"Depend on You" is the fifth single released by Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi Hamasaki

is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...

 on December 9, 1998. The single contains a b-side, "Two of Us," which was never released on an album. Both songs were featured in the PlayStation RPG "Thousand Arms

Thousand Arms

is a role-playing video game for the Sony PlayStation released by Atlus in 1998. Thousand Arms follows the goggle-sporting protagonist Meis Triumph as he chases cute girls and a dark villain across the world, eventually concluding with a classic role-playing game ending...

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Re-release

This single was re-released on February 28, 2001, featuring five new tracks. The single was re-released for the fact that it was initially released in 1999 only in the 3" CD format which was being replaced by the new standard "maxi" CD format. The single was re-released in the standard maxi format for wider compatibility.

Track listing

1. "Depend on You"
2. "Two of Us
3. "Depend on You" (Dub's Electro Remix)
4. "Depend on You" (44XL dub)
5. "Depend on You" (Bodyguard mix)
6. "Two of Us" (PPS Connection mix)
7. "Two of Us" (Touch of Mohagany mix)
8. "Depend on You" (Instrumental)

Depend on You was also remixed and released in Mirrorcle World for her 10th anniversary of chart-topping singles.

Music Video

The music video for "Depend on you" was directed by Muto Masashi. It depicts Hamasaki singing while on a "journey" of sorts – a road is shown, and she sings at various natural locales, including a mountain and a pond.

• Assistant Producer: Naohito Watanabe (prime direction)
• Director: Masashi Muto (prime direction)
• Assistant Director: Takahide Ishii (prime direction)
• Production Manager: Asako Tsutsumi (prime direction), Hiroyuki Sawada
• Production Assistant: Shinobu Fukuda, Akiko Nishimura (prime direction)
• Director of Photography: Kenichi Kawabata (La CERISE)
• Light: Takahiro Tatara (IMAGE STUDIO 109)
• Stylist: Koji Matsumoto
• Hair: Tamotsu (Too RUSTIC)
• Make Up: Chu (Too RUSTIC)

Disambiguation

Live performances

• December 8, 1998 – Utaban – Depend on You
• December 10, 1998 – Hit MMM – Depend on You
• December 11, 1998 – Music Station – Depend on You
• December 16, 1998 – Pocket Music – Depend on You
• December 19, 1998 – Countdown TV – Depend on You
• December 21, 1998 – Hey! Hey! Hey! – Depend on You
• December 24, 1998 – Happy Christmas Special – Depend on You
• December 25, 1998 – Music Station – Depend on You
• December 30, 1998 – Super Live – Depend on You
• December 31, 1998 – Countdown TV – Depend on You
• January 23, 1999 – Pop Jam – Depend on You
• March 3, 1999 – Japan Gold Disc Awards – Depend on You
• December 22, 1999 – Fresh Live – Depend on You

Chart positions

Chart (1998)	Peak position	Time in chart
Japan Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... 1	6	8 weeks
Chart (2001)	Peak position	Time in chart
Japan Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... ²	27	3 weeks

¹Original version

²Re-release version

Oricon sales: 131,460 (Original version)

European version

In 2004, "Depend on You" was also released in Europe as a trance single. The CD single was only released in Germany but the digital single was released worldwide.

1. "Depend on You" (Svenson & Gielen radio edit)
2. "Depend on You" (DJ Shog radio edit)
3. "Depend on You" (DJ Shog dub mix)
4. "Depend on You" (Svenson & Gielen club mix)
5. "Depend on You" (Svenson & Gielen instrumental mix)

External links

• "Depend on You" information at Avex Network
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• "Depend on You" re-release information at Avex Network.
• "Depend on You" information at Oricon
  Oricon
  , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
  
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• "Depend on You" re-release information at Oricon.