Feel the Love/Merry-Go-Round

"Feel the love / Merry-go-round"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Colours
Released	December 25, 2013 (2013-12-25)
Format	CD, CD+DVD, maxi single, digital download
Genre	Feel the Love Dance-pop Merry-go-round Pop-rap, dance-pop, synthpop
Label	Avex Trax
Writer(s)	Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer(s)	Taku Takahashi
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"How Beautiful You Are" (2012) "Feel the love / Merry-go-round" (2013) "Terminal" (2014)

"Feel the love / Merry-go-round" is the 51st (53rd overall) single, by Japanese singer and songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki released on December 25, 2013. The single, written by Hamasaki, is her first single since "L" which was released in late September 2010. The song debuted at number three on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart and at number five on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, making it her lowest charting single since "Depend on You" was released fifteen years ago, on December 9, 1998.

Commercial performance

"Feel the love / Merry-go-round" made its official debut at number three on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart and at number five on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts selling 30,385 copies within its first week. With this position, "Feel the love / Merry-go-round" is Hamasaki's first single to miss the top spot since "Daybreak"'s release nearly twelve years earlier, on March 6, 2002 which peaked at two.

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Feel the Love" (Original Mix)	Ayumi Hamasaki	Tetsuya Komuro	DJ Hello Kitty	05:19
2.	"Merry-go-round" (Original Mix)	Ayumi Hamasaki, Verbal	M-Flo, Unico, Jeb	Taku Takahashi, Mitsunori Ikeda	05:09
3.	"Feel the Love" (DJ Hello Kitty Remix)				05:26
4.	"Feel the Love" (Blasterjaxx Remix)				05:30
5.	"Feel the Love" (Original Mix -Instrumental-)				05:19
6.	"Merry-go-round" (Original Mix -Instrumental-)				05:09

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Debut Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
December 25, 2013	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	3	17,922
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	5	30,385	37,366	6 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart	20
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart