It was written by Hamasaki, while production was handled by Avex Trax chairman Max Matsuura.

"Seasons" has sold over 1.367 million units in Japan, making it Hamasaki's best selling single.

Both the music video and the song has appeared on several compilations by Hamasaki, including A Best (2001) and A Complete: All Singles (2008).

[2] As part of the trilogy set with "Vogue" and "Far Away", "Seasons" highlights theme of hopelessness and predicts Hamasaki's future.

[5] A staff reviewer from Amazon Japan noticed that the trilogy set had a "healing effect" that was absent on Hamasaki's two previous studio albums.

[6] "Seasons" was written by Hamasaki, while production was handled by Japanese businessman and musician Max Matsuura.

[2] The song was composed by long-term collaborators Dai Nagao, whilst arrangement was handled by Naoto Suzuki.

[2] For the track's instrumentation, Suzuki played the keyboards, Naoki Hayashibe played the guitar, Takahiro Iida programmed and mixed the final composition, and Junko Hirotani provided background vocals.

[2] "Seasons" was selected as the second single from Duty and was released on June 7, 2000, by Avex Trax.

Alexey Eremenko, who had written her extended biography at AllMusic, highlighted the song as an album and career stand out track.

[14] In early 2014, in honor of Hamasaki's sixteenth-year career milestone, Japanese website Goo.ne.jp hosted a poll for fans to rank their favourite songs by Hamasaki out of thirty positions; the poll was held in only twenty-four hours, and thousands submitted their votes.

It then has a blurry image of Hamasaki in the post-apocalyptic city, which has now left behind a series of hills.

As Hamasaki walks towards the camera, the photo album opens with the city before its destruction.

Hamasaki stands in the middle of a grainy surface, with projectile flames coming from underneath the ground.

The final scene has Hamasaki close the book, which its back cover is a title-less shot of the artwork to "Vogue".

[39] The song was performed on her Power of Music tour (2011) in Japan, where it was included in the trilogy segment with "Vogue" and "Far Away".

[40] The song was performed on her 15th Anniversary tour (2013) in Japan, where it was included in the trilogy segment with "Vogue" and "Far Away".