LOVE Machine

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Released September 9, 1999

Genre J-Pop

Format CD Single

Recorded 1999

Label Zetima

Producer Tsunku

Morning Musume Singles Chronology

Previous: Furusato 6th Single

(1999)

Next: Koi no Dance Site 8th Single

(2000)

]] thumb|220px|right|LOVE Machine (MV) LOVE Machine (LOVEマシーン) is the seventh single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on September 9, 1999 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,760,000 copies, making it a massive hit (a #1 single in Japan) and their highest selling single.

In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD.

The single also marked the debut of the third generation member Goto Maki and the departure of Ishiguro Aya.

This is the only Morning Musume single that stayed 3 weeks in a row on the #1 position on the Oricon chart. "LOVE Machine" ranked as the #7 single for 1999.



Original Edition

 * 1) LOVE Machine
 * 2) 21seiki (21世紀; 21st Century)
 * 3) LOVE Machine (Instrumental)

Re-released Edition

 * 1) LOVE Machine
 * 2) 21seiki
 * 3) LOVE Machine (Instrumental)
 * 4) LOVE Machine (Early Unison Version)

A side:

 * 1) LOVE Machine
 * 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 Tracklist

 * 1) LOVE Machine

Featured Members

 * 1st gen: Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya (last single), Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi
 * 2nd gen: Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ichii Sayaka
 * 3rd gen (Debut Single): Goto Maki

TV performances

 * 1999-09-05 ASAYAN
 * 1999-09-09 Utaban
 * 1999-09-10 Music Station
 * 1999-09-19 ASAYAN
 * 1999-09-30 Utaban
 * 1999-10-08 Music Station
 * 1999-12-23 Utaban
 * 1999-12-24 Music Station
 * 1999-12-31 50th Kouhaku Uta Gassen
 * 2000-08-20 Hello! Morning Episode 020 (Hello! Morning Version)
 * 2000-09-03 Hello! Morning Episode 022 (Last Phrase Karaoke)
 * 2000-12-31 51th Kouhaku Uta Gassen (part of a medley)
 * 2004-02-14 PopJam Live Special in Makuhari Messe (by Matsuura Aya, Goto Maki and ZONE)
 * 2005-12-31 56th Kouhaku Uta Gassen (as Yume Morning Musume)
 * 2006-07-15 MUSIC FAIR 21

Concert Performances

 * 1) LOVE Machine
 * 2) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 "15nin de NON STOP!"
 * 3) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Haru ~SEXY 8 Beat~ -as part of a medley
 * 4) *Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2013 Fuyu ~Viva!~ - Abe Natsumi with Morning Musume

Song Information

 * 1) LOVE Machine
 * 2) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 3) *Arrangement: DANCE☆MAN
 * 4) 21seki
 * 5) *Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
 * 6) *Arrangement: Suzuki Shunsuke
 * 7) *Strings Arrangement: Murakami Tatsuya

Oricon Rank and Sales

 * Total time in the Oricon Top 100: 31 weeks.
 * Total sales: 1,760,000

Trivia

 * This is the third Morning Musume single with an English name. The first one being Morning Coffee and the second being Summer Night Town
 * 1st Generation member Abe Natsumi gives a comment about the single on Youtube.
 * This is the seventh single where Nakazawa Yuko was leader of Morning Musume.
 * This is the highest selling single in all of Hello! Project.
 * A Korean version of this song, titled "Dream Girl", was recorded by After School for Tokyo Girls, a series which documented the Hello! Project Korea Auditions.
 * It is one of twelve music videos of a single that has reached over one million views on Morning Musume's official YouTube channel.
 * Coincidentally, the way the members are set up for the jacket cover ended up being in order of graduation. Going from top to bottom, right to left, with Ishiguro being top-right and Yaguchi being bottom-left.