Love the World
"Love the World" (stylized as "love the world") is Perfume's 7th major single. It was released on July 9, 2008 and debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, becoming the first electropop song from an electropop act to do so, Yellow Magic Orchestra's song "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun" being the previous record holder at #2, twenty-five years prior. Love the World is Perfume's best-selling single in the span of their career.[1][2]
"Love the World" | ||||
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Single by Perfume | ||||
from the album Triangle | ||||
B-side | "Edge" | |||
Released | July 9, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2008 | |||
Genre | J-pop, electropop, retro-pop, chiptune | |||
Length | 4:32 | |||
Label | Tokuma Japan Communications | |||
Songwriter(s) | Yasutaka Nakata | |||
Producer(s) | Yasutaka Nakata (中田ヤスタカ) | |||
Perfume singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Love the World" on YouTube |
The single's B-side, "edge", was used as background music for a KOSE Fasio commercial starring Aya Ueto.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Yasutaka Nakata.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "love the world" | 4:35 |
2. | "edge" | 6:31 |
3. | "love the world -Original Instrumental-" | 4:35 |
4. | "edge -extended mix-" | 8:41 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "love the world -Video Clip-" |
Oricon chart positions
Year | Chart | Position | Sales |
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2008 | Oricon daily | 1 | 95,980 |
Oricon weekly | 1 | ||
Oricon yearly | 47 | 136,575 |
External links
References
- "テクノ史上初!Perfumeオリコン1位" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 2008-07-15. Archived from the original on 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- "Perfume achieves technopop's first #1 single". Tokyograph.com. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
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