Dai Nagao
"Far Away" was written by Hamasaki, while production was handled by Japanese producer Max Matsuura. The song was composed by long-term collaborators Kazuhito Kikuchi and Dai Nagao, whilst arrangement was handled by Japanese production team HΛL. This was one of Kikuchi's final collaborations with Hamasaki, until he returned as the main composer for her sixth studio album, "My Story" (2004). For the track's instrumentation, HΛL played the keyboard and mixed the final composition, Naoki Akimoto played the guitar, and Junko Hirotani provided background vocals. Atushi Hattori co-mixed the final composition alongside HΛL. It was selected as the second single from "Duty", and was released on May 17, 2000 by Avex Trax.