Chokotto LOVE (ちょこっとLOVE; A Little Bit of Love) is the first single of the Morning Musume subgroup Petitmoni. It was released on November 25, 1999 and sold 1,123,610 copies, peaking at number one on the Oricon charts in Japan. It also charted as the #9 single at the Oricon yearly chart.
First press came with a B2-sized poster.
A VHS of the music video, titled The Video Chokotto LOVE (ザ・ビデオ ちょこっとLOVE), was released on January 19, 2000. It sold 243,597 copies.
On April 12, 2025, it was released in a 7-inch vinyl format through Tower Records.[1]
Tracklist[]
Petitmoni promoting the single
CD[]
- Chokotto LOVE
- DREAM&KISS
- Chokotto LOVE (Instrumental)
VHS[]
- Chokotto LOVE
Featured Members[]
- Yasuda Kei
- Ichii Sayaka (last)
- Goto Maki
Single Information[]
- Chokotto LOVE
- Lyrics, Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement, Other Instruments, Baritone Voice: Matsubara Ken
- Guitar: Yamasaki Jun
- Bass: Yamasaki Hiroshi
- Trumpet: Kobayashi Futoshi
- Alto & Baritone Sax: Takegami Yoshinari
- Trombone: Kitahara Masahiko from Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
- Tenor Sax: Takeno Masakuni
- Chorus: Petitmoni, Tsunku
- Additional Vocals: Matsubara Takeshi
- Dance Choreographer: Natsu Mayumi
- DREAM&KISS
- Lyrics, Composition, Chorus: Tsunku
- Arrangement, Keyboards, Programming: Konishi Takao
- Manipulator: Katsuura Go
Performances[]
TV Performances[]
- [1999.11.21] ASAYAN
- [1999.11.25] Utaban
- [1999.11.27] Pop Jam
- [1999.11.27] LOVE LOVE Aishiteru (with Kinki Kids)
- [1999.12.20] Utaban
- [1999.12.24] TV Asahi 40th Anniversary Special Program Music Station Special Super Live 99
- [2000.01.01] 24-Jikan Marugoto Live LOVE LOVE 2000
- [2000.01.02] Zenbu Marugoto Nepu Shougatsu
- [2000.01.29] Seishun Graffiti 2000
- [2000.03.15] Japan Gold Disc Award
- [2000.05.28] Hello! Morning #008
- [2000.08.06] Hello! Morning #018 (Last Phrase wo Utaccha Dame!)
- [2001.05.05] MUSIX!
Concert Performances[]
- Chokotto LOVE
- Morning Musume Summer-Autumn Event '99
- Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000
- Morning Musume Live Hatsu no Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~
- Hello! Project 2000 ~Atsumare! Summer Party~
- Dream Live Pop Revue 2000
- Hello! Project 2001 Sugoi zo! 21seiki
- Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
- Hello! Project 2001 ~TOGETHER! Summer Party!~
- Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2002 Haru "LOVE IS ALIVE!" at Saitama Super Arena
- Morning Musume LOVE IS ALIVE! 2002 Natsu at Yokohama Arena
- 2004nen Natsu First Concert Tour "W Standby! W & Berryz Koubou!"
- Hello! Project 2005 Winter All-Stars Dairanbu ~A HAPPY NEW POWER! Iida Kaori Sotsugyou Special~ - Yaguchi Mari, Kago Ai, Fujimoto Miki, Shimizu Saki, Tokunaga Chinami, Miyoshi Erika
- Country Girls Live Tour 2015 Aki Fuyu - Yamaki Risa, Inaba Manaka
- ℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2015 ~9gatsu 10ka wa ℃-ute no Hi~ - Nakajima Saki, Suzuki Airi, Okai Chisato
- Hello! Project 2016 SUMMER ~Sunshine Parade~ - Kudo Haruka, Kamikokuryo Moe, Niinuma Kisora
- Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ - Oota Haruka
- Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2017 Aki ~We are MORNING MUSUME~ - Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka, Haga Akane
- Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 SUMMER
- Morning Musume '23 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT TOUR ~glad quarter-century~ encore - Okamura Homare, Yamazaki Mei, Sakurai Rio
- Hello! Project 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT "ALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL!" ACT I - Yasuda Kei, Ichii Sayaka, Miyamoto Karin
Event Performances[]
- [2003.11.22] Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 - Yasuda Kei
- [2005.03.12] Yasuda Kei・Inaba Atsuko・Ayaka no Higaeri Bus Ryokou - Yasuda Kei, Inaba Atsuko, Ayaka
- [2005.05.14] Yasuda Kei, Inaba Atsuko, Ayaka no 1-Paku 2-Nichi Bus Ryokou in Nagano - Yasuda Kei, Inaba Atsuko, Ayaka
- [2016.02.02] Morning Musume '16 Makino Maria Birthday Event - Makino Maria
- [2023.05.26] Hello! Project 25 Shuunen Morning Musume 2ki Yasuda Kei Yaguchi Mari Presents "2 (ni)" - Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ichii Sayaka
- [2023.09.28] Juice=Juice Kudo Yume Birthday Event 2023 - Kudo Yume
Oricon Chart Positions[]
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 287,110 |
Total Reported Sales: 1,123,610
Trivia[]
- This is the only Petitmoni single that features Ichii Sayaka.
- There are several official versions of "Chokotto LOVE": a 2001 version (with Yoshizawa Hitomi singing Ichii's part), a 2003 version (with vocals by Yoshizawa, Ogawa Makoto, and Kimura Ayaka), and a trance remix by WM Ptarmigan.
- S/mileage covered "Chokotto LOVE" for their single, Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama.
- The song was covered in English as "Petit Love" by the group smile.dk on their album Smile Paradise and the Dancemania compilation J★PARADISE. This version of the song was later licensed by Konami for use in the video game Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Plus.
- BABYMETAL's YUIMETAL performed a metal version at their LEGEND "1999" concert.
- The song was covered by Takahashi Chiaki, Imai Asami, and Hasegawa Akiko on the album THE IDOLM@STER RADIO TOP×TOP!.
- This is the highest selling non-Morning Musume single in all of Hello! Project.
- With this single, Petitmoni has the highest selling debut single in all of Hello! Project.
- With this single, Petitmoni has the highest first week sales for a debut single in all of Hello! Project.
- With this single, Petitmoni is the first Hello! Project act to have their debut single rank #1 on the weekly Oricon charts.
- "Chokotto Love" was Tsunku's favorite Petitmoni song.[2]
- The original title for the song was "Konya wa Chicken Rice".[2]
- Matsubara Takeshi was the one singing"WA-HA-HA-HA-HA" in the background of the title song.[2]
- Tsunku revealed on TV that he was only fully satisfied with 10 of the over 2,000 songs he has written. When asked to name three he chose LOVE Machine, Zurui Onna, Chokotto LOVE, and added Minimoni Jankenpyon.[3]
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ "松浦亜弥「♡桃色片想い♡」、プッチモニ「ちょこっとLOVE」、ミニモニ。「ミニモニ。ジャンケンぴょん！」初7インチ化！ 4月12日(土)『RECORD STORE DAY2025』にてTOWER RECORDSから発売決定！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2025-02-07
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hello! Project COMPLETE SINGLE BOOK Interviews: Tsunku♂
- ↑ https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/10/06/kiji/20231006s00041000608000c.html
External Links[]
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- VHS: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Lyrics: Chokotto LOVE, DREAM & KISS
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