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Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What Is Love

Limited Edition A Cover
Limited Edition B Cover
Limited Edition C Cover
Limited Edition D Cover
Regular Edition A Cover
Regular Edition B Cover
Artist
Morning Musume '14
Single
Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE? (笑顔の君は太陽さ / 君の代わりは居やしない)
Released
2014.01.29
Catalog Number
EPCE-7016~7 (Limited Edition A)
EPCE-7018~9 (Limited Edition B)
EPCE-7020~1 (Limited Edition C)
EPCE-7022~3 (Limited Edition D)
EPCE-7024 (Regular Edition A)
EPCE-7025 (Regular Edition B)
Price
¥1,680 (Limited Editions A, B, C, D)
¥1,050 (Regular Editions A, B)
CD Tracklist
  1. Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (笑顔の君は太陽さ; Your Smile is the Sun)
  2. Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (君の代わりは居やしない; There's No Replacement for You)
  3. What is LOVE?
  4. Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Instrumental)
  5. Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Instrumental)
  6. What is LOVE? (Instrumental)
Limited Edition A DVD Tracklist
  1. Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Music Video)
  2. Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Close-up Ver.)
Limited Edition B DVD Tracklist
  1. Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Music Video)
  2. Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Close-up Ver.)
Limited Edition C DVD Tracklist
  1. What is LOVE? (Music Video)
  2. What is LOVE? (Dance Shot Ver.)
Limited Edition D DVD Tracklist
  1. Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Dance Lecture Video)
  2. Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Dance Shot Ver.)
  3. Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa/Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Making of & Off-Shot Video)


Information

"Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE?" is the fifty-fifth single released by Morning Musume, and their first as Morning Musume '14. The single was released in limited editions A, B, C, D, and regular editions A and B. Limited editions A, B, C, and D came with bonus DVDs. The limited editions and the first press of the regular edition came with a serial number card which, when entered in a lottery, could win a ticket to one of the single's launch events. A special box set was also released, including all versions of the single and the chance to attend one of several photo events.

TV Performances
  • [2014.01.13] HEY! HEY! HEY! SP
  • [2014.01.18] Music Dragon
  • [2014.01.23] Music Japan
  • [2014.01.23] The Girls Live
  • [2014.01.30] The Girls Live
  • [2014.01.31] Music Station
  • [2014.02.03] Sound Room
  • [2014.02.11] Sukkiri!!
  • [2015.05.01] The Girls Live
  • [2015.10.25] Kanjam Kanzen NenSHOW
  • [2016.08.21] J-MELO
  • [2016.08.26] The Girls Live
  • [2017.03.12] SkyPerfecTV Music Fest
  • [2017.10.08] Love Music
  • [2017.12.05] Full Chorus
  • [2018.10.01] The Girls Live

Members featured in this release

Morning Musume promoting the single

This is the first Morning Musume single to be released under the name Morning Musume '14 (モーニング娘。’14).

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 4 3 1 5 1 1 149,361
7 26 26 22 5 22 2 16 7,890
36 46 45 39 34 48 45 40 1,711
- - - - - - - 87 838
- - - - - - - 155 465
- - - - - - - 195 290
- - - - - - - 200 243

Total Reported Sales: 160,798*

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