H (song)

Infobox Single
Name = H


Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki
from Album = Rainbow
Released = July 24, 2002
Format = ^JPN CD Single
^USA Digital Single [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=73951471]
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = J-pop
Length = 28:29
Label = Avex Trax
Writer = Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer =
Last single = "Free & Easy"
(2002)
This single = "H"
(2002)
Next single = "Voyage"
(2002)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = Single


Lower caption = Special Limited Edition

"H" is the 27th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on July 24, 2002. The single included three A-sides, and was the top-selling single of 2002 in Japan. It was the only single to sell over a million copies that year, and also the latest single by a female artist ever to sell over a million copies. To commemorate hitting the million mark in sales, this single was re-released Special Limited Edition on November 7, 2002.

Information

Ayumi co-composed the three tracks with D.A.I under her pseudonym CREA. No music videos were shot to promote the single.

Commercial endorsments

Hanabi was used in a TV ad for a mobile phone and July 1st was the image song for a lipstick commercial. Ayumi appeared in both commercial campaigns.Independent was used as a Baseball Cheer. [ [http://wiki.theppn.org/H_%28Hamasaki_Ayumi%29 H (Hamasaki Ayumi) - Wiki.theppn ] ]

Track listing

# "independent"
# "July 1st" – 4:20
# "Hanabi" (lit. "Fireworks") – 4:53
# "independent" (Instrumental)
# "July 1st" (Instrumental) – 4:20
# "Hanabi" (Instrumental) – 4:53

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References

External links

* [http://avexnet.jp/item/hamas/disc/product/AVCD-30380.html "H"] information at Avex Network.
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/483709/1/ "H"] information at Oricon.