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Fairyland (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Fairyland

| cover = Fairylandcda.PNG

| alt = cover art

| caption = One of artwork variants

| type = single

| artist = Ayumi Hamasaki

| album = (Miss)understood

| B-side = Alterna

| released = August 3, 2005

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = J-pop, electronic

| length = 31:21

| label = Avex Trax

| writer = Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
tasuku (music)
Shintarou Hagiwara + Sousaku Sasaki (music)

| producer = Max Matsuura

| prev_title = Step You/Is This Love?

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Heaven

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{External music video

| header = Official Music Video

| 1 = {{YouTube|sG4Fzs3LtY0|"Fairyland"}}

| type = single

}}

{{External music video

| header = Official Music Video

| 1 = {{YouTube|GMgQSQAxIyU|"Alterna"}}

| type = single

}}

{{Audio sample

| type = single

| file =

| description = "Fairyland"{{deletable file-caption|Friday, 11 November 2022|PROD}}

}}

}}

"Fairyland" is the 36th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on August 3, 2005. It instantly shot to #1 on the Oricon charts where it stayed for the entire week.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/4560/full/|title=23作目の首位に向け、あゆが好発進!|date=August 3, 2005|work=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|access-date=July 15, 2018|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/4493/full/|title=来週(9/14)発売の注目シングルは!?|date=September 9, 2005|work=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|access-date=July 15, 2018|language=ja}} After one week of sales, "Fairyland" sold over 172,000 copies, the most any of Hamasaki's singles sold in one week in 2005. "Fairyland" is also Hamasaki's first single that featured different covers for both the CD and the CD+DVD.

Music videos

The PV of Fairyland was shot in Hawaii and is one of the most expensive music videos in the world, as well as being Japan's most expensive music video in terms of production costs. The PV cost 240 million Yen (2 million in U.S. dollars), making it the most expensive music video for a non-English language song.{{cite web|url=https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2138362289068572501 |title=制作費2億4千万のPV『fairyland』歌姫浜崎あゆみ |date=November 8, 2013|website=Matome |access-date=May 8, 2020 |trans-title=PV “fairyland” diva Ayumi Hamasaki with a production cost of 240 yen |language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803080254/https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2138362289068572501 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |url-status=dead}} It depicts Hamasaki with her companions (dance team) on a lush tropical island, with some scenes showing a timber house with a deck. Eventually, a fallen oil lamp causes the entire structure to burn. Images from earlier sequences showing the group having fun are interspersed through the burning of the house. The video ends with the camera moving away from Hamasaki singing solemnly as she watches the house burn.

The PV of Alterna depicts Ayumi as an up-and-coming star who is chased by clowns.[http://eneabba.net/ayu/video/videoclips/52.alterna.htm Ayumi Hamasaki – alterna] The video also depicts her as a singing machine; this aspect of the music video (as well as the lyrics of "alterna") may be Hamasaki's response to either tabloid articles or to her record label's oppressive treatment of her at the time.[http://ayumi-hamasaki.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6954 Ayumi-Hamasaki.Net • View topic - Alterna]

Track listing

  1. "Fairyland" – 5:17
  2. "Alterna" – 5:28
  3. "Step You" (DJ Taki-Shit More Step Up Remix) – 4:16
  4. "Fairyland" (Bright Field Remix) – 5:30
  5. "Fairyland" (Instrumental) – 5:17
  6. "Alterna" (Instrumental) – 5:28

DVD track listing

  1. "Fairyland" (PV)
  2. "Alterna" (PV)
  3. "Fairyland" ("making of" photo gallery)

Live performances

  • June 27, 2005 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
  • July 15, 2005 – Music Station
  • July 30, 2005 – CDTV
  • August 1, 2005 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
  • August 5, 2005 – Music Station
  • August 5, 2005 – Music Fighter
  • December 31, 2005 – 56th Kouhaku Utagassen

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

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!Release

!Chart

!Peak Position

!First Week Sales

!Sales Total

!Chart Run

rowspan="4"|August 3, 2005

|Oricon Daily Singles Chart

|align="center"|1

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Oricon Weekly Singles Chart

|align="center"|1

|172,221

|370,000

|13 weeks

Oricon Monthly Singles Chart

|align="center"|4

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Oricon Yearly Singles Chart

|align="center"|25

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  • Total Sales : 370,000 (Japan)
  • Total Sales : 388,000 (Avex)
  • RIAJ certification: Platinum

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060211212251/http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVCD-30809.html fairyland c/w alterna] information at Avex Network.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060113050257/http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVCD-30808.html fairyland c/w alterna] CD+DVD information at Avex Network.
  • [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/609001/1/ fairyland c/w alterna] information at Oricon.

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