"SEASONS" is the sixteenth single by Ayumi Hamasaki, released on June 7, 2000. One of Hamasaki's most successful singles, this became her third million-selling single with over 1.3 million copies purchased as well as her second best-selling single to date. "SEASONS" was used as part of the soundtrack of the video game Daigasso! Band Brothers.

"Seasons" is a single from Cunninlynguists' second album, SouthernUnderground, whose b-side is "Sunrise, Sunset." It has been described as an "Indy favorite...where with a hint of sarcasm hip-hop's cyclic nature is dissected" by Matt Conaway of HipHopSite.com. It features rapping from Deacon the Villain, DJ Kno and Mr. SOS of Cunninlynguists as well as Brooklyn, New York native Masta Ace. It is produced by Columbus, Ohio native RJD2, who samples multiple famous rap songs for the song's chorus. The song's lyrics form an extended metaphor, comparing four periods of hip hop (see History of hip hop music) to the four seasons of weather. The first verse is handled by Masta Ace who compares Old school hip hop to spring. Deacon the Villain then compares Golden age hip hop to summer. In the third verse, DJ Kno compares late 1990's hip hop to autumn. In the last verse, Mr. SOS compares the bling era to winter; he calls it the "ice age" as a double entendre, alluding to the slang term ice, which means jewelry. The basic point made by the metaphor is that hip hop sprang up as the new thing, and became really good, but then decreased in quality, and is currently in its worst period. The last lyrics of the song offer hope for the genre saying "but it's about time for the cycle to start over."