[2] Ai previously released "365", the lead single for her then-upcoming fourth studio album.

In 2014, the music video for "Story" was released on Ai's Vevo channel on YouTube.

[11] Since the release of "Story" in 2005, Ai has performed the song multiple times live.

Ai performed "Story" at the 56th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen music competition on December 31, 2005, her first appearance on the program.

[21][22] On October 21, 2014, it was revealed that an unreleased English version of "Story" would be used in Disney's 2014 animated film, Big Hero 6 for the Japanese dub.

[23] The song was released digitally as a single from the film's soundtrack on October 22, 2014 by EMI Records and Walt Disney Music in Japan.

For the single cover photo, Ai is pictured with her sister, Sachi Uemura.