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LOVE Machine (LOVEマシーン) is Morning Musume's seventh single. It was released on September 9, 1999 as an 8cm CD. It sold a total of 1,646,630 copies, making it a massive hit (a #1 single in Japan) and their highest selling single overall. "LOVE Machine" ranked as the #7 single for 1999. The VHS for the single was released on October 14, 1999, and the vinyl on October 6, 1999.

This single was the first to feature third generation member Goto Maki and the last to feature first generation member Ishiguro Aya.

In 2004, it was re-released as part of 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 be released, using the original master.

Tracklist[]

Original Edition[]

  1. LOVE Machine
  2. 21seiki (21世紀; 21st Century)
  3. LOVE Machine (Instrumental)

Re-release Edition[]

  1. LOVE Machine
  2. 21seiki
  3. LOVE Machine (Instrumental)
  4. LOVE Machine (Early Unison Version)

LP Tracklist[]

Side A[]

  1. LOVE Machine
  2. LOVE Machine (Instrumental)

Side B[]

  1. LOVE Machine ~analog remix~
  2. LOVE Machine ~analog remix~ (Instrumental)
  3. Secret Track (シークレットトラック)

VHS Tracklist[]

  1. LOVE Machine (MV)

Featured Members[]

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Morning Musume promoting the single

Single Information[]

LOVE Machine
  • Lyrics, Composition & Chorus: Tsunku
  • Arrangement: DANCE☆MAN
  • Performed by: DANCE☆MAN & THE BANDMAN
    • Drums: HYU HYU
    • Bass: TOCA
    • Guitar: JUMP MAN
    • Guitar: BOMB
    • Keyboards: WATA-BOO
    • Percussions & Roar: STAGE CHAKKA MAN
    • Turntable: DJ.ICHIRO
  • Dance Choreography: Natsu Mayumi
  • Music Video: Takahata Hideta[1]
21seiki

Performances[]

TV Performances[]

  • [1999.09.05] ASAYAN
  • [1999.09.09] Utaban
  • [1999.09.10] Music Station
  • [1999.09.13] HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ
  • [1999.09.17] FUN
  • [1999.09.18] POPJAM
  • [1999.09.19] ASAYAN
  • [1999.09.30] Utaban
  • [1999.10.08] Music Station
  • [1999.12.19] All-Star Chushingura Festival - Kimono Version[2]
  • [1999.12.20] HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ
  • [1999.12.20] SMAP×SMAP - with SMAP[3]
  • [1999.12.23] Utaban
  • [1999.12.24] TV Asahi 40th Anniversary Special Program Music Station Special Super Live 99[4]
  • [1999.12.25] POPJAM
  • [1999.12.31] 50th Kouhaku Uta Gassen
  • [2000.03.15] Japan Gold Disc Award[5][6]
  • [2000.08.20] Hello! Morning (Episode #20)[7] - with Hello! Project members
  • [2000.08.20] 24HOUR TELEVISION - Sign Language Version[8]
  • [2000.12.31] 51st Kouhaku Uta Gassen - part of a medley
  • [2001.08.25] Pop Jam[9]
  • [2003.10.04] Mechax2 Iketeru! Shiritsu Okamura Joshikōtō Gakkō
  • [2003.12.29] SMAP×SMAP - with SMAP
  • [2004.02.14] Pop Jam Live Special in Makuhari Messe - Goto Maki, Matsuura Aya, ZONE, Tsunku, Makoto, Hanawa, Dandy Sakano, Tetsu and Tomo & Yuka[10]
  • [2004.07.24] MUSIC FAIR 21 - part of a medley with Pink Lady
  • [2004.09.27] HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ
  • [2005.12.31] 56th Kouhaku Uta Gassen - with Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Goto Maki, Ishikawa Rika, W & Hello! Project Kids[11]
  • [2006.07.15] MUSIC FAIR 21
  • [2007.12.11] NTV Best Artist 2007 - with Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi & Konno Asami[12]
  • [2007.12.31] 58th Kouhaku Uta Gassen - with Berryz Koubou, ℃-ute & Hello Pro Egg[13]
  • [2009.07.26] FNS 26 Hours TV - with Nakazawa Yuko, Yasuda Kei, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto
  • [2011.07.16] Ongaku no Hi - Dream Morning Musume
  • [2011.07.25] HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ - Dream Morning Musume (part of a medley)
  • [2012.01.01] CDTV Premier Live - Dream Morning Musume
  • [2012.02.24] Music Station - Dream Morning Musume
  • [2012.08.02] Odaiba Mezamashi Live 2012
  • [2013.07.31] FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri 2013[14]
  • [2014.04.xx] Bokura no Ongaku
  • [2014.06.26] TV Tokyo Music Festival - Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Goto Maki, Ishikawa Rika & Yoshizawa Hitomi[15]
  • [2015.09.28] Matsuko to Matsuko - Ren'ai Revolution 21 (updated) with Matsukodroid
  • [2015.12.16] FNS Kayousai 2015 - with ℃-ute, ANGERME, AKB48 (part of a medley)
  • [2016.07.02] THE MUSIC DAY - LOVE Machine (updated)[16]
  • [2017.11.28] NTV Best Artist 2017 - with Sexy Zone[17]
  • [2018.08.25] 24HOUR TELEVISION - Iida Kaori, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tanaka Reina
  • [2018.12.29] MBS FREE STUDIO - LOVE Machine (updated)[18]
  • [2019.03.05] Utacon[19]
  • [2019.10.26] SONGS OF TOKYO FESTIVAL - LOVE Machine (updated)[20]
  • [2021.07.03] THE MUSIC DAY -Morning Musume。'21 vs AKB48-[21]
  • [2022.06.01] Da-iCE music Lab - with Da-iCE[22]
  • [2023.01.24] Utacon
  • [2023.07.23] FNS Oni Renchan Kayousai - with Hoikenta
  • [2023.08.18] Nakai Masahiro no Kinyoubi no Smile-tachi e
  • [2023.08.19] 25-Shuunen Tokuban ~25-nen Bun no Kindan Ranking~ - Oda Sakura, Haga Akane
  • [2023.08.26] 24HOUR TELEVISION - Goto Maki with Matsumoto Akiko, Tomochika, Hanamura Sota, Ohara Sakurako & Ourin
  • [2023.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION

Concert Performances[]

LOVE Machine
21seiki

Event Performances[]

Oricon Chart Positions[]

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- - - - - - - 1 241,540
- - - - - - - 1 201,670
- - - - - - - 1 191,320
- - - - - - - 4 101,350
- - - - - - - 2 81,340
- - - - - - - 2 91,850
- - - - - - - 5 68,410
- - - - - - - 4 72,860
- - - - - - - 4 69,840
- - - - - - - 8 47,650
- - - - - - - 7 39,540
- - - - - - - 12 46,350
- - - - - - - 12 36,720
- - - - - - - 12 42,470
- - - - - - - 12 34,910
- - - - - - - 10 41,380
- - - - - - - 8 89,980
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 8 31,780
- - - - - - - 17 27,580
- - - - - - - 27 22,610
- - - - - - - 36 14,580
- - - - - - - 37 10,930
- - - - - - - 46 5,830
- - - - - - - 47 7,470
- - - - - - - 37 7,290
- - - - - - - 48 5,230
- - - - - - - 55 3,650
- - - - - - - 52 4,010
- - - - - - - 55 3,380
- - - - - - - 65 3,110

Total Reported Sales: 1,646,630
Total time in the Oricon Top 100: 31 weeks

Cover Versions & Remixes[]

Trivia[]

  • A flyer for the third Heike Michiyo & Morning Musume Protegee Audition was included with the original release.
  • There are two versions of the music video: an edit and a full version (-FULL VER.-). The longer version (available on the VHS only) has an intro and an outro; the intro starts with builders removing the poster for their second album, replacing it with the poster for this single. The outro shows Maki Goto giving a guy in a record store, who is listening to their CD, a wink. There is also a Studio Version which aired on TV, showing the recording sessions from ASAYAN.
  • This is one of the four Morning Musume singles that sold more than 1,000,000 copies.
  • The centers for this single are Abe Natsumi, Yaguchi Mari and Goto Maki, making it the first single with more than one center.
  • This is the highest selling single in all of Hello! Project.
  • Tsunku suggested the titles "king & queen", "midnight dancer", and "made in JAPAN", before deciding LOVE Machine.
  • Tsunku has mentioned during an episode of Uchi Kuru!? that "LOVE Machine was originally an unreleased Sharam Q song with a change in arrangements.[32]
  • Coincidentally, the way the members are set up for the jacket cover ended up being in order of graduation. Going from top to bottom, right to left, with Ishiguro Aya being top-right and Yaguchi Mari being bottom-left. This is unofficially known by some fans as the "LOVE Machine Curse"
  • This is their first single that was both a graduation and debut single. This is also first single to feature 3rd generation member Goto Maki and the last single to feature Ishiguro Aya.
  • This is the only Morning Musume single that stayed 3 weeks in a row on the #1 position on the Oricon charts.
  • Track #4 in the re-release is a first version, before each member was given specific solo parts. There is no chorus, yet it has an explosive energy mostly influenced by a newly added member, Goto Maki. Comparing to the single version, you can hear unique phrases like faking during intro and “a-ha” during riff. Also, you can hear the original version of the lyrics, "Love Machine!" during the ending riff. Tsunku later took out this line by Yaguchi Mari and added it to the very end, and that’s how the dramatic ending of this song was created.[33]
  • The hidden track in the vinyl edition is a short snippet (30-60 seconds) with members' random shouts and faking from "LOVE Machine".
  • In the movie Seishun Bakachin Ryorijuku starring Goto Maki, two people sing "LOVE Machine".
  • In the movie Summer Wars, the artificial intelligence is named LOVE Machine after the song.
  • In 2017, NHK BS' Ao no Jidai Meikyoku Drama Series broadcasted a TV movie with the title "LOVE Machine". Yasuda Kei and Yaguchi Mari appeared as supporting roles.[34]
  • "LOVE Machine" appears as a song in Karaoke Revolution J-Pop Best Collection Volume 1.
  • "LOVE Machine" is one of the songs in the game Just Dance Wii U.
  • "LOVE Machine" is one of the songs in the game CR Ganso Hello! Project.
  • This is Morning Musume's last single released in the 1990's.
  • While Nakazawa Yuko said before that her favorite Morning Musume song is Kimagure Princess, her favorite MV is actually one of her own: LOVE Machine. She says the song is really what transformed the group and it showed off how charming they were, so she says that's one she really cares for.[35]
  • Abe Natsumi commented on the single for a YouTube video series counting up to Morning Musume's 50th single.[36]
  • The song was sampled in Dancing Dolls' single DD JUMP (2013).
  • Aragaki Yui has parodied this song on Asahi's Juroku Cha TV commercial.[37][38]
  • The song has been used as Listerine TV commercial jingle since 2016, however the lyrics are changed.[39]
  • Used in Hapi e-Miruden commercial.[40]
  • Morisanchu parodied this song on toto BiG commercial.[41]
  • Fukiishi Kazue parodied this song on NTT Communications commercial.[42]
  • 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.[43]

Comments[]

Comments
Tsunku commented on the single:

I almost wanted to sing this song for myself. It is such uplifting, happy dance music. I’ve created many dance songs that naturally make people want to dance, but "LOVE Machine" is definitely the best choice. It is danceable. Actually, you cannot help dancing when you hear this song.

As a producer, it may not be so appropriate to tell you this, but I thought Morning Musume was very amazing. "LOVE Machine" is a great song as a group, and that means this song can be beautifully completed thanks to the 8 members. When I watch them sing, I feel so happy and excited that I cannot help dancing. Morning Musume has been getting enough experiences in front of a large audience, and I genuinely envy them. I can close my eyes and imagine them having an awesome time. I really think they’ve become something great and amazing. They have been constantly evolving since its debut. By the 7 single, they’ve grown up to be really cool artists. I hope they will continue to grow and evolve, become cooler and sexier.

Videos[]

Morning Musume - LOVE Machine (MV)
Morning Musume - LOVE Machine (Yomiuri Land EAST Ver)

References[]

  1. http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0019721&ch=0
  2. https://www.kusuya.net/オールスター忠臣蔵まつり#2000.E5.B9.B4
  3. https://w.atwiki.jp/smasma/pages/483.html
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCwN62evz84
  5. https://www.golddisc.jp/award/14/
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RICu776PDZY
  7. https://youtu.be/JkHlR1vBFrQ?t=812
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT4A2jatYzo
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbZzBe0tgto
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-jlToFs2Ug
  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkvt2skove
  12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzPFwOVBg7E
  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfBD7GyAB_c
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qgov0lU0I8
  15. "後藤真希、電撃復帰の『テレ東音楽祭』と合わせて読みたい 著名人や評論家が語るモー娘。の魅力とは" (in Japanese). Real Sound. 2014-06-26
  16. https://ameblo.jp/morningmusume-10ki/entry-12176664610.html
  17. "モーニング娘。’17×Sexy Zone、『ベストアーティスト2017』で「LOVEマシーン」をコラボ" (in Japanese). Real Sound. 2017-11-21.
  18. https://twitter.com/freestudio_mbs/status/1078720486970773504
  19. "モーニング娘。’19が昭和のアイドル・山本リンダとコラボ 「こんなに心を引っ張られたのは初めて」" (in Japanese). Excite. 2019-03-06
  20. https://twitter.com/nhk_musicjp/status/1199160992761991169
  21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-iV7Uyfbc
  22. "6月1日放送の「Da-iCE music Lab」はゲストにモーニング娘。'22が登場!女性アイドルの本音に真っ向から切りこみ!" (in Japanese). 2022-06-09.
  23. "高橋愛&田中れいな&道重さゆみ、“モー娘。プラチナ期”OG久々集結 「夏まゆみあるある」で盛り上がる " (in Japanese). Oricon News. 2021-02-25.
  24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGDmPgT856g
  25. "アイドルKAY" (in Japanese). Tsunku.net.
  26. "元モー娘。、スコット・マーフィーの「LOVEマシーン」に感激" (in Japanese). Barks. 2008-12-12.
  27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcVMXzRNoQ
  28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfDH47b2HIY
  29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhajA_-9G5g
  30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZRQib8eyhk
  31. "LOVEマシーン/モーニング娘。(Cover)"
  32. Uchi Kuru!?. 2010-05-30.
  33. LOVEマシーン Booklet Translation.
  34. "青の時代 名曲ドラマシリーズ 「LOVEマシーン」モーニング娘。2017年3月"
  35. YouTube Interview (2020)
  36. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbYLGVwNtFI
  37. "新垣結衣、「LOVEマシーン」の替え歌を歌い踊る" (in Japanese). Barks. 2014-04-24
  38. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xNFSPNTKY
  39. "「リステリン®」、「モーニング娘。」の大ヒット曲「LOVEマシーン」のオリジナル替え歌を用いた新TVCMを9月13日(月)より放送開始" (in Japanese). PR Times. 2021-09-13
  40. "【関西電力】 はぴeみる電 CM全集 【全6種】"
  41. "2篇 toto BIG CM 森三中 「売り場」「閉幕」"
  42. "吹石一恵 : プラチナライン (200503)"
  43. https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/10/06/kiji/20231006s00041000608000c.html

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