"Heaven" is the thirty-seventh single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 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...

, released on September 14, 2005. "Heaven" ended up selling over 325,000 copies, making it Hamasaki's second highest-selling single of 2005 as well as her last single to date that has sold over 300,000 physical copies. "Heaven" was used as the theme of the Japanese film Shinobi Heart Under Blade

SHINOBI Heart Under Blade

Shinobi - Heart Under Blade or Kouga Ninpouchou Basilisk - The Live-Action is a 2005 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Ten Shimoyama and written by Kenya Hirata. The story is an adaptation of Futaro Yamada's novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, which depicts the clash between two ninja clans, Iga...

, while "Will" was used in a television commercial

Television advertisement

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 for Panasonic

Panasonic

Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...

. Heaven has been downloaded over 1,580,000 times to date.

Music video

The PV

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for Heaven features Ayumi singing alone in a subway. As she does, ghosts frequently pass by her. Near the end of the video, the spirits leave Ayumi and board on a train (implying their departure to heaven). The video is done entirely in one shot and in black and white.

Track listing

CD

1. "Heaven" – 4:18
2. "Will" – 4:07
3. "Alterna" (orchestra version)
4. "Heaven" (piano version) – 4:18
5. "Heaven" (instrumental) – 4:18
6. "Will" (instrumental) – 4:07

DVD

1. "Heaven" (PV)
2. "Heaven" (photo gallery)
3. "Heaven" (TV-CM)

Live performances

• September 9, 2005 – Music Station
• September 16, 2005 – Music Station
• September 16, 2005 – Music Fighter
• September 17, 2005 – CDTV
• September 23, 200] – PopJam
• October 7, 2005 – Music Station
• December 23, 2005 – Music Station Super Live – "Heaven" and "Bold & Delicious
  Bold & Delicious/Pride
  "Bold & Delicious/Pride" is the 38th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on November 30, 2005.The song Bold & Delicious was originally composed by music producer Roberto "Geo" Rosan for the Los Angeles-based pop group Sweetbox, which achieved fame in Europe and Asia throughout the...
  
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Chart performance

On the day of its release it reached the number-two position on the Oricon chart; the second day it was at number three. It reached stayed at the top position for the rest of the week, however. At the end of the week, the physical sales of "Heaven" was over 169,000 units, topping the weekly Oricon chart. Overall, it lasted for forty-six days in the top twenty of the Oricon daily charts over a forty-nine day period; forty-two of them being consecutive.

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First Week Sales	Sales total	Chart run
14 September 2005	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	1	168,540	327,111	14 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart	3
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	23

• Total Sales : 327,111 (Japan)
• RIAJ certification: Platinum

External links

• "Heaven" information at Avex Network
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• "Heaven" information at Avex Network.
• "Heaven" 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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