M (song)

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"M"
"M" cover
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album I am... and A Best
Released December 13, 2000
Format CD single
Genre J-pop
Length 54:16
Label Avex Trax
Writer Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Audience"
(2000)		 "M"
(2000)		 "evolution"
(2001)

"M" is the 19th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki on December 13, 2000, and is the first single from her studio album I am.... One of Hamasaki's most popular songs, this single sold 1,319,000 units in total, becoming Hamasaki's fourth million-seller as well as her third best-selling single, behind only "A" and "Seasons." This is the first song that she composed, under the pseudonym "CREA".

"M" can be described as a winter pop/rock ballad using a variety of instruments including guitar, triangle, and strings, among others. The two bridges of the song are entirely instrumental.


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The original version of M and a remix of the song were both used in ad campaigns for the TU-KA mobile phones. The first ad features M as the theme song and is promoting the "TT03Z A Model"[1] a limited cell phone designed by Ayumi herself.[2] The second CM features the remix and is promoting the TU-KA funstyle mobile phone.[3]

  1. M – 4:29
  2. M (Dub's Hard Pop Remix)
  3. Seasons (Yuta's weather report mix)
  4. M (nicely nice winter parade remix)
  5. Far away (Laugh & Peace Mix)
  6. M (Rewired Mix)
  7. M (Smokers Mix)
  8. M (Rank-M Mix)
  9. M (Neurotic Eye'S Mix)
  10. M (Instrumental) – 4:29

Cover of the European release
Cover of the European release

In 2003, "M" was also released in Europe as a trance single. Although it was not promoted much and it didn't get into the main charts, the single did manage to enter the trance and dance charts in Germany, Spain and Belgium. In Germany it even stayed in the top 10 for 3 weeks.

The Above & Beyond Typhoon edit was partly written by the UK trance-trio on a Powerbook while they were stuck in Japan waiting for a flight home after a typhoon hit the country.

  1. M (Above & Beyond edit)
  2. M (Van Eyden VS Morph remix edit)
  3. M (Tectonic shift VS andre visior remix)
  4. M (Above & Beyond vocal dub mix)
  5. M (Above & Beyond typhoon dub mix)
  6. M (Above & Beyond vocal mix)

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
13 December 2000 Oricon Daily Singles Chart #1
13 December 2000 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #1 (2 consecutive weeks at #1) 541,350 copies 1,319,070 copies 17 Weeks
13 December 2000 Oricon Yearly Singles Chart #2


  1. ^ http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/disco/albums/03.Duty.htm
  2. ^ http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ayumi+hamasaki+cm/video/x1957v_cm-hamasaki-ayumi-tuka-a-model_music
  3. ^ http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/tag/Tu-Ka-funstyle/search/ayumi+hamasaki+cm/video/xop3d_cm-ayumi-hamasaki-tukafunstyle_ads

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