"I Will" is

Namie Amuro Namie Amuro ( ; ja, 安室奈美恵, Amuro Namie, label=none; born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese former recording artist, producer, songwriter, dancer, model, actress and entrepreneur who was active between 1992 and 2018. A leading figure of ...

's 20th solo single under the Avex Trax label and is her second lyrical composition. Atypical of Amuro, "I Will" is an

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l ballad. Released on

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, it is her first single as a solo artist to not sell at least 100,000 copies.

Track listing

# "I Will" (Namie Amuro, Hiroaki Hayama) – 6:43 # "I Will in L.A." (Namie Amuro, Hiroaki Hayama) – 6:43 # "I Will with piano" (Namie Amuro, Hiroaki Hayama) – 6:07 # "I Will not sing" (Hiroaki Hayama) – 6:41

Personnel

*Namie Amuro –

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, background vocals *

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– Chorus *Terry Bradford – Chorus *Maxayn Lews – Chorus *Alex Brown – Chorus *Bill Cantos – Piano *Maruyama Strings Group – Strings

Production

*Producers – Hiroaki Hayama *Arrangement – Hiroaki Hayama *Chorus Arrangement – Kenji Sano *Strings Arrangement – Tatsuya Murayama *Mixing – Dave Ford, Jon Gass *Vocal Direction – Kenji Sano *Music Video Director – Masashi Muto

TV performances

*February 15, 2002 – Music Station *February 16, 2002 – Pop Jam *February 18, 2002 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ Special *February 19, 2002 – AX Music Factory *February 24, 2002 – CDTV *April 1, 2002 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ Music Awards VI *April 5, 2002 – Music Station Special

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) {{Namie Amuro singles 2002 singles Namie Amuro songs Avex Trax singles