The Manpower!!!
THE マンパワー!!! (English: The Manpower!!!) is the 25th single from the Hello! Project group Morning Musume, released on 2005-01-19.
The CD was released as both a regular (EPCE-5349) and a limited edition (EPCE-5348). The regular edition includes one photo card while the limited edition includes five Hello! Project Photo Cards, No. 0064, 0065, 0066, 0067, and 0068.
On the same date, a SingleV DVD (EPBE-5164) of the music video (PV) for the song was released. Also on the DVD were a an "Another Edition" version of the PV and a 15 minute "Making of". The DVD claims to be in 4:3 ratio, but the actual videos are in widescreen. It has a total running time of 26 min. The DVD comes with Hello! Project Photo Card No. 0077.
The song is also the official cheering song for a new professional baseball team in Japan, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
This was the last Momusu single before the graduation of then leader, Iida Kaori.
Credits
- Lyrics: Tsunku
- Composer: Tsunku
- Arrangement & All Instruments : Matsubara Ken
- Chorus: Tsunku
Members at time of release
- 1st gen: Iida Kaori
- 2nd gen: Yaguchi Mari
- 4th gen: Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi
- 5th gen: Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa
- 6th gen: Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina
CD track listing
- THE Manpower!!! (THE マンパワー!!!)
- Love & Peace! HERO ga Yattekita. (ラヴ&ピィ～ス!HEROがやって来たっ。)
- THE Manpower!!! (Instrumental) (THE マンパワー!!!)
DVD track listing
- THE マンパワー!!! (The Manpower!!!)
- THE マンパワー!!! (Another Edition)
- メイキング映像 (Making of)
TV performances
- 2005-01-16 Hello! Morning
- 2005-01-21 Music Station
- 2005-01-21 Pop Jam
- 2005-01-26 Sokuhou! Uta no Daijiten (a short preview of the performance seen on Music Fighter 2 days later)
- 2005-01-27 Utaban
- 2005-01-28 Music Fighter
- 2005-04-01 Rakuten versus Seibu baseball game [1]
- 2005-04-01 Morning Musume Rakuten Mamonaku Honkyochi kaimaku! (Sendai Local) (torrent)
Concert performances
- Hello! Project 2005 Winter All-Stars Dairanbu ~A Happy New Power! Iida Kaori Sotsugyo Special~
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Haru - Dai 6 kan Hit Mankai
- Hello! Project 2005 Natsu no Kayou Show -'05 Selection! Collection!- (by Hello! Project)
- Concert Tour 2005 Natsu Aki "Baribari Kyoushitsu ~Koharuchan Irasshai!~"
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Spring ~Rainbow Seven~
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Aki ~Odore! Morning Curry~
Oricon Rank and Sales
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 51,421 |
| 8 | 28 | - | 28 | 29 | - | 29 | 27 | 8,607 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | 3,410 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 71 | 1,914 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 1,129 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 186 | 729 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 194 | 650 |
Total sales: 67,860
External links
- UP-FRONT WORKS: Morning Musume discography entries: CD, DVD
- projecthello.com lyrics: "THE Manpower!!!", "Love & Peace! HERO ga Yattekita."
- Google Video: The Manpower!!! PV
Purchase
- Limited edition CD: Amazon JP
- Regular edition CD: Amazon JP, CDJapan, YesAsia
- SingleV DVD: Amazon JP, CDJapan, YesAsia
