Forever Memories

2001 single by w-inds.

"Forever Memories"

Single by w-inds.

from the album 1st Message

B-side

Moon Clock
Forever Memories (Za Downtown Street Remix)

Released

March 14, 2001

Recorded

2001

Genre

J-Pop, hip hop

Label

Flight Master
CD (PCCA-01516)

Songwriter(s)

Hiroaki Hayama

Producer(s)

Hiroaki Hayama

W-inds. singles chronology

"Forever Memories"
(2001)

"Feel the Fate"
(2001)

"Forever Memories" is the debut single by Japanese hip-hop group W-inds (stylized as w-inds.) released on March 14, 2001. The single debuted on Oricon at No. 12 and remained on the charts for 23 weeks. The success of the single and their following single, "Feel the Fate", helped them win the Best Newcomer Award during the 43rd Japan Record Awards.

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"Forever Memories" is the debut single by Japanese hip-hop group W-inds under the Pony Canyon sub-label Flight Master. The single debuted in the top twenty of the Oricon Singles Charts, coming in at No. 12 and remaining on the charts for 23 consecutive weeks.^[1] The success of the single, along with their following single, "Feel the Fate", helped w-inds secure the Best Newcomer Award during the 43rd Japan Record Awards.^[2]

The single was only released as a standard CD, which contained the title track, the coupling track "Moon Clock" and a remix and instrumental for "Forever Memories". While the music video was released for syndication to the public upon the single's release, it was not available for the public to purchase until their DVD/VHS release Works vol.1 in March 2002.^[3]

"Forever Memories" was written and composed by musical composer Hiroaki Hayama, who also composed the coupling track "Moon Clock."

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Forever Memories"	Hiroaki Hayama	Hiroaki Hayama	5:01
2.	"Moon Clock"	Hiroaki Hayama	Hiroaki Hayama	3:58
3.	"Forever Memories" (Za Downtown Street Remix)	Hiroaki Hayama	Hiroaki Hayama	6:09
4.	"Forever Memories" (Instrumental)		Hiroaki Hayama	4:59
Total length:				20:07

Charts

Release	Chart	Peak position	Total sales
March 14, 2001	Oricon Singles Chart	12	216,590^[4]

References

^ "Forever Memories / w-inds. / ORICON NEWS". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 13, 2023.
^ "第43回日本レコード大賞 2001年（平成13年）12月31日". 公益社団法人日本作曲家協会 Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
^ "W-inds. - Works Vol.1 (2002, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
^ "閱讀文章- 精華區w-inds". 批踢踢實業坊. Retrieved January 13, 2023.