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Ai no Tane
- Artist
- Morning Musume
- Single
- Ai no Tane (愛の種; Seeds of Love)
- Released
- 1997.11.03
- Tracklist
- Ai no Tane (愛の種)
- Information
"Ai no Tane" is the demo single by Morning Musume. Producer Tsunku challenged the five girls who lost the Sharan Q audition to sell 50,000 copies of this song they recorded together to get a record deal. It was released on November 3, 1997. The single hit 50,000 sold by November 30th and the rest is history.
This song also appears on "Morning Coffee", Morning Musume's major debut single that was released a couple months later, on their first album First Time, and on their album Best! Morning Musume 1. The karaoke (instrumental) version of this song appears on the Morning Musume Early Single Box.
A version of the song titled "Ai no Tane (20th Anniversary Ver.)" featuring the first generation members and the current members of the time was released digitally on November 3, 2017 under the name Morning Musume。 20th, in commemoration of the group's 20 year anniversary.
Members featured in this release
- 1st gen: Iida Kaori, Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, Ishiguro Aya, Fukuda Asuka
Song Information
- Lyrics
- Saeki Kenzo
- Composer
- Sakurai Tetsutarou
- Other Information
- Arrangement: Sakurai Tetsutarou
- Drums: Yuji Sen Yoko
- Base: Masahiko Rokukawa
- Guitars: Tsuchiya Kiyoshi
- Keyboards: Shin Kouno
- Chorus: Tetsutarou Sakurai
Concert Performances
- [1998] Hello! FIRST LIVE AT SHIBUYA KOHKAIDO
- [2017] Hello! Project 2017 WINTER ~Kaleidoscope~ (Morning Musume '17)
External Links
- projecthello.com: "Ai no Tane" lyrics
- YouTube: "Ai no Tane" MV
