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Never End (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Never End'" is Namie Amuro's 16th single on the Avex Trax label. it serves their lead single for her fifth studio album 'Break the Rules', The single was made specifically for the G8 Summit that took place in Okinawa, Japan that year. Released in July, the song debuted at #2 becoming Amuro's 16th consecutive top 10 solo single. This was Namie's last single to debut with over 100,000 copies in sales until 60s 70s 80s in 2008.
Overview
The song was commissioned by late Prime Minister of Japan, Keizo Obuchi, who personally asked Tetsuya Komuro to write it for the event. Obuchi stated to Komuro "I want you to write a song that will be loved by many people, a song that gives us a vision of harmony and interaction in the world in the 21st century" . Komuro agreed to do the song and began a process to get to know Okinawa and its music visiting the country time and time again.
In an interview with Time Asia, Amuro stated that she had been asked to sing at the summit by Obuchi at a party during November or December which had occurred after Komuro had already been asked to write the song. As the song itself, Amuro stated in the same interview that she felt the song had many meanings and that people would have their own interpretations of it.
G8 Summit
"Never End" was used as the theme song to the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000. On July 22, 2000, Amuro and Komuro performed the song at a reception for the event in front of several world leaders including Bill Clinton, at that time the President of the United States.
Humanitarianism
A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the single were donated to the Japanese chapter of UNICEF.
Accolades
* Millennium Award (33rd Japan Cable Awards (Nihon Yuusen Taishou))
* Special Prize (42nd Japan Record Awards)
Track listing
# "Never End (Radio Edit)" (Tetsuya Komuro) 6:26
# "Never End (Original Mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) 6:26
# "Never End (Chanpuru Mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) 6:08
# "Never End (Acapella)" (Tetsuya Komuro) 6:04
Personnel
* Namie Amuro vocals
* Wurasoe Shonenshoko Gashodan background vocals
* Andy Caine background vocals
* Jennifer Carr background vocals
* Juliet Roberts background vocals
* Tetsuya Komuro piano
* Sadao China sanshin
* Keiko Higa taiko
* Nenes hayashi
Production
* Producer Tetsuya Komuro
* Arranger Tetsuya Komuro
* Mixing Dave Ford, Tetsuya Komuro
* Mastering Ian Cooper
* Programing Akihisa Murakami, Toshihide Iwasa
* Engineering Eishin Kitajima, Dave Ford, Toshihiro Wako
* Direction Tetsuya Komuro, Kenji Sano, Kotaro Takada
* Art Direction & Design Tycoon Graphics
* Photography Shoji Uchida
* Styling Kyoko Tsunoda
* Hair & Make-Up Akemi Nakano
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
TV performances
* December 31, 2000 – Khaku Uta Gassen
References
* [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/outline/eng/pdfs/reception.pdf Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000 Reference Materials]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070213085251/http://cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/features/interviews/2000/07/18/int.amuro0718.html There Were Times I Nearly Gave Up: Japanese pop diva Namie Amuro grows up]
*[http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/moritoku_e/moritoku_e_11/index.html NEVER END: Summit Theme Song's Singer and Producer pay Courtesy Call to G8 Chairman]
Category:2000 singles
Category:Namie Amuro songs
Category:Songs written by Tetsuya Komuro
Category:2000 songs
Category:Avex Trax singles
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