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Love Machine

Single Cover
Artist
Morning Musume
Single
LOVE Machine (LOVEマシーン)
Released
1999.09.09 (8cm CD)
1999.10.06 (LP)
2005.03.02 (12cm CD)
Catalog Number
EPDE-1052 (8cm CD)
EPCE-5319 (12cm CD)
EPJE-5035 (LP)
Price
¥1,020 (8cm CD)
¥1,050 (12cm CD)
¥1,325 (LP)
8cm CD Tracklist
  1. LOVE Machine (LOVEマシーン)
  2. 21seiki (21世紀; 21st Century)
  3. LOVE Machine (Instrumental)
12cm CD Tracklist
  1. LOVE Machine (LOVEマシーン)
  2. 21seiki (21世紀)
  3. LOVE Machine (Instrumental)
  4. LOVE Machine (Early Unison Version)
LP Tracklist
  • A side:
    1. LOVE Machine (LOVEマシーン)
    2. LOVE Machine (Instrumental)
  • B side:
    1. LOVE Machine ~analog remix~
    2. LOVE Machine ~analog remix~ (Instrumental)
    3. Secret Track (シークレットトラック)



VHS Cover
VHS
LOVE Machine (LOVEマシーン)
Released
1999.10.14 (VHS)
Catalog Number
EPVE-5005
Price
¥1,020
Tracklist
  1. LOVE Machine (Music Video)


Information

"LOVE Machine" is the seventh single released by Morning Musume. The single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for thirty-one weeks, selling 1,646,630 copies and making it Morning Musume's best selling single. It also reached #7 on the yearly Oricon charts for 1999. It was reissued in 2005 as a 12cm CD both separately and as part of the Morning Musume Early Single Box.

Featured Members

This is the first Morning Musume single to feature Goto Maki and the last to feature Ishiguro Aya.

Song Information

Lyrics
Tsunku
Music
Tsunku
Other Information
Arrangement and Yoo Yoo: DANCE☆MAN
Drums: HYU HYU
Bass: TOCA
Guitar: JUMP MAN, BOMB
Keyboard: WATA-BOO
Percussion, Backing Vocals: STAGE CHAKKA MAN
Turntable: D.J. ICHIRO
Chorus: Tsunku
updated Arrangement: Hirata Shoichiro
updated Chorus: Sayashi Riho, Tsunku

Disambiguation

There are currently eight recorded versions of "LOVE Machine" found in Morning Musume and Hello! Project's discography. These versions are:

LOVE Machine (Original)
Found on the "LOVE Machine" single as track #1, the 3rd -LOVE Paradise- album as track #2, the Best! Morning Musume 1 album as track #1, the Morning Musume ALL SINGLES COMPLETE ~10th ANNIVERSARY~ album as track #7 on the first disc, the Disco Sentai Afranger album as track #2, and the Dorimusu 1 album as track #4 on the second disc.
LOVE Machine (Instrumental)
Found on the "LOVE Machine" single as track #3. This is the standard version without the main vocals.
LOVE Machine ~analog remix~
Found on the B-side of the "LOVE Machine" record as track #1 and the Petit Best ~Ki Ao Aka~ album as track #8.
LOVE Machine ~analog remix~ (Instrumental)
Found on the B-side of the "LOVE Machine" record as track #2. This is the analog remix without the main vocals.
LOVE Machine (Hawaiian Version)
Found on the Hawaiian de Kiku Morning Musume Single Collection album as track #3.
LOVE Machine (Early Unison Version)
Found on the 12cm reissue of the "LOVE Machine" single as track #4.
LOVE Machine (updated)
Found on the The Best! ~Updated Morning Musume~ album as track #1. This version was rerecorded by Morning Musume in 2013.
LOVE Machine (updated 23 Ver.)
Found on the Morning Musume Best Selection ~The 25 Shuunen~ album as track #1 on the second disc. This is a rerecord of the updated version by Morning Musume '23.

Performances

Concerts

Television

Oricon Chart Positions

Week Chart Date Chart Period Week Rank Sales Cumulative Sales Comment
1 1999.09.20 1999.09.06~1999.09.12 1 241,540 241,540
2 1999.09.27 1999.09.13~1999.09.19 1 201,670 443,210
3 1999.10.04 1999.09.20~1999.09.26 1 191,320 634,530
4 1999.10.11 1999.09.27~1999.10.03 4 101,350 735,880
5 1999.10.18 1999.10.04~1999.10.10 2 81,340 817,220
6 1999.10.25 1999.10.11~1999.10.17 2 91,850 909,070
7 1999.11.01 1999.10.18~1999.10.24 5 68,410 977,480
8 1999.11.08 1999.10.25~1999.10.31 4 72,860 1,050,340
9 1999.11.15 1999.11.01~1999.11.07 4 69,840 1,120,180
10 1999.11.22 1999.11.08~1999.11.14 8 47,650 1,167,830
11 1999.11.29 1999.11.15~1999.11.21 7 39,540 1,207,370
12 1999.12.06 1999.11.22~1999.11.28 12 46,350 1,253,720
13 1999.12.13 1999.11.29~1999.12.05 12 36,720 1,290,440
14 1999.12.20 1999.12.06~1999.12.12 12 42,470 1,332,910
15 1999.12.27 1999.12.13~1999.12.19 12 34,910 1,367,820
16 2000.01.03 1999.12.20~1999.12.26 10 41,380 1,409,200
17+18 2000.01.17 1999.12.27~2000.01.09 8 89,980 1,499,180 two weeks due to New Year's holiday
19 2000.01.24 2000.01.10~2000.01.16 8 31,780 1,530,960
20 2000.01.31 2000.01.17~2000.01.23 17 27,580 1,558,540
21 2000.02.07 2000.01.24~2000.01.30 27 22,610 1,581,150
22 2000.02.14 2000.01.31~2000.02.06 36 14,580 1,595,730
23 2000.02.21 2000.02.07~2000.02.13 37 10,930 1,606,660
24 2000.02.28 2000.02.14~2000.02.20 46 5,830 1,612,490
25 2000.03.06 2000.02.21~2000.02.27 47 7,470 1,619,960
26 2000.03.13 2000.02.28~2000.03.05 37 7,290 1,627,250
27 2000.03.20 2000.03.06~2000.03.12 48 5,230 1,632,480
28 2000.03.27 2000.03.13~2000.03.19 55 3,650 1,636,130
29 2000.04.03 2000.03.20~2000.03.26 52 4,010 1,640,140
30 2000.04.10 2000.03.27~2000.04.02 55 3,380 1,643,520
31 2000.04.17 2000.04.03~2000.04.09 65 3,110 1,646,630
  • Total time in the Oricon Top 100: 31 weeks.
  • Total sales: 1,646,630

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