Ai no Bakayarou (愛のバカやろう; Lovefool) is Goto Maki's first single. It was released on March 28, 2001 on the Zetima label. It was released while Goto was still a member of the group Morning Musume.
This is Goto's highest selling single. The single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for nine weeks, selling 434,790 copies. It also reached #37 on the yearly Oricon charts for 2001.
Tracklist[]
- Ai no Bakayarou
- Ai no Bakayarou ~trance trip version~
- Ai no Bakayarou (instrumental)
Single Information[]
- Ai no Bakayarou
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
- trance trip version Arrangement: Uesugi Hiroshi
- Dance Choreographer: Natsu Mayumi
Performances[]
TV Performances[]
- [2001.03.16] Music Station
- [2001.03.23] FUN
- [2001.03.25] Asayan
- [2001.03.31] MuSix!
- [2001.03.29] Tokuban
- [2001.03.31] Morning Musume Kinkyū Tokuban Nakazawa Yuko SP (モーニング娘。 緊急特番 中澤ゆうこSP)
- [2001.03.31] MuSix!
- [2001.04.01] Hello! Morning #51
- [2001.04.01] TV Asahi Special Program
- [2001.04.01] MuSix!
- [2001.04.02] HEY!HEY!HEY MUSIC AWARDSⅤ
- [2003.04.07] CDTV
- [2001.04.08] MuSix!
- [2001.04.11] Uta no Daijiten
- [2001.04.14] PopJam
- [2001.06.03] Hello! Morning #60
- [2003.12.31] CDTV
- [2006.09.15] Hello Pro Hour #15 - Kumai Yurina
- [2020.09.30] TV TOKYO MUSIC FESTIVAL
Concert Performances[]
- Hello! Project Dai Undoukai
- Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
- Hello! Project 2001 TOGETHER! SUMMER PARTY
- GREEN LIVE
- Goto Maki First Concert Tour 2003 Haru ~Go! Makking GOLD~
- Goto Maki Concert Tour 2003 Aki ~Sexy! Makking GOLD~
- Goto Maki Concert Tour 2004 Haru ~Makkin-iro ni Nucchae!~
- Goto Maki Concert Tour 2004 Aki ~Aa Maki no Shirabe~
- Goto Maki Concert Tour 2005 Aki ~Hatachi~
- v-u-den First Concert Tour 2005 Haru ~v-u-densetsu~ - Okada Yui
- Nochiura Natsumi Concert Tour 2005 Haru "Triangle Energy"
- Hello☆Pro on Stage! 2006 Nippon Seinenkan Kouen "Yuujou to Mahou no Trump ~Star Gakuyaura Monogatari~" - Shibata Ayumi
- Goto Maki LIVE TOUR 2007 G-EmotionII ~How to use SEXY~
- Hello! Project 2011 WINTER ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~ B kkuri Live - Kumai Yurina
- Goto Maki 25th Anniversary Live Tour 2024 ~pr∀yer~
Event Performances[]
- [2004.03.26] Fan Club Tour in Hawaii Minami no Rakuen Hawaii de Asobu Haruyasumi (ファンクラブツアー in Hawaii 南の楽園 ハワイで遊ぶ春休み)
- [2011.11.11] Morning Days Happy Holiday Tanaka Reina Fanclub Tour in Fukuoka - Tanaka Reina
- [2014.09.06] Niigaki Risa Live ~Popcorn to Uzura~ & in Okinawa - Niigaki Risa
- [2015.04.12] ℃-ute Suzuki Airi Birthday Event 2015 - Suzuki Airi
- [2017.07.02] Juice=Juice Kanazawa Tomoko Birthday Event 2017 - Kanazawa Tomoko
- [2017.11.07] Morning Musume '17 Iikubo Haruna Birthday Event - Iikubo Haruna
- [2019.08.05] Kobushi Factory Hirose Ayaka Birthday Event 2019 - Hirose Ayaka
- [2019.11.09] Morning Musume '19 Kaga Kaede Birthday Event - Kaga Kaede
- [2020.09.09] Matsunaga Riai Birthday Event 2020 - Matsunaga Riai
- [2021.11.28] Maki Goto Billboard LIVE ~Reply~
- [2021.12.11] M-line Special 2021 ~Make a Wish!~ at Zepp Tokyo - Natsuyaki Miyabi
- [2021.12.16] Juice=Juice Uemura Akari Birthday Event 2021 - Uemura Akari
- [2022.12.25] Suzuki Ami Goto Maki X'mas Live & Talk 2022
- [2023.03.12] Fujimoto Miki 20 Shuunen Kinen! Dai Kansha Live! ~Mikitty Idol Yarimasu! Haru no Dai Shuukai! ~Ashita kara 21 Shuunen~ - with Fujimoto Miki
- [2024.02.04] Goto Maki LIVE&TALK 2024 ~Macaron Wagon~
Oricon Chart Positions[]
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 268,330 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 57,750 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 34,200 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 27,340 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 17,050 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 16,510 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 6,430 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | 4,070 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 81 | 3,110 |
Total Reported Sales: 434,790
Trivia[]
- With this single, Goto Maki has the third highest selling debut single in all of Hello! Project, excluding shuffle units.
- With this single, Goto Maki has the second highest first week sales for a debut single in all of Hello! Project, excluding shuffle units.
- With this single, Goto Maki is the third Hello! Project act to have their debut single rank #1 on the weekly Oricon charts.
Videos[]
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- Discography: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Lyrics: Ai no Bakayarou, Ai no Bakayarou ~trance trip version~
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