Egao no Kimi wa Taiyō sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is Love?
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| Single by Morning Musume | |||||||||||||
| from the album 14 Shō: The Message | |||||||||||||
| Released | January 29, 2014 (Japan) | ||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||||||||
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| Label | Zetima | ||||||||||||
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Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE? (Japanese 『笑顔の君は太陽さ／君の代わりは居やしない／What is LOVE?』)[1] is Morning Musume's 55th single, and the first to be released under the name of Morning Musume '14. It was released on January 29, 2014 in 6 editions: 2 regular and 4 limited editions.
"Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" will be the official cheer song for the 2014 Winter Olympics Japanese Team, while "What is LOVE?" was the ending theme for the NHK World show J-Melo from October through December 2013.[2]
The music video for "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa" was released on 25 December 2013 on Mezamashi TV at 6am (JST).[3] The Music Video for "What is Love?" was released on 2 January 2014 [4]
The single debuted at number one on the Weekly Oricon Singles Chart.
Track list
CD (regular editions A and B, limited edition A, B, C and D)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai
- What is LOVE?
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (instrumental)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (instrumental)
- What is LOVE? (instrumental)
DVD (limited edition A)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (music video)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (close-up ver.)
DVD (limited edition B)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (music video)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (dance shot ver.)
DVD (limited edition C)
- What is LOVE? (music video)
- What is LOVE? (dance shot ver.)
DVD (limited edition D)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (dance lecture video)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (dance shot ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (making-of and off shot video)
Members at time of single
- 6th generation: Sayumi Michishige
- 9th generation: Mizuki Fukumura, Erina Ikuta, Riho Sayashi, Kanon Suzuki
- 10th generation: Haruna Iikubo, Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Sato, Haruka Kudo
- 11th generation: Sakura Oda
Charts
Oricon charts
| Singles chart | Peak position | Sales |
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| Daily chart[5] | 1 | |
| Weekly chart[6] | 1 | 149,361 |
References
- ↑ モーニング娘。'14 55thシングル 『笑顔の君は太陽さ／君の ... - ハロー！ 2014年1月29日(水)発売、モーニング娘。'14 55thシングル『笑顔の君は太陽さ／君の代わりは居やしない／What is LOVE?』(EPCE-7016～EPCE-7025)の全6タイプを、オリジナル特製BOXに収納した「スペシャルセット(6タイプまとめ買い)」を「forTUNE ...
- ↑ "Hello! Project Station #45 | Morning Musume。Daisuki". Momusu.me. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ↑ "Twitter / kikukawapro: 明日25日のフジテレビ「めざましテレビ」で1月29日発売の「". Twitter.com. 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ↑ "モーニング娘。'14 『What is LOVE?』 (MV)". YouTube. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ↑ "2014年01月28日のCDシングルデイリーランキング（2014年01月28日付）". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ "2014年01月27日～2014年02月02日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2014年02月10日付）". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 5 February 2014.