Ai no Tane

00_Ai_no_Tane.jpg from album First Time'''

Released November 3, 1997 Genre J-Pop

Format CD Single

Recorded 1997

Label Uraneba Records

Producer Tsunku

Morning Musume Singles Chronology

Next: Morning Coffee 1st Single (1998)]] Ai no Tane (愛の種 ; Seeds of Love) 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 30.

This song also appears on Morning Coffee, the Morning Musume debut single that was released a couple months later, on their first album First Time, and on their album Best! Morning Musume 1. The instrumental version of this song appears on the Morning Musume Early Single Box.

Tracklist
thumb|220px|right|Ai no Tane (MV)
 * 1) Ai no Tane

Featured Members

 * 1st Generation: Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Ishiguro Aya, Fukuda Asuka

Concert Performances

 * Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kohkaido

Song Information

 * 1) Ai no Tane
 * 2) *Lyrics: Saeki Kenzo
 * 3) *Composer, Arrangement, and Chorus: Sakurai Tetsutarou
 * 4) *Drums: Yuji Sen Yoko
 * 5) *Base: Masahiko Rokukawa
 * 6) *Guitars: Tsuchiya Kiyoshi
 * 7) *Keyboards: Shin Kouno

Trivia

 * It has the lowest amount of views out of all the music videos on Morning Musume's official YouTube channel.