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Never Ever (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Never Ever
| cover = Neverevera.PNG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Ayumi Hamasaki
| album = I am...
| released = March 7, 2001
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock, alternative rock
| length = 50:52
| label = Avex Trax
| writer = Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
CREA (music)
| producer = Max Matsuura
| prev_title = Evolution
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Endless Sorrow
| next_year = 2001
| misc =
}}
"'Never Ever'" is the twenty-first single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on March 7, 2001. This is her third single in a row to be composed by herself. In mid-October 2007, the third track on this single "Seasons (H-H Remix)", six and a half years after its release, appeared as the third most downloaded song in Japan for that time, according to mu-mo.
Information
"Never Ever" was released only three weeks before her first compilation album, 'A Best'. Like the latter album, she was forced by her record label, avex, to release this single. Although she had already incorporated pop-rock music in her work, this song is considered as her first real attempt to pop-rock music.
Commercial endorsements
"Never Ever" was used in a commercial for the Kirin Supli drinks. Hamasaki appeared in the TV ad.[http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=318263 Ayumi Hamasaki CM - Kirin Supli 1 15s (Never Ev - Yahoo! Video]
Track listing
# "Never Ever" (Original Mix) 4:41
# "Never Ever" (Yuta's prayer mix)
# "Seasons (H-H Remix)"
# "Never Ever" (Project O.T. MIX)
# "Never Ever" (Laugh & Peace MIX)
# "Never Ever" (Empty Pot Shuttlecock Wood)
# "Evolution" (Ayu Can Hear U Mix)
# "Never Ever" (nicely nice hot stab remix)
# "Never Ever" (tears of aquarius mix)
# "Never Ever" (Original Mix -Instrumental-) – 4:41
Live performances
*March 9, 200: Music Station
*March 10, 2001: CountDown TV
*March 19, 2001: Hey! Hey! Hey!
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
* RIAJ certification: 3 Platinum
References
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