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*Music Video: Smith<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAohs4RA-0g 【GREEN ROOM#25】 チャオ ツアー初日、℃-ute MV、New Fes!II、カントリー・ガールズ 小関ボイトレ ゲストMC:橋本愛奈(チャオ ベッラ チンクエッティ)]" (in Japanese). [[GREEN ROOM]] (via ''YouTube''). 2015-10-15.</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:12, 19 December 2019
- "What is LOVE?" redirects here. For the song "What is LOVE" by Goto Maki, see Ai Kotoba (VOICE).
Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE? (笑顔の君は太陽さ / 君の代わりは居やしない / What is LOVE?; Your Smile Is the Sun / No One Can Replace You / What is LOVE?) is Morning Musume '14's 55th single and their first single adding the abbreviated year to the group name.[1] It was released on January 29, 2014 in 6 editions: 2 regular and 4 limited editions.[2] The first press for the regular editions included a trading cards of 11 kinds depending on the jackets (22 in total). The first press for all editions came with a 2-month calendar poster of 6 kinds.[3]
"Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" was the official cheer song for Team Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics. "What is LOVE?" was written to commemorate the 400th episode of NHK World show J-MELO, and it was also used as the ending theme from October 2013 to January 2014 and the opening theme from April 2014 to March 2015.[4]
The single debuted at #1 in the weekly Oricon charts, making it the first time in Morning Musume history that the group has ranked #1 in the weekly charts for 4 consecutive singles. The single sold 160,265 copies.
The Event Vs for "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa" and "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" was sold at the single release events on March 1 and March 9, 2014.
Tracklist
CD
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai
- What is LOVE?
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa <Instrumental>
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai <Instrumental>
- What is LOVE? <Instrumental>
Limited Edition A DVD
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Music Video)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Close-up Ver.)
Limited Edition B DVD
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Music Video)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Dance Shot Ver.)
Limited Edition C DVD
- What is LOVE? (Music Video)
- What is LOVE? (Dance Shot Ver.)
Limited Edition D DVD
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Dance Lecture Video)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Dance Shot Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Making Of & Offshot Video)
Event V "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa"
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Michishige Sayumi Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Fukumura Mizuki Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Ikuta Erina Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Sayashi Riho Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Suzuki Kanon Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Iikubo Haruna Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Ishida Ayumi Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Sato Masaki Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Kudo Haruka Solo Ver.)
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa (Oda Sakura Solo Ver.)
Event V "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai"
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Michishige Sayumi Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Fukumura Mizuki Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Ikuta Erina Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Sayashi Riho Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Suzuki Kanon Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Iikubo Haruna Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Ishida Ayumi Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Sato Masaki Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Kudo Haruka Solo Ver.)
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai (Oda Sakura Solo Ver.)
Featured Members
- 6th Gen: Michishige Sayumi
- 9th Gen: Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon
- 10th Gen: Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka
- 11th Gen: Oda Sakura
Single Information
- All Lyrics and Compositions: Tsunku
- All Arrangements, Programming and Keyboard: Okubo Kaoru
- All Dance Choreography: YOSHIKO
- All Chorus: Michishige Sayumi, Sayashi Riho, Tsunku
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa
- Music Video: Kamiguchi Satoshi
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai
- Music Video: Smith[5]
- What is LOVE?
- Electric Guitar: Kamada Koji
Promotion
- January 12, 2014:
- Hiroshima - Michishige Sayumi, Sayashi Riho, Iikubo Haruna, Oda Sakura[6]
- January 13, 2014:
- Aichi - Ikuta Erina (Inazawa)[7], Ishida Ayumi (Ichinomiya)[8]
- Chiba - Iikubo Haruna (Chiba)[9], Kudo Haruka (Kashiwa)[10]
- Fukuoka - Suzuki Kanon[11]
- Fukushima - Sato Masaki[12]
- Hiroshima - Sayashi Riho[13]
- Hyogo - Fukumura Mizuki[14]
- Ibaraki - Sato Masaki[15]
- Kumamoto - Suzuki Kanon[16]
- Kyoto - Ikuta Erina[17]
- Miyagi - Kudo Haruka[18]
- Niigata - Michishige Sayumi[19]
- Osaka - Sayashi Riho (Abeno Ward)[20], Oda Sakura (Tsurumi Ward)[21]
- Saitama - Ishida Ayumi[22]
- Shizuoka - Oda Sakura[23]
- Tochigi - Iikubo Haruna[24]
- Tokyo - Michishige Sayumi[25]
- Yamaguchi - Fukumura Mizuki[26]
Performances
Concert Performances
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa
- Hello! Project 2014 WINTER
- Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
- Naruchika Morning Musume '14
- Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~YAPPARI!~ (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2014 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
- Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Aki GIVE ME MORE LOVE ~Michishige Sayumi Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
- Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hallo! Fes 2018 - BEYOOOOONDS
- Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Haru ~BEST WISHES!~
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2014 ~Full Course~
- Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
- Naruchika Morning Musume '14
- Morning Musume '14 Live Concert in New York
- Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Haru ~GRADATION~
- Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Aki ~PRISM~
- Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Haru ~EMOTION IN MOTION~
- Hello! Project 2016 SUMMER ~Rainbow Carnival~
- Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Aki ~MY VISION~
- Morning Musume '16 Live Concert in Taipei
- Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2016 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
- Morning Musume '17 Concert Tour Haru ~THE INSPIRATION!~
- Morning Musume '17 Live Concert in Hong Kong
- Naruchika Morning Musume '17
- Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2017 Aki ~We are MORNING MUSUME~
- Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2018 Haru ~We are MORNING MUSUME~
- Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Haru ~BEST WISHES!~
- What is LOVE?
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Aki ~CHANCE!~
- Naruchika 2013 Fuyu Morning Musume
- Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2013 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
- Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~GOiSU MODE~
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2014 ~Full Course~
- Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
- Naruchika Morning Musume '14
- Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~KOREZO!~ (part of a medley)
- Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Aki GIVE ME MORE LOVE ~Michishige Sayumi Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
- Morning Musume '14 Live Concert in New York
- Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Haru ~GRADATION~
- Hello! Project 2015 SUMMER ~DISCOVERY~
- Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Aki ~PRISM~
- Morning Musume '16 Live Concert in Houston
- Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Haru ~EMOTION IN MOTION~
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2016
- Naruchika Morning Musume '16
- Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Aki ~MY VISION~
- Morning Musume '16 Live Concert in Taipei
- Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2016 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
- Morning Musume '17 Concert Tour Haru ~THE INSPIRATION!~ (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2017
- Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ - Eguchi Saya
- Morning Musume '17 Live Concert in Hong Kong
- Naruchika Morning Musume '17
- Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2017 Aki ~We are MORNING MUSUME~
- Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2017 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
- Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2018 Haru ~We are MORNING MUSUME~ (part of a medley)
- Morning Musume '18 Concert Tour Aki ~GET SET, GO!~
- MORNING MUSUME '18 Fall Concert Tour ~GET SET, GO!~ in Mexico City
- Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Morning Musume '19 Dinner Show "Happy Night"
- Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Haru ~BEST WISHES!~
- Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hina Fes 2019 - ANGERME, BEYOOOOONDS
- Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Aki ~KOKORO&KARADA~
- Morning Musume '19 ~KOKORO&KARADA~ at Shinjuku ReNY
TV Performances
- [2013.11.03] J-MELO (What is LOVE?)
- [2014.01.13] HEY HEY HEY SP (Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai)
- [2014.01.17] Music Dragon (Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa)
- [2014.01.23] Music Japan (What is LOVE?)
- [2014.01.23] The Girls Live (Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa)
- [2014.01.30] The Girls Live (Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai / What is LOVE?)
- [2014.01.31] Music Station (What is LOVE?)
- [2014.02.03] Sound Room (Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai)
- [2014.02.11] Sukkiri (Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai)
Event Performances
- [2019.08.10] ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL (What is LOVE?)
Chart Positions and Achievements
Oricon Chart Positions
- Daily & Weekly Ranking
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | 1 119,442 |
4 | 3 4,486 |
1 8,089 |
5 | 1 6,343 |
1 | 149,361 |
7 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 2 2,499 |
16 | 7,890 |
36 | 46 | 45 | 39 | 34 | 48 | 45 | 40 | 1,711 |
46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 838 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 155 | 465 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 195 | 290 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 | 243 |
- Monthly Rankings
Year | Month | Month Rank | Sales | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | January | 3 | 149,361 | [27] |
- Yearly Ranking
Year | Year Rank | Sales | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | 42 | 160,798 | [28] |
Total reported sales: 160,768
Other Chart Rankings
Country | Chart | Highest Position |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Japan | Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay | 63 | [29] |
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay | 36 | [30] | |
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales | 1 | [31] | |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 4 | [32] | |
COUNT DOWN TV | 1 | ||
Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales Year End 2014 | 68 | [33] | |
United States | US J-Pop Albums iTunes Charts | 2 | [34] |
Certifications
Year | Awarder | Award / Certification |
---|---|---|
2014 | Recording Industry Association of Japan | Gold |
Achievements
- Group: 4th consecutive single to debut at #1 in the Weekly Oricon rankings
- Group: 1st single to rank #1 on the Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales.
- Group: 6th single in a row to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
- Group: What is LOVE? - 22nd Music Video to reach 1,000,000 views on YouTube
- Group: Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai - 23rd Music Video to reach 1,000,000 views on YouTube
- Group: Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa - 24th Music Video to reach 1,000,000 views on YouTube
- National: First female group to release 55 singles.
- National: First female group to have 55 singles debut in the Oricon Weekly Top 10.
Trivia
- This was Morning Musume's first triple A-side single, and their first major single to not have any B-sides.
- Various billboards were put up to promote "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai".
- "What is LOVE?" is the first Morning Musume music video entirely made of concert footage.
- This was the first time concert footage was used in a Morning Musume music video since "Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookizo!~" in 2005.
- This was their last single to be released in January until the release of KOKORO&KARADA / LOVEpedia / Ningen Kankei No way way six years later in January 2020.
- In the January 5, 2014 episode of J-MELO, Sayashi Riho and Ishida Ayumi asked for viewers to send in videos dance covers of "What is LOVE?".
- For their performance of "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" on HEY HEY HEY SP they made a different ending pose than in the music video, which Michishige, Fukumura, Sayashi, Iikubo and Ishida formed the five Olympic rings with their arms.
- This was the highest selling Hello! Project single of 2014.
- As of February 2016, this is the highest selling single for all of the featured members.
- As of February 2016, the official music videos for this single have over 1 million, 2 million, and 3 million views respectively; thus, they are 3 of 46 music videos for a single that have reached over 1,000,000 views on Morning Musume's official YouTube channel.
- A solo cover of "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" by Michishige Sayumi is included in the original soundtrack of her stage performance SAYUMINGLANDOLL ~Kibou~.
Additional Videos
References
External Links
- Official Website
- Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Lyrics: Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa, Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai, What is LOVE?