Vogue (Ayumi Hamasaki song)

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For the song by Madonna, see Vogue (Madonna song).
"Vogue"
File:Vogue (Ayumi Hamasaki single - cover art).png
CD only artwork.
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Duty
B-side "Ever Free"
Released 26 April 2000 (2000-04-26)
Format
Recorded
  • 2000
  • Avex Studios
  • (Tokyo)
Genre Pop music
Length 4:28
Label
Writer(s) Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer(s) Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Fly High"
(2000)		 "Vogue"
(2000)		 "Far Away"
(2000)

"Vogue" (stylized as "vogue") is a song by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki, taken from her third studio album Duty (2000). It was written by Hamasaki and produced by Max Matsuura. The song is a pop with elements of Latin pop and Japanese pop. The lyrical content for "Vogue" is about Hamasaki's nostalgia and her looking back on her past. As a trilogy single alongside "Far Away" and "Seasons", "Vogue"'s main theme of the songs focus on hopelessness, a reflection of Hamasaki's disappointment that she had not expressed herself thoroughly in any of her previous lyrics. It was released as the lead single from the album on 26 April 2000 by Avex Trax and Avex Taiwan.

Critical reception towards "Vogue" has been positive; majority of the critics commended the song writing and influences of Latin music, and highlighted it as an album and career stand out track. In Japan, "Vogue" failed to reach the top spot and peaked at number three on the Oricon Singles Chart. "Vogue" reached number four on the Japanese Count Down TV chart, Hamasaki's lowest charting single since her 1999 single "To Be". "Vogue" was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 500,000 units. Released as a DVD Single in December 2000 with "Far Away" and "Seasons", it reached number one on the Oricon DVD Chart.

The accompanying music video was directed by Wataru Takeishi, featuring Hamasaki singing in a photo album in a post-apocalyptic world. Two children find the book, and start to read over the book and watch Hamasaki sing. "Vogue" has been included on several concert tours and New Year Countdown shows held and hosted by Hamasaki, and has featured on majority of her greatest hits compilations.

Background and release

"Vogue" was written by Hamasaki, composed by Kazuhito Kikuchi, and produced by Max Matsuura.[1] Kikuchi and Japanese composer Naoto Suzuki were in charged of arranging the song, which included instrumentation of guitars, keyboards, various oriental instruments, and bongos.[1] "Vogue" was one of three songs from the Duty album composed by Kikuchi, the other two being "Surreal" and "Far Away".[1][2][3] "Vogue" was his last collaboration with Hamasaki until composing her songs "About You" and "Replace" from her sixth studio album, My Story (2004).[4]

It was selected as the lead single single from Duty and was released in Japan on 26 April 2000 by Avex Trax.[5] The Maxi CD features the original track, the instrumental version, six remixes of "Vogue", one remix of Hamasaki's single "Too Late", and a b-side entitled "Ever Free".[5] "Vogue" is her first single to include an unreleased non-album b-side since her 1999 single "Depend on You", and remains her last.[6] A DVD single and VHS single was released in conjunction with her singles "Far Away" and "Seasons" on 12 September 2000 by Avex Trax in Japan, with a front body image of Hamasaki from the video "Seasons".[7][8] Both formats features the music videos "Vogue", "Far Away", and "Seasons", along with the video making of the singles and a credit roll.[7][8] Avex Trax released "Vogue" on iTunes Store worldwide and Amazon Store as a digital EP.[9][10][upper-alpha 1]

Composition

"Vogue" is a Japanese pop song that borrows influences from numerous genres including Latin pop.[11][12] The lyrical content for "Vogue" is about Hamasaki's nostalgia and her looking back on her past.[13] "Vogue" is within the trilogy singles, alongside "Far Away" and "Seasons".[13] The main focus is about her past ("Vogue"), her current phase ("Far Away"), and her future ("Seasons").[13] The main theme of the songs focus on hopelessness, a reflection of Hamasaki's disappointment that she had not expressed herself thoroughly in any of her previous lyrics.[14] 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.[15] A reviewer from Amazon.co.jp commented on all the tracks on Duty and praised the songs for embracing a "healing effect" that was absent on Hamasaki's two previous studio albums.[16]

Reception

Critical response

"Vogue" received 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.[17] A reviewer from Yahoo! GeoCities reviewed Hamasaki's greatest hits album A Best, and singled out "Vogue" and "Who...", another track from the album, as the albums highlights. The reviewer commented that "Vogue" and "Who..." were the best examples of "classic J-pop music."[12] 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".[13] Hamasaki hosted an online voting poll for fans to choose their favourite tracks to be featured on her Ayumi Hamasaki 15th Anniversary Tour Best Live Tour. As a result, "Surreal" were featured on the list.[18] 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".[12] For the track "Ever Free", a reviewer from CD Journal complimented Hamasaki's lyrical theme of "sorrow" and praised its ethereal composition and delivery.[19]

Commercial performance

In Japan, "Vogue" entered at number three on the Oricon Singles Chart in Japan.[20] It lasted for seventeen weeks on the chart, selling 767,660 units,[21] and is Hamasaki's eighth best selling single according to Oricon.[22] The DVD release for "Vogue"/"Far Away"/"Seasons" reached at number one on the Oricon DVD Chart and spent seventeen weeks in the top fifty.[23] It is Hamasaki's best selling DVD and her third best selling single in DVD format.[24] "Vogue" was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 500,000 units.[25] "Vogue" entered at number four on the Japanese Count Down TV Chart.[26] This became Hamasaki's lowest charting single since her 1999 single "To Be", which reached number six.[27] "Vogue" stayed at four in its second week, and lasted seventeen weeks in the chart.[26] In the annual 2000 Count Down TV chart, "Vogue" was placed at number twenty-five.[28]

Music video

Hamasaki (above) is singing inside of a photo album that the two children found in an industrial post-apocalyptic world (below).

The accompanying music video was directed by Wataru Takeishi.[29] Because the music video was part of the three single trilogy with "Far Away" and "Seasons", only parts of the song was shot for the video; the video lasts for two minutes and fifty-one seconds. As a result, the music video for "Vogue" continued on with "Far Away", which the latter then leads onto "Seasons".[29][30][31] The video opens with two children walking through an post-apocalyptic world, with industrial cites in the background. The two children are barred in with barded wire fences.[29] 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.[29]

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 cites blowing out fumes in the distance.[29] 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.[29] The last chorus features Hamasaki singing, fully colored, with the children flipping each page to observe the flowers where Hamasaki is singing from.[29] 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 leds onto the music video for "Far Away".[29]

The artwork for "Vogue" was a screen shoot from the music video.[5][29] Two out take shots from the "Vogue" video were then used for the artworks for "Far Away" and "Seasons".[3][32] The music video was included on the DVD and VHS formats of "Surreal".[7][8] The music video also appeared on Hamasaki's DVD compilation box sets: A Clips Vol.2 (2002),[33] Complete Clip Box (2004),[34] A Clip Box 1998–2011 (2011),[35] and the bonus DVD version with A Complete: All Singles.[36]

Live performances and other appearances

"Vogue" has been included in all of Hamasaki's New Years countdown concerts up until the Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2006–2007 A.[upper-alpha 2] "Vogue" has been included on several of Hamasaki's national and Asian concert tours. The song had made its debut tour performance on Hamasaki's 2000 Japan Concert Tour.[40] Since then, "Vogue" has be included on Hamasaki's 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.[upper-alpha 3] "Vogue" has been included on two greatest hits compilations, which are A Best (2002),[43] and A Complete: All Singles (2008),[44]

"Vogue" has been remixed by several professional disc jockeys and producers, and has appeared on several remix albums by Hamasaki. This list is: 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),[45] the Dave Rodgers remix on Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 2 (2001),[46] the Traditional remix on Rmx Works from Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 3 (2003),[47] and the Groove Coverage remix on Ayu-mi-x 7 Presents Ayu Trance 4 (2011).[48] The orchestral acoustic remix, and its instrumental version, was included on her third orchestral remix album, ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Version (2001).[49] "Vogue" was used as the commercial song for Japanese cosmetics brand Kose Visee, and "Ever Free" was used as the theme song for the 2000 Japanese TV series Tenki Yohou no Koibito.[19]

Track listing

Personnel

Source:[1]

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Japan Daily (Oricon)[20] 2
Japan Weekly (Oricon)[20] 3
Japan Count Down TV Chart (TBS)[26] 4
Japan Count Down TV Annual Chart (TBS)[28] 25

Certification

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Japan (RIAJ)[25]
[upper-alpha 4]		 2× Platinum 767,660[21]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Notes

  1. ↑ When accessing different countries on the iTunes Store, replace the country acronym (for example, NZ) with the desired country acronym.
  2. ↑ All New Years concert links are listed below; 2000–2001 A,[37] 2006-2007,[38] and 2008-2009.[39]
  3. ↑ All arena tours appearances are listed below; Stadium Tour 2002,[41] and the final performance from Premium Showcase: Feel the Love.[42]
  4. ↑ The Recording Industry Association of Japan had changed their criteria in July 2003 for shipment and sales, meaning that "Gold" certifications are now 100,000 units and "Platinum" are 250,000 units. But since "Surreal" was released before then, the sales shipments were 200,000 units.[52]

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