| "Audience" | ||||
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| Single by Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||
| from the album Duty | ||||
| B-side | "see track list" | |||
| Released | 1 November 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Tokyo, Japan. 2000 | |||
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| Length | 4:08 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Ayumi Hamasaki | |||
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| "Audience" on YouTube | ||||
"Audience" is a song by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki from her third studio album Duty (2000). It was released as the album's fifth and final single on 1 November 2000 by Avex Trax. Hamasaki wrote the track and Max Matsuura Lewis produced it. Dai Nagao and HΛL composed both the single and album version. The single artwork was shot by Japanese photographer Toru Kumazawa and features duplicate clones of Hamasaki, resembling an audience. Musically, "Audience" is a dance–pop and disco song.
"Audience" received positive reviews from music critics; many highlighted it from the parent album and her music career. It achieved lukewarm success in compare to her previous singles, with a peak position of number three on the Oricon Singles Chart and a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). The single remains Hamasaki's twenty–seventh best selling single in Japan. No music video was shot for the single.