Koi no Dance Site (恋のダンスサイト; Love's Dance Site) is Morning Musume's eight single. It was released January 26, 2000 as an 8 cm CD. 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.
In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Morning Musume Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD.
Tracklist
Koi no Dance Site (MV)
Original Edition
- Koi no Dance Site
- Koi wa Rock 'n' Roll (恋はロケンロー; Love is Rock 'n' Roll)
- Koi no Dance Site (Instrumental)
Re-release Edition
- Koi no Dance Site
- Koi wa Rock 'n' Roll
- Koi no Dance Site (Instrumental)
- Koi no Dance Site (Groove That Soul Remix)
- Koi no Dance Site (M.I.D. KH-R Club Mix)
LP
- Koi no Dance Site (Original)
- Koi no Dance Site (Groove That Soul Remix)
- Koi no Dance Site (M.I.D KH-R Club Mix)
- Koi no Dance Site (PANDART SASANOOOHA Remix)
VHS
- Koi no Dance Site
Featured Members
Morning Musume promoting single
- 1st gen: Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi
- 2nd gen: Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ichii Sayaka
- 3rd gen: Goto Maki
TV Performances
- 2000-01-28 Music Station
- 2000-02-03 Utaban
- 2000-02-11 Music Station
- 2000-08-27 Hello! Morning Episode 021 (Hello! Project 2000 Summer Concert)
- 2000-09-17 Hello! Morning Episode 024 (Last Phrase Karaoke)
Concert Performances
- Koi no Dance Site
- Morning Musume Live Hatsu no Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~
- Hello! Project 2000 ~Atsumare! Summer Party~
- Hello! Project 2001 Sugoi zo! 21seiki
- Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
- Hello! Project 2001 ~TOGETHER! Summer Party!~
- GREEN LIVE
- Hello! Project 2002 ~Kotoshi mo Sugoi zo!~
- Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2002 Haru "LOVE IS ALIVE!" at Saitama Super Arena
- Morning Musume LOVE IS ALIVE! 2002 Natsu at Yokohama Arena
- Morning Musume Otome Gumi ~Otome Chikku~ - Morning Musume Otome Gumi
- Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2004 Haru The BEST of Japan (part of a medley)
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu!!~
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Haru ~Pikappika!~
- Morning Musume Live at Japan Expo 2010
- Dream Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Haru no Mai ~Sotsugyousei DE Saikessei~ - Dream Morning Musume
- Dream Morning Musume Special LIVE 2012 Nippon Budokan ~Dai Isshou Shuumaku "Yuusha Tachi, Shuugou Seyo"~ - Dream Morning Musume
- Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2013 Fuyu ~Bravo!~ - Morning Musume with Yaguchi Mari
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2016 - Kobushi Factory, Tsubaki Factory
- Hello! Project Hina Fes 2017 - Hello! Project
- Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2018 Haru ~We are MORNING MUSUME~
- Niigaki Risa LIVE2018 ~Popcorn to Chobi-tan~ - Niigaki Risa
Single Information
- Koi no Dance Site
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: DANCE☆MAN
- 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
Trivia
- It is 1 of the 4 Morning Musume singles that have sold more than 1,000,000 of copies.
- Tsunku commented that Koi no Dance Site should be Morning Musume's greatest hit, and best selling single, because of first week sales.[verification overdue]
- 2nd Generation member Yaguchi Mari gives a comment about the single on YouTube.
- As of February 2016, the official music video is 1 of 46 music videos for a single that has reached over 1,000,000 views on Morning Musume's official YouTube channel.
- The dance style for "Koi no Dance Site" is based on African Martial Arts (アフリカン武道).[verification overdue]
- Though the L.P. contains a track ("Koi no Dance Site (PANDART SASANOOOHA Remix)") found on neither CD release, it's also found as Track 9 on Petit Best ~Ki Ao Aka~.
- An English cover was recorded by Deniece Williams as "Dance Site" for the album Cover Morning Musume!
- A cover of Koi no Dance Site is used in the 2005 Japanese Nintendo DS game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.
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
References
External Links
- Discography:
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Lyrics: Koi no Dance Site, Koi wa Rock 'n' Roll