Osaka Koi no Uta

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Single by Morning Musume
from the album Rainbow 7

Native title

大阪恋の歌

Released

April 27, 2005

Genre

J-Pop

Format

CD, Single V, digital download

Length

11:30

Label

zetima

Producer

Tsunku

**Morning Musume Singles Chronology**
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Osaka Koi no Uta (大阪恋の歌; Osaka Love Song) is the 26th single by Morning Musume. The single was released in April 27, 2005 The single was released in both limited and regular editions; the limited coming in special packaging and with Hello! Project Photo Cards No. 0135 to 0139. The first press of the regular edition came with No. 0140. The single reached #2 on the Oricon charts and charted for five weeks, selling 57,338 copies.

This is the last Morning Musume single to feature second generation member Yaguchi Mari and fourth generation member Ishikawa Rika.

Tracklist[]

CD[]

Osaka Koi no Uta
NATURE IS GOOD!
Osaka Koi no Uta (Instrumental)

Single V[]

Osaka Koi no Uta
Osaka Koi no Uta (Dance Shot Ver.)
Making of (メイキング映像)

Limited Edition Photo Cards[]

Featured Members[]

2nd Gen: Yaguchi Mari (last)
4th Gen: Ishikawa Rika (last), Yoshizawa Hitomi
5th Gen: Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa
6th Gen: Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina

Single Information[]

Osaka Koi no Uta

Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
Arrangement, Programming, and Guitar: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
Chorus: Inaba Atsuko, Tsunku
Dance Choreography: YOSHIKO^[1]
Music Video: Takeishi Wataru

NATURE IS GOOD

Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
Arrangement, Programming, and Guitar: Takahashi Yuichi

Performances[]

TV Performances[]

[2005.04.22] Music Station
[2005.04.22] Music Fighter
[2005.04.24] Hello! Morning
[2005.04.28] Utaban
[2005.05.06] POP JAM

Concert Performances[]

Osaka Koi no Uta

NATURE IS GOOD!

Event Performances[]

Osaka Koi no Uta

[2007.03.22] Morning Musume Fanclub Tour in Hawaii 2007 - Mitsui Aika
[2010.04.12] Yoshizawa Hitomi Special Live ~25kaime no "Arigatou"~ - Yoshizawa Hitomi
[2019.12.12] BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Kiyono Momohime Birthday Event 2019 - Kiyono Momohime
[2020.01.24] Juice=Juice Uemura Akari Birthday Event in Osaka - Uemura Akari
[2024.01.26] Juice=Juice Uemura Akari Birthday Event 2024 ~Uemu Land e Yokoso!~ - Uemura Akari
[2024.09.23] Takahashi Ai Birthday Event ～Hero 38♡ ni Naru Made no Michi～ - Takahashi Ai

Oricon Chart Positions[]

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1 22,650	2 7,246	4	3 6,610	7	10	2	46,945
12	21	20	21	21	27	25	24	7,371
22	41	40	-	44	-	-	44	3,022
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114	1,096
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	155	853

Total Reported Sales: 59,287

Trivia[]

This is the first Morning Musume single to not feature any 1st generation member, and the first single to not feature Iida Kaori. This is also last single to feature Yaguchi Mari and Ishikawa Rika, and the last single before the addition of 7th generation member Kusumi Koharu.
"Osaka Koi no Uta" is sung in Osaka dialect.
4th generation member Ishikawa Rika gave a comment about the single on YouTube.
The center for this single is Takahashi Ai.
This is the first single in which Yoshizawa Hitomi was leader. It was supposed to be Yaguchi Mari's first single as leader of Morning Musume, but she resigned from Morning Musume two weeks before it was released. This led to some disparities in television appearances. Some performances were filmed in advance and included Yaguchi, while Yoshizawa performed leadership duties for all events after the single was released.
In the Morning Musume Happy 8ki Audition, "Osaka Koi no Uta" was one of the songs used in the third round and the fourth round, which now former member Mitsui Aika had to sing in front of a live audience in the latter round.
This was Morning Musume's lowest selling single until Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~.
Tsunku sang his own version of "Osaka Koi no Uta" for his album TYPE2.