"I Have Never Seen" is

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's 11th single on the Avex Trax label. Released after a year hiatus, it serves their lead single for her fourth studio album ''

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'', it debuted at #1 on January 11, 1999. It is her ninth number one single, and was her last until 2008's

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. The single was certified double platinum by the

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for 800,000 copies shipped to stores.

Commercial endorsements

"I Have Never Seen" was used as the ending theme to Nihon TV drama, "Yonige-ya Honpo" (

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translation given as "Flight By Night" when it aired in

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.). KIKU-TV. Retrieved March 27, 2009

Track listing

# "I Have Never Seen (Single Mix)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:46 # "I Have Never Seen (With Her Soul Mix)" (Remixed by Urban Soul) – 5:34 # "I Have Never Seen (Instrumental)" (Tetsuya Komuro) – 4:43

Personnel

– vocals * Kazuhiro Matsuo – guitar * Yuko Kawai – background vocals * David Lawson – background vocals * Minako Obata – background vocals * Kenji Sano – background vocals

Production

* Producer – Tetsuya Komuro * Arrangement – Tetsuya Komuro * Mixing – Ken Kessie * Remixing – Urban Soul

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References

Goto Maki sang this song for an audition before becoming a part of

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. {{authority control 1998 singles Namie Amuro songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Japanese television drama theme songs Songs written by Tetsuya Komuro 1998 songs Avex Trax singles