Kanariya

"Kanariya"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Loveppears
Released	December 8, 1999
Format	JPN CD Single USA Digital Single
Recorded	1999
Genre	Pop, R&B - Album Version House - Single Version
Length	1:18:13
Label	Avex Trax
Writer(s)	Yasuhiko Hoshino (music) Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Appears" (1999) "Kanariya" (1999) "Fly High" (1999)

"Kanariya" is the twelfth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, as well as her last single of 1999, released on December 8, 1999. It was a hidden track on her Loveppears album. The song features an uncredited male backup vocalist singing in English. "Kanariya" reached #1 on the Oricon chart and became the only single from a hidden track and her only recut single to hold the top position. It is also the only single that was never performed live on television shows or at one of Hamasaki's concerts. Like her previous single, "Kanariya" is limited to 300,000 copies. To date, the single is out of print.

Track listing

1. "Kanariya" (Jonathan Peters' Vocal Club Mix)
2. "Kanariya" (Struggle Mix)
3. "Kanariya" (Hal's Mix)
4. "Kanariya" (DJ-Turbo Club Mix)
5. "Kanariya" (Dub's Energy Remix)
6. "Two of Us" (Hal's Mix)
7. "Kanariya" (Spazm Mix)
8. "From Your Letter" (Pandart Sasanooha mix)
9. "Kanariya" (Big Room Mix)
10. "Kanariya" (Hiroshi's Nite Clubbing Mix)
11. "Kanariya" (Full Vocal Mix)
12. "Kanariya" (Original Mix -Radio Edit-)
13. "Kanariya" (Vocal Track)

PV

The music video for kanariya was directed by Takeishi Wataru. Hamasaki appears to be one of several subjects in a music listening experiment. The dark "laboratory" features musical instruments, TV monitors, listening equipment, and a mysterious dark bird. All the subjects are tattooed with dark makeup over one eye and a code number on their hands.

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
December 8, 1999	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1	248,070	289,200	5
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	92

• Total Sales : 289,200 (Japan)
• RIAJ certification: Platinum

External links

• kanariya information at Avex Network.
• kanariya information at Oricon.

Preceded by "Chokotto Love" by Petitmoni

Oricon Weekly number one single December 20, 1999

Succeeded by "Heaven/Squall" by Masaharu Fukuyama