Love (Kis-My-Ft2 song)
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| "Love" | ||||
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| Single by Kis-My-Ft2 | ||||
| from the album Best of Kis-My-Ft2 | ||||
| B-side | "Because I Love You" | |||
| Released | July 11, 2018 (Japan) | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Love" on YouTube "Because I Love You" (Dance Edition) on YouTube | ||||
"Love" is the 21st single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on July 11, 2018, by Avex Trax.[1]
The theme of this album is “Marugoto Love Song" (The whole thing is a love song.), and each song in the album is a song about love in its various forms.[2]
It was released in three forms: First edition, A/B, and Regular disc. The DVD of the first edition A includes the music video for "Love" and "Kis-My-Ft2's Funny Sports Championship." In contrast, the DVD of the first edition B consists of the music video for "Because I Love You," and the DVD of "Ura Yummy! (Moments of Another Kis-Matsu-So)" will be included. The regular edition includes three-unit songs. This is the first time a unit song has been included on a single in two years.[2]
"Love" is a commercial song for Kowa's "Unakowa Cool," in which the members appear.[3]"Because I Love You” is a commercial song for Daiichi Kosho Company's "Live Dam Stadium," and is an emotional ballad about her painful feelings of being too young to love as a student. The music video “Dance Edition” features dance.[4]
"Love" and "Because I Love You" made their television premieres on the July 7, 2018, broadcasts of Nippon TV's "The Music Day: The Song You Want to Tell" and TBS Television (Japan)'s "Count Down TV" on the same day, respectively.
Chart performance
The song reached No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Chart dated July 23, 2018. This was their 21st consecutive No. 1 ranking since their debut single “Everybody Go”.[5] The single also topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[6]
The special single "You & Me" released on April 25, 2018, was sold exclusively on Seven Net, so it is not counted in the Oricon count. CD first-week sales: 175,655 (Oricon total). By December 9, 2018, the album had sold a total of 197,737 copies and ranked 33rd on the 2018 annual Oricon Album Ranking.[7]