"Love Machine" | ||||
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Single by Morning Musume | ||||
from the album 3rd-Love Paradise | ||||
Released | September 9, 1999 (JP) | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 14:47 (8 cm CD) | |||
Label | Zetima | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tsunku | |||
Producer(s) | Tsunku | |||
Morning Musume singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
Love Machine on YouTube |
"Love Machine" (LOVEマシーン, Rabu Mashiin) is Morning Musume's 7th single, released on September 9, 1999 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,646,630 copies, making it a massive hit (a #1 single in Japan) and their highest selling single. In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. The single also marked the debut of the "Third Generation" member Maki Goto and the departure of Aya Ishiguro.
Packaging
[edit]The original 8 cm CD release was housed in a J-card-type 12 cm slimline single case instead of the then-industry CD snap-pack packaging. The case used was 7 mm thick, showing artwork through the front, and also through the spine and part of the back of the case. The CD itself was inserted upside-down, allowing the artwork on the disc itself to show through the transparent back of the case. This is one of only two 8 cm CD singles released by Morning Musume to adhere this packaging (the other being their eighth single Koi no Dance Site (2000)).
Legacy
[edit]In 2008, a remade version of the song was released by Scott Murphy of Allister in his album Guilty Pleasures 3.[1]
In 2009, the song was remade into Korean by South Korean girl group After School under the name "Dream Girl", and Avex Group posted a "RIKI version" by actor Riki Takeuchi on its official YouTube channel in celebration of the song's tenth anniversary.[2]
In 2013, Moametal of the kawaii metal group Babymetal performed a cover during their Legend 1999 show at NHK Hall. The song was chosen because it was a hit in 1999, the year of Moametal and fellow member Yuimetal's birth.[3]
Love Machine is featured in Ubisoft's Japanese Just Dance Wii U
Track listing
[edit]The lyricist, composer and producer of both songs is Tsunku. "Love Machine" was arranged by Dance☆Man, while "21seiki" was arranged by Shunsuke Suzuki.
8 cm CD
[edit]This is the original edition of the single and has a catalog number, EPDE-1052.
- Love Machine (Loveマシーン) – 5:02
- 21 Seiki (21世紀, 21st century) – 4:45
- Love Machine (Instrumental) (Loveマシーン (Instrumental)) – 5:01
LP
[edit]This edition has a catalog number, EPJE-5035.
- Love Machine (Loveマシーン)
- Love Machine (Instrumental) (Loveマシーン (Instrumental))
- Love Machine ~Analog Remix~ (Loveマシーン ~Analog Remix~)
- Love Machine ~Analog Remix~ (Instrumental) (Loveマシーン ~Analog Remix~ (Instrumental))
- Secret Track (シークレットトラック)
12 cm CD
[edit]This edition was released as the 7th disc of the Early Single Box with catalogue number EPCE-5327 and as an individual release with catalog number EPCE-5319.
- Love Machine (Loveマシーン)
- 21 Seiki (21世紀)
- Love Machine (Instrumental) (Loveマシーン (Instrumental))
- Love Machine (Early Unision Version) (Loveマシーン)
Members at time of single
[edit]- 1st generation: Yuko Nakazawa, Natsumi Abe, Aya Ishiguro (last single), Kaori Iida
- 2nd generation: Sayaka Ichii, Mari Yaguchi, Kei Yasuda
- 3rd generation (debut): Maki Goto
Personnel
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LOVE Machine[edit] |
21 Seiki[edit]
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Cover versions
[edit]- Janet Kay with Ai Takahashi covered the song in English on her 2012 cover album Idol Kay.
References
[edit]- ^ "Guilty Pleasures III" (in Japanese). Universal Music LLC. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
- ^ 竹内力の双子の弟!? RIKI / LOVEマシーン~RIKIバージョン~ Avex official YouTube channel, posted September 9, 2009 (requires Flash)
- ^ BABYMETAL – Love machine by MOAMETAL Babymetal.net, posted October 31, 2014