White Love (Speed song)

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"White Love"
Single by Speed
from the album Rise
B-side"Namaiki"
ReleasedOctober 15, 1997 (1997-10-15)
GenreJ-pop
LabelToy's Factory[1]
Songwriter(s)Hiromasa Ijichi
Speed singles chronology
" [ja]"
(1997)
"White Love"
(1997)
" [ja]"
(1998)

"White Love" is a single by Japanese girl group Speed. It was released on October 15, 1997.[1] It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.[2] It was the 10th best-selling single in Japan in 1997, with 1.164 million copies sold[3] and it has sold a total of 1.845 million copies.[4]

In 2012, Su-metal of the kawaii metal group Babymetal performed a cover during their Legend "D" show at Akasaka Blitz, which coincided with her 15th birthday. The song was chosen because it was a hit in 1997, the year of her birth.[5]

Track listing[]

All songs are written by Hiromasa Ijichi; all music is arranged by Yasutaka Mizushima.

[1]
No.TitleLength
1."White Love" 
2."Namaiki" ((ナマイキ)) 
3."White Love" (Instrumental) 
4."Namaiki" (Instrumental) 

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Japan Singles Chart (Oricon)[2] 1

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "WHITE LOVE". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Japan #1 DISKS by Oricon Hot Singles". hbr3.sakura.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "オリコンCDシングル年間売上ランキング 1997年". amigo.lovepop.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "歴代シングルランキング TOP246". musictvprogram.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  5. ^ BABYMETAL – White Love (English Captions Intro), Babymetal.net, posted on October 20, 2014
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