Sunrise/Sunset (Love Is All)

"Sunrise/Sunset (Love Is All)"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Rock 'n' Roll Circus
ReleasedAugust 12, 2009
Recorded2009
GenreJ-pop, pop rock
LabelAvex Trax
Songwriter(s)Ayumi Hamasaki (lyrics)
Hana Nishimura (music)
Producer(s)Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Rule/Sparkle"
(2009)
"Sunrise/Sunset (Love Is All)"
(2009)
"You Were.../Ballad"
(2009)
Official Music Video
"Sunrise (Love Is All)" on YouTube
Official Music Video
"Sunset (Love Is All)" on YouTube

"Sunrise/Sunset (Love Is All)" (stylised as Sunrise/Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~) is Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki's forty-sixth (forty-seventh overall) single, released on August 12, 2009.[1][2][3] The song "Sunrise: Love is All" is used as the theme song to the 2009 Japanese drama show, Dandy Daddy?[4][5][6][7] In addition, the song "Sunset: Love is All" was used in advertisements for the Panasonic Lumix FX-60 digital camera.[8] The single debuted at #1 on Oricon weekly charts and became her 44th Top 10 single, making her the first artist to have 44 Top 10 singles in Oricon history.[9] The single became Hamasaki's 21st consecutive single to debut at number-one position since her 2002 single "Free & Easy" on the Oricon weekly charts, making her the first solo artist and the first female artist to have 21 consecutive singles to debut at number-one position. It is also her 33rd number-one single on the Oricon weekly charts.

  1. ^ (in Japanese) http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/090629a.html | NEW SINGLE「Sunrise / Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~」
  2. ^ "DISCOGRAPHY - ayumi hamasaki(浜崎あゆみ) official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  3. ^ "Yahoo!ミュージック - 浜崎あゆみ - Sunrise/Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  4. ^ "Ayumi sings for "Dandy Daddy"" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  5. ^ 浜崎あゆみ、6年ぶりのテレビドラマ主題歌|エキサイトミュージック(音楽) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  6. ^ あゆが主演舘ひろしを激励、渾身の主題歌 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  7. ^ "浜崎あゆみ 舘ひろしと感激再会/芸能・社会/デイリースポーツonline" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  8. ^ みんなのカラオケ スケジュール (in Japanese). Yahoo!ミュージック. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  9. ^ "浜崎あゆみ史上最多44作目のTOP10入り、デビュー以来初の歴代単独1位" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2010-02-14.