Heaven (Ayumi Hamasaki song)


"Heaven" is the thirty-seventh single released by Ayumi Hamasaki, 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, while "Will" was used in a television commercial for Panasonic. Heaven has been downloaded over 1,580,000 times to date.

Music video

The music video 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. 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"
  4. "Heaven" - 4:18
  5. "Heaven" - 4:18
  6. "Will" - 4:07
;DVD
  1. "Heaven"
  2. "Heaven"
  3. "Heaven"

    Live performances

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
ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst Week SalesSales totalChart run
14 September 2005Oricon Daily Singles Chart1
14 September 2005Oricon Weekly Singles Chart1168,540327,11114 weeks
14 September 2005Oricon Monthly Singles Chart3
14 September 2005Oricon Yearly Singles Chart23