Endless Sorrow


"Endless Sorrow" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki, released as her 22nd single on May 16, 2001.

Background

This was Hamasaki's fourth single to be composed by herself using the pseudonym Crea. Its original single version, which features strings, piano, and rock leanings, was arranged by CMJK and Junichi Matsuda. For Hamasaki's fourth studio album I am... the song re-arranged by CMJK in a version entitled "Gone With Whe Wind ver.", which has a calmer soft-rock oriented sound. "Endless Sorrow" was used as theme song of TBS's drama Mukashi no Otoko, which aired from April to late June 2001. One of the b-sides of the single, "Vogue " was used in TV commercials for Kose Visee mascara, starring Hamasaki herself.

Music video

The music video of "Endless Sorrow" inspired by the film Equilibrium depicts a young boy living in a society in which speaking was prohibited by law. The boy, however, climbs a tower, meeting a man and a one-winged angel who looks exactly like the boy. Apart from shots of the cover of the Endless Sorrow single, Hamasaki does not appear in the original version of the PV, but in a later version, Hamasaki appears at the end of the video in a trench coat and fedora, and picks up the feather dropped by the boy.

Track listing

Lyrics: Ayumi Hamasaki - Music: Ayumi Hamasaki
  1. "Endless Sorrow"
  2. "Vogue"
  3. "Endless Sorrow"
  4. "Endless Sorrow"
  5. "Never Ever"
  6. "Endless Sorrow"
  7. "Endless Sorrow"
  8. "Endless Sorrow"
  9. "Endless Sorrow"
  10. "Endless Sorrow"

    Live performances

Oricon Sales Chart
ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales total-
16 May 2001Oricon Daily Singles Chart1
16 May 2001Oricon Weekly Singles Chart1430,220768,510-
16 May 2001Oricon Yearly Singles Chart14