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The☆Peace! (ザ☆ピース!) is Morning Musume's 12th single. It was released July 25, 2001. It sold a total of 682,320 copies and reached number one on the Oricon Charts.

"The Peace!" ranked as the #20 single for 2001.

Tracklist[]

  1. The☆Peace!
  2. Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru (でっかい宇宙に愛がある; There's Love in This Great Big World)
  3. The☆Peace! (Instrumental)
  4. Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru (Instrumental)

Featured Members[]

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Morning Musume promoting single

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Poster

Single Information[]

The☆Peace!
  • Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
  • Arrangement: DANCE☆MAN
  • Horn Arrangement: Kawamatsu Hisayoshi
  • Chorus: Tsunku
  • Performed by: DANCE☆MAN & THE BANDMAN
    • Bass and "Myaoon": DANCE☆MAN
    • Guitar: JUMP MAN
    • Keyboards: WATA-BOO
    • Percussion: STAGE CHAKKA MAN
    • Turntable: DJ.ICHIRO
  • Horn Section: HORNS MAN BROTHERS
    • Trumpet: Kuwano Nobuyoshi, Tanaka Tetsuya
    • Trombone: Kawamatsu Hisayoshi
    • Saxophone: Yamanaka Shigetaka
  • Dance Choreography: Natsu Mayumi
  • Music Video: Takeishi Wataru
Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru
  • Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
  • Arrangement and Guitar: Suzuki Shunsuke
  • Drums: Sano Yasuo
  • Bass: Komatsu Hideyuki
  • A.Piano: Nakanishi Yasuharu
  • Hammond Organ: Kawai Daisuke
  • Percussion: Saito Nobu

Performances[]

TV Performances[]

The☆Peace!
  • [2001.07.22] Hello! Morning #67
  • [2001.07.22] MUSIX
  • [2001.07.26] Mo Taihen Deshita
  • [2001.07.27] FUN
  • [2001.07.28] Pop Jam
  • [2001.07.28] CDTV
  • [2001.07.29] MUSIX
  • [2001.08.03] Music Station
  • [2001.08.04] MUSIX
  • [2001.08.06] Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
  • [2001.08.09] Utaban
  • [2001.08.11] MUSIX
  • [2001.08.25] Pop Jam
  • [2001.08.26] MUSIX
  • [2001.09.28] Music Station
  • [2001.10.04] Utaban
  • [2001.12.28] Music Station Special Super Live
  • [2001.12.31] 52nd NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen - part of medley as Mr.MoonlightAi koso ga The☆Peace!~
  • [2001.12.31] CDTV Special Chō Gōka! Toshikoshi Live 2001-2002
  • [2002.01.06] MUSIX
  • [2002.08.17] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2003.04.02] CDTV Special 10-shuunen Cho Premier Live
  • [2003.10.03] Music Station
  • [2003.12.03] FNS Kayousai
  • [2003.12.29] SMAP×SMAP - with SMAP
  • [2003.12.31] CDTV Special Chō Gōka! Toshikoshi Live 2003-2004
  • [2004.07.24] Music Fair 21 - with Pink Lady
  • [2004.12.24] Music Station Super Live
  • [2005.05.08] Hello! Morning #258
  • [2011.07.16] Ongaku no Hi - Dream Morning Musume
  • [2012.12.31] CDTV Special Toshikoshi Premier Live 2012-2013 - Dream Morning Musume
  • [2017.06.28] TV Tokyo Music Festival
  • [2018.07.25] FNS Uta no Natsumatsuri - The☆Peace! (Updated)
  • [2018.12.31] CDTV Special Toshikoshi Premier Live 2018-2019
  • [2021.07.03] THE MUSIC DAY -Morning Musume。'21 vs AKB48-
  • [2023.06.28] TV Tokyo Music Festival Summer
  • [2023.08.19] 25-Shuunen Tokuban ~25-nen Bun no Kindan Ranking~ - Haga Akane & Yokoyama Reina
  • [2023.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION
Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru
  • [2001.08.18] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2002.08.17] 24HOUR TELEVISION - Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei & Yaguchi Mari
  • [2003.08.23] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2005.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2007.08.18] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2008.08.31] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Yaguchi Mari & Matsuura Aya
  • [2009.08.30] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Yaguchi Mari, Tsuji Nozomi & Berryz Koubou
  • [2010.08.28] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with S/mileage, AKB48, Becky & Morisanchu
  • [2011.08.20] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Dream Morning Musume
  • [2012.08.25] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, & Ogawa Makoto
  • [2013.08.24] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Dream Morning Musume
  • [2014.08.30] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Iida Kaori, Yasuda Kei, Tsuji Nozomi & Niigaki Risa
  • [2016.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2017.08.26] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2018.08.25] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2019.08.29] 24HOUR TELEVISION
  • [2022.06.06] J-MELO
  • [2023.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Tsuji Nozomi, Konno Asami & Naniwa Danshi

Concert Performances[]

The☆Peace!
See also: "The☆Peace! (Updated)" Concert Performances
Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru

Event Performances[]

The☆Peace!
Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru

Oricon Chart Positions[]

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 310,810
2 6 5 5 3 3 3 4 74,370
3 6 7 5 4 4 3 5 51,110
3 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 53,470
1 7 8 8 7 6 6 8 41,450
6 12 12 12 11 8 8 10 32,330
9 19 16 16 14 13 11 15 18,130
15 19 18 - 17 13 11 16 15,190
19 - - - - 15 12 22 9,870
13 19 - - - 15 13 21 10,090
20 - - - 18 14 18 25 6,880
11 16 - - - 12 11 24 7,550
14 - - - - 18 18 21 8,590
- - - - - - - 33 6,670
- - - - - - - 41 5,800
- - - - - - - 53 3,890
- - - - - - - 61 3,290
- - - - - - - 78 3,350
- - - - - - - 51 9,260
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 39 4,430
- - - - - - - 45 3,790
- - - - - - - 94 2,000

Total Reported Sales: 682,320

Trivia[]

  • This is the sixth Morning Musume single with an English name.
  • The Center for this single Ishikawa Rika gives a comment about the single on YouTube.
  • The song was covered by HANGRY & ANGRY.
  • An English cover was recorded by En Vogue's Cindy Braggs as "Peace!" for the album Cover Morning Musume!
  • The song was covered by Ohashi Ayaka, Hara Sayuri and Aoki Ruriko on the radio show CINDERELLA PARTY!.
  • As of July 2022, the official music video has over than 12,000,000 views on Morning Musume's official YouTube channel.
  • The☆Peace! was re-arranged and performed by second half of 2013 lineup Morning Musume in The Best! ~Updated Morning Musume~.
  • This is the first single to not feature Nakazawa Yuko.
  • This is the first single where Iida Kaori was leader of Morning Musume.
  • This is also last single before the addition of 5th generation members.
  • The☆Peace! has become associated with Election Day in Japan, part of the lyrics also trending on twitter with most of the netizens tweeting 'eating out after one has voted'.[1]
  • Tsunku said in his childhood, there was a younger neighbor boy who was dressed nicely, looking really happy. When Tsunku asked him what’s up, the boy replied, “I’m going with my dad to vote, then we’re gonna eat in a restaurant!” That’s where that “The Peace” lyric comes from.[2]
  • In February 2024, The Peace! became the song for Qoo fruit drink's 25th anniversary campaign. Tsunku himself reworked the lyrics to better fit the concept of drinking juice, and former members Abe Natsumi and Ishikawa Rika promoted the campaign.[3]

Videos[]

Morning Musume - The☆Peace! (MV)

References[]

External Links[]

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