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"No Way to Say"
"No Way to Say"
Single by Ayumi Hamasaki
from the album Memorial Address
Released	November 6, 2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	J-pop; soft rock;
Length	34:51
Label	Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)	Ayumi Hamasaki;
Producer(s)	Max Matsuura; Bounceback;
Ayumi Hamasaki singles chronology
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 edit

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

Track listing edit

"No Way to Say" – 4:46
"No Way to Say" (acoustic version)
"Seasons" (acoustic version)
"Dearest" (acoustic orchestra version)
"Voyage" (acoustic orchestra version)
"No Way to Say" (Vandalize/Realize mix)
"No Way to Say" (instrumental) – 4:46

Live performances edit

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 edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Japan Singles (Oricon)^[3]	1

Year-end charts edit

Chart (2003)	Position
Japan Singles (Oricon)	32

Chart (2004)	Position
Japan Singles (Oricon)	71

Sales and certifications edit


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 edit

^ "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.
^ "VMAJ 2004 Winners". MTV Japan (in Japanese). May 23, 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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
^ "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