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Not-for-sale mouse pad distributed at the time of the release of "Koi no Dance Site"

Koi no Dance Site (恋のダンスサイト; Love's Dance Site) is Morning Musume's eighth single. It was released January 26, 2000 as an 8cm CD. First press came with a sticker. It sold a total of 1,229,970 copies, making it their second highest selling single and a number-two hit on the Oricon charts. The single was later released on vinyl, as a promotional vinyl, and on VHS.

In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Morning Musume Early Single Box, a limited edition box set containing their first eight singles reissued on 12cm CDs. In 2005, the singles were released individually, and first press editions came with a photo card.

On June 18, 2022, a reissue 7inch limited edition vinyl was released, using the original master.

Tracklist[]

Original Edition[]

  1. Koi no Dance Site
  2. Koi wa Rock 'n' Roll (恋はロケンロー; Love is Rock 'n' Roll)
  3. Koi no Dance Site (Instrumental)

Re-release Edition[]

  1. Koi no Dance Site
  2. Koi wa Rock 'n' Roll
  3. Koi no Dance Site (Instrumental)
  4. Koi no Dance Site (Groove That Soul Remix)
  5. Koi no Dance Site (M.I.D. KH-R Club Mix)

Vinyl[]

  1. Koi no Dance Site (Original)
  2. Koi no Dance Site (Groove That Soul Remix)
  3. Koi no Dance Site (M.I.D KH-R Club Mix)
  4. Koi no Dance Site (PANDART SASANOOOHA Remix)

Promotional Vinyl[]

  1. Koi no Dance Site (Original)
  2. Koi no Dance Site (Groove That Soul Remix)
  3. Koi no Dance Site (M.I.D. Kh-R Club Mix)
  4. Koi no Dance Site (Pandart Sasanoooha Remix Type II)
  5. Koi no Dance Site (Bonus Bits)

VHS[]

  1. Koi no Dance Site

Featured Members[]

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Morning Musume promoting the single

Single Information[]

Koi no Dance Site
  • Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
  • Arrangement: DANCE☆MAN
  • Performed by: DANCE☆MAN & THE BANDMAN
    • Drums: HYU HYU
    • Bass: TOCA
    • Guitar: JUMP MAN
    • Guitar: BOMB
    • Keyboards: WATA-BOO
    • Percussions & Warcry: STAGE CHAKKA MAN
    • Turntable: DJ.ICHIRO
    • Meows: DANCE☆MAN
  • Chorus: Tsunku
  • Whistles: Tsunku, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ichii Sayaka
  • Dance Choreography: Natsu Mayumi
  • Music Video: Takahata Hideta[1]
Koi wa Rock n' Roll
  • Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
  • Arrangement: Yamamoto Ryuichiro
Koi no Dance Site (Groove That Soul Remix)
  • Arrangement: SATOSHI HIDAKA(GTS)
Koi no Dance Site (M.I.D KH-R Club Mix)
  • Arrangement: DJ K. HASEGAWA

Performances[]

TV Performances[]

  • [2000.01.28] Music Station
  • [2000.01.30] ASAYAN
  • [2000.01.31] HEY!HEY!HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
  • [2000.02.03] Utaban
  • [2000.02.04] FUN
  • [2000.02.11] Music Station
  • [2000.03.15] Japan Gold Disc Award
  • [2000.03.30] Utaban
  • [2000.04.03] HEY!HEY!HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
  • [2000.04.28] Utaban
  • [2000.06.02] Asia 2000 Music Festival in Thailand
  • [2000.11.26] Hello! Morning Episode #34 (Hello! Morning Remix)

Concert Performances[]

Koi no Dance Site

Oricon Chart Positions[]

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- - - - - - - 2 600,860
- - - - - - - 2 253,180
- - - - - - - 6 114,340
- - - - - - - 6 88,070
- - - - - - - 8 58,340
- - - - - - - 8 31,540
- - - - - - - 13 23,630
- - - - - - - 21 15,950
- - - - - - - 22 15,480
- - - - - - - 28 10,510
- - - - - - - 33 7,610
- - - - - - - 41 4,660
- - - - - - - 62 3,410
- - - - - - - 90 2,390

Total Reported Sales: 1,229,970

Covers[]

Trivia[]

  • This is one of the four Morning Musume singles that have sold more than 1,000,000 copies.
  • In collaboration with internet provider DreamNet a special web site was opened for a limited time for the release of the single.
  • Yaguchi Mari became known for her line "sexy beam!" and the accompanying dance move. Tsunku mentioned in an interview he had written demos of the song and played with the lyrics long before creating Morning Musume. He had intended "sexy beam" to be "oppai beam" (booby beam).
    • In Morning Musume’s 23rd single "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari", the other girls sing "Where is your sex appeal? Where is your real sexy beam? We’re still waiting to see it!", to which Yaguchi answers "What! you can’t see it? Yikes!".
  • Yaguchi Mari commented on the single for a series of YouTube videos counting up to Morning Musume's 50th single.[2]
  • Though the LP contains a track ("Koi no Dance Site (PANDART SASANOOOHA Remix)") found on neither CD release, it is also found as track #9 on Petit Best ~Ki Ao Aka~.
  • The Center for this single is Goto Maki.
  • This was Morning Musume's first single released in the 2000's.
  • This is the second Morning Musume single also without Ishiguro Aya. This is also last single before the addition of 4th generation members.
  • Koi no Dance Site was used during the dance lesson component of Morning Musume 3rd Tsuika Audition, which was used to determine the members of Morning Musume's fourth generation.
  • Used as Idol wo Sagase! opening theme.
  • Used in Sala commercial starring Abe Natsumi.

Videos[]

Morning Musume - Koi no Dance Site (MV)
Yaguchi Mari comment

References[]

External Links[]

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