11"|Digital download

|rowspan="11"|Avex Entertainment Inc.

scope="row"|United States{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (United States)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|Australia{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (Australia)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|New Zealand{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (New Zealand)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|Canada{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (Canada)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|United Kingdom{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (United Kingdom)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|Germany{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (Germany)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|Ireland{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ie/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (Ireland)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|France{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (France)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|Spain{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (Spain)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
scope="row"|Taiwan{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/tw/album/vogue/998779662|title=Vogue – EP – by Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store (Taiwan)|date=2008|access-date=April 1, 2016}}

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060205030632/http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVCD-30108.html "Vogue"] – Single information at Avex Network.

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