Poker Face (Ayumi Hamasaki song)

infobox single
Name = Poker Face


Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki
from Album = A Song For XX
B-side = Friend
Released = April 8, 1998
Format = ^JPN CD Single
^USA Digital Single [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=73951471]
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = J-pop
Length = 18:42
Label = Avex Trax
Writer = Yasuhiko Hoshino (music) Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Chart position =

• #20 (JP)

Last single = "Nothing from Nothing"
(1995)
This single = "poker face"
(1998)
Next single = "YOU"
(1998)"Poker Face" is Ayumi Hamasaki's debut single under Avex Trax. It was released on April 8, 1998.

Information

Hamasaki had already released music under Nippon Columbia in 1995, a mini-album called Nothing from Nothing; however, the album failed to chart on the Oricon, and shortly after the album's release, Nippon Colombia dropped Hamasaki. The original rendition of "poker face" was never released, as Hamasaki re-wrote the lyrics after the initial recording.Fact|date=November 2007

Chart performance

Poker face entered at #20 on the charts with 11,520 units sold in its opening week and it soldabout 50,000 copies. [ [http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2958098&highlight=#2958098 Jpopmusic.com :: View topic - The Oricon Resource/Archives Thread II ] ]

Commercial tie-up

The song was used as the opening theme of a Japanese TV show called "COUNT DOWN TV".

Track listing

# "Poker Face"
# "Friend"
# "Poker Face" (Instrumental)
# "Friend" (Instrumental)

Rerelease

Single infobox
Name = Poker Face


Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki
Released = February 28, 2001
Format = CD single
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = J-pop
Length = 42:41
Label = Avex Trax
Writer = Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer =
Chart position =

• #31 (JP)

Last single = "You"
(2001)
This single = "poker face"
(2001)
Next single = "Never Ever"
(2001)This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, featuring four new songs.

Track listing

# "Poker Face"
# "Friend"
# "Poker Face" (KM Marble Life Remix)
# "Poker Face" (Nao'S Attitude Mix)
# "Poker Face" (D-Z Spiritual Delusion Mix)
# "Poker Face" (Orienta-Rhythm Club Mix)
# "Poker Face" (Instrumental)
# "Friend" (Instrumental)

Live performances

*April 20, 1998 – Hey! Hey! Hey!
*April 21, 1998 – Utaba

References

External links

* [http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVDD-20228.html "poker face"] information at Avex Network.
* [http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVCD-30211.html "poker face"] re-release information at Avex Network.
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/46103/1/ "poker face"] information at Oricon.
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/433009/1/ "poker face"] re-release information at Oricon.