- "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?; You with a Smile Are My Sun / No One Can Take Your Place / What is LOVE?), the official English title being You bright smile is like the sunshine / No One Can Replace You / What is LOVE?, is Morning Musume '14's 55th single and their first single with their new name.[1] It was released on January 29, 2014 in 6 editions: 2 regular and 4 limited editions.[2] The first press for both regular editions includes 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 the 2014 Winter Olympics Japanese Team. "What is LOVE?" was the ending theme for the NHK World show J-MELO from October 2013 to January 2014 and the opening theme from April 2014 to March 2015.[1][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 V for Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa and Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai was sold at their release event 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
Concert Performances
- Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa
- Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~GOiSU MODE~
- Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~DE-HA MiX~
- Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
- Naruchika Morning Musume '14
- Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~YAPPARI!~ (as 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~
- Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai
- Hello! Project Hina Fest 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~
- 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 Fest 2014 ~Full Course~
- Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~
- Naruchika Morning Musume '14
- Hello! Project 2014 SUMMER ~KOREZO!~ (as 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 Fest 2016
Single Information
For more informations please visit Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa, Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai, and What is LOVE?.
- All lyrics and composition: Tsunku
- All arrangement, programing and keyboards: Okubo Kaoru
- All Dance Choreographer: YOSHIKO
- All chorus: Michishige Sayumi, Sayashi Riho, Tsunku
- Electric Guitar: Kamada Koji ("What is LOVE?" only)
Promotion
- [2013.11.03] J-MELO (performing "What is LOVE?")
- [2014.01.13] HEY HEY HEY SP (performing "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai")
- [2014.01.17] Music Dragon (performing "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa")
- [2014.01.23] Music Japan (performing "What is LOVE?")
- [2014.01.23] The Girls Live (performing "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa")
- [2014.01.30] The Girls Live (performing "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" and "What is LOVE?")
- [2014.01.31] Music Station (performing "What is LOVE?")
- [2014.02.03] Sound Room (performing "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai")
- [2014.02.11] Sukkiri (performing "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai")
- Aichi - Ikuta Erina (Inazawa)[6], Ishida Ayumi (Ichinomiya)[7]
- Chiba - Iikubo Haruna (Chiba)[8], Kudo Haruka (Kashiwa)[9]
- Fukuoka - Suzuki Kanon[10]
- Fukushima - Sato Masaki[11]
- Hiroshima - Sayashi Riho[12]
- Hyogo - Fukumura Mizuki[13]
- Ibaraki - Sato Masaki[14]
- Kumamoto - Suzuki Kanon[15]
- Kyoto - Ikuta Erina[16]
- Miyagi - Kudo Haruka[17]
- Niigata - Michishige Sayumi[18]
- Osaka - Sayashi Riho (Abeno Ward)[19], Oda Sakura (Tsurumi Ward)[20]
- Saitama - Ishida Ayumi[21]
- Shizuoka - Oda Sakura[22]
- Tochigi - Iikubo Haruna[23]
- Tokyo - Michishige Sayumi[24]
- Yamaguchi - Fukumura Mizuki[25]
Trivia
- This is Morning Musume's first triple A-side single.
- Tsunku wrote "What is LOVE?" to commemorate J-Melo's 400th episode.
- 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.
- On the January 5, 2014 episode of J-Melo, Sayashi Riho and Ishida Ayumi asked for viewers to send in videos of them dancing to "What is LOVE?".
- During the performance of "Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai" on "Hey Hey Hey Special" they made a different ending pose than in the MV. (Michishige, Fukumura, Sayashi, Iikubo and Ishida formed the 5 olympic rings with their arms at the performance).
- This is their first major single to not have any B-sides.
- As of February 2016, this is the highest selling single for all of the featured members.
- It was the highest selling Hello! Project single of 2014.
- 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.
Rankings 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 |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | January | 3[26] | 149,361 |
Total Reported Sales: 160,768
Other Chart Rankings
Country |
|
Highest Position |
Japan | Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay[27] | 63 |
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay [28] | 36 | |
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales[29] | 1 | |
Billboard Japan Hot 100[30] | 4 | |
COUNT DOWN TV | 1 | |
United States | US J-Pop Albums iTunes Charts | 2[31] |
Awards & Certifications
Year | Awarder | Award / Certification |
---|---|---|
2014 | Recording Industry Association of Japan | Gold |
Yearly End Chart Rankings
Year | Chart | Rank | Sales |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Oricon | 42 [32] | 160,798 |
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales | 68 [33] |
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.
Additional Videos
References
Notes
- ^ Both events takes place in city of Osaka.
Sources
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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?
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hello! Project Station #45". Morning Musume。 Daisuki. 2013-12-20.
- ↑ "モーニング娘。に関してのお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2013-12-06.
- ↑ "モーニング娘。'14 55th sg「笑顔の君は太陽さ/君の代わりは居やしない/What is LOVE?」購入者特典のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2013-12-26.
- ↑ http://www.nhk.or.jp/j-melo/nhkworld/english/new_song_project/index.html
- ↑ "道重さゆみ・鞘師里保・飯窪春菜・小田さくら(モーニング娘。'14)握手会(1/12 広島・上野学園ホール)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01-09
- ↑ "生田衣梨奈(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 リーフウォーク稲沢)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "石田亜佑美(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 テラスウォーク一宮店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "飯窪春菜(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 イトーヨーカドー幕張店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "工藤遥(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 新星堂カルチェ5柏店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "鈴木香音(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 リバーウォーク北九州)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "佐藤優樹(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 エスパル福島)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "鞘師里保(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 タワーレコード広島店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "譜久村聖(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 タワーレコード神戸店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "佐藤優樹(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 新星堂水戸店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01
- ↑ "鈴木香音(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 ゆめタウン八代)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "生田衣梨奈(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 タワーレコード京都店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "工藤遥(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 新星堂カルチェ5仙台店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "道重さゆみ(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 イオンモール新潟南)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01
- ↑ "鞘師里保(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 タワーレコードあべのHoop店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "小田さくら(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 イオンモール鶴見緑地)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "石田亜佑美(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 ニットーモール)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "小田さくら(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 イオンモール浜松志都呂)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "飯窪春菜(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 ララスクエア宇都宮)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "道重さゆみ(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 新星堂サンシャインシティアルパ店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ "譜久村聖(モーニング娘。'14)握手会イベント(1/13 ゆめタウン宇部店)のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Official Website. 2014-01.
- ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/m/2014-01/
- ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay&year=2014&month=02&day=10
- ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_airplay&year=2014&month=02&day=10
- ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2014&month=02&day=10
- ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2014&month=02&day=10
- ↑ http://the-w.com/thread.php/id=48981
- ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/y/2014/p/5/
- ↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2014