No Way to Say

"No Way to Say"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Memorial Address
ReleasedNovember 6, 2003
Recorded2003
Genre
Length34:51
LabelAvex Trax
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
"Forgiveness"
(2003) 		"No Way to Say"
(2003) 		"Moments"
(2004)
Official Music Video
"No Way To Say" on YouTube

"No Way to Say" is the thirty-first single released by Ayumi Hamasaki and her eighteenth number-one single. It came out November 6, 2003. The video won the award for "Best Pop Video" at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, and the single won the Japan Record Award at the 2003 Japan Record Awards. The song is featured on the mini-album Memorial Address.

Accolades

Awards for "No Way to Say"
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2003 Japan Record Awards Grand Prix Won [1]
Exellence Award Won
2004 MTV Video Music Awards Japan Best Pop Video Won [2]

Track listing

  1. "No Way to Say" – 4:46
  2. "No Way to Say" (acoustic version)
  3. "Seasons" (acoustic version)
  4. "Dearest" (acoustic orchestra version)
  5. "Voyage" (acoustic orchestra version)
  6. "No Way to Say" (Vandalize/Realize mix)
  7. "No Way to Say" (instrumental) – 4:46

Live performances

  • October 3, 2003 – Music Station
  • November 1, 2003 – Ayu Ready?
  • November 6, 2003 – AX Music
  • November 7, 2003 – Music Station
  • November 15, 2003 – CDTV
  • November 15, 2003 – PopJam
  • November 19, 2003 – Sokuhou Uta no Daijiten
  • November 28, 2003 – Best Hit Song Festival
  • November 29, 2003 – Ayu Ready?
  • December 1, 2003 – Hey! Hey! Hey!
  • December 3, 2003 – FNS Music Festival
  • December 17, 2003 – Best Artist
  • December 20, 2003 – Ayu Ready?
  • December 22, 2003 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Christmas Special – "No Way to Say: Acoustic Version"
  • December 23, 2003 – Happy X-mas SHOW!
  • December 26, 2003 – Music Station Super Live
  • December 31, 2003 – Kouhaku Uta Gassen
  • December 31, 2003 – Japan Record Awards (2 performances)
  • December 31, 2003 – CDTV Special 2003-2004
  • March 14, 2004 – Japan Gold Disc Awards
  • December 23, 2007 – HAPPY X-mas SHOW!

Charts

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[5]
Physical single 		Platinum 425,000[4]
Japan (RIAJ)[6]
Digital download 		Gold 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "第45回輝く！日本レコード大賞（2003年）" [45th Shine! Japan Record Award (2003)] (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System. December 31, 2003. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "VMAJ 2004 Winners". MTV Japan (in Japanese). May 23, 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  3. ^ 浜崎あゆみのリリース一覧 [List of Ayumi Hamasaki's Releases]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "Japanese certifications – Ayumi Hamasaki – No Way to Say" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2003年11月 on the drop-down menu
  6. ^ "Japanese digital certifications – Ayumi Hamasaki – No Way to Say" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2014年1月 on the drop-down menu
Preceded by
"Voyage"
(Ayumi Hamasaki)
 Japan Record Award Grand Prix
2003 		Succeeded by
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