Boys & Girls (Ayumi Hamasaki song)

"Boys & Girls"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Loveppears
Released	July 14, 1999
Format	CD Single
Genre	J-pop
Length	57:45
Label	Avex Trax
Writer(s)	Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics) DAI (music)
Producer(s)	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"To Be" (1999) "Boys & Girls" (1999) "A" (1999)

"Boys & Girls" is a song by Ayumi Hamasaki, released as her ninth single, on July 14, 1999. In addition to being Hamasaki's first Maxi single, it was also her first certified million-seller. In its first week of release on the Oricon, it ranked at number two as Ami Suzuki's "Be Together" debuted at the top spot with sales of over 300,000 copies.^[1] The following week, however, it was able to top the charts.^[2]

Composition

"Boys & Girls" is an uptempo dance song, with electronic rock arrangement. It has influences of electronica and disco. It also follows a mild rhythmic syncopation.

Commercial and extra

In 1999, Ayumi became a spokeswoman for AUBE, a cosmetics company. Boys & Girls was used in a lipstick commercial for the mark as the theme song. Ayu appeared in the TV ad..... and she was wearing the dress that was used for the cover of A.

Track listing

1. "Boys & Girls" (Mad Filter Mix)
2. "Boys & Girls" (Aube Original Mix)
3. "Boys & Girls" (Higher Uplift Mix)
4. "Love: Destiny" (Todd's Lovers Conversion)
5. "Boys & Girls" (HΛL's Mix)
6. "Boys & Girls" (Melt Down Dub Mix)
7. "To Be" (Bright Mix)
8. "Boys & Girls" (D-Z Psychedelic Assassin Mix)
9. "Boys & Girls" (Dub's club Remix)
10. "Boys & Girls" (Aube Original Mix - Instrumental)

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
July 14, 1999	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1	261,750	1,038,000	16
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	11

• Total Sales : 1,038,000 (Japan)
• RIAJ certification: Million
• "Boys & Girls" is the first single by Hamasaki to sell over a million copies
• "Boys & Girls" is Hamasaki's fourth highest selling single.

Live performances

• XX XX, 1999 - Countdown TV - Boys & Girls
• July 16, 1999 - Music Station - Boys & Girls
• July 17, 1999 - Pop Jam - Boys & Girls
• July 17, 1999 - Countdown TV - Boys & Girls
• July 19, 1999 - Hey! Hey! Hey! - Boys & Girls
• July 22, 1999 - Utaban - Boys & Girls
• September 24, 1999 - J-Pop Night in Velfarre - Boys & Girls
• November 20, 1999 - All Japan Request Awards - Boys & Girls
• December 3, 1999 - Japan Cable Awards - Boys & Girls
• December 12, 1999 - Super Dream Live - Boys & Girls
• December 22, 1999 - Fresh Live - Boys & Girls
• December 24, 1999 - Music Station - Boys & Girls
• December 25, 1999 - Pop Jam - Boys & Girls
• December 31, 1999 - Japan Record Awards - Boys & Girls
• December 31, 1999 - Kohaku - Boys & Girls
• August 31, 2000 - Avex Summer Paradise - Boys & Girls

Chart positions

Chart (1999)	Peak position	Time in chart
Japan Oricon	1	16 weeks

Remixes

• "A Eurosenti Mix" by Sergio Dall'ora and Luca Degani : Ayu-ro Mix 1^[3]
• "A Eurobeat Mix" by Sergio Dall'ora and Luca Degani : J-Euro Best,^[4] J-Euro Non-Stop Best^[5]
• "Inskadisco Mix" : Ayu-mi-x II Version Jpn,^[6] Ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix^[7]
• "Main Radio Mix" : Ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix^[7]
• "Push Remix" : Cyber Trance Presents Ayu Trance^[8]

References

1. "Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the fourth week of July 1999" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
2. "Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the first week of August 1999" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
3. Discogs, Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix
4. Discogs, J-Euro Best
5. Discogs, J-Euro Non-Stop Best
6. Discogs, Ayu-mi-x II Version JPN
7. Discogs, Ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix
8. Discogs, Cyber Trance Presents Ayu Trance

External links

• Boys & Girls information at Avex Network.
• Boys & Girls information at Oricon.
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics