White Love (Speed song)
"White Love" | ||||
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Single by Speed | ||||
from the album Rise | ||||
B-side | "Namaiki" | |||
Released | October 15, 1997 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Label | Toy's Factory[1] | |||
Songwriter(s) | Hiromasa Ijichi | |||
Speed singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "White Love" | |
2. | "Namaiki" ((ナマイキ)) | |
3. | "White Love" (Instrumental) | |
4. | "Namaiki" (Instrumental) |
Weekly charts[]
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Japan Singles Chart (Oricon)[2] | 1 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "WHITE LOVE". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Japan #1 DISKS by Oricon Hot Singles". hbr3.sakura.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "歴代シングルランキング TOP246". musictvprogram.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ BABYMETAL – White Love (English Captions Intro), Babymetal.net, posted on October 20, 2014
Categories:
- 1997 singles
- 1997 songs
- Japanese-language songs
- Oricon Weekly number-one singles
- Toy's Factory singles
- Speed (Japanese band) songs
- Songs with lyrics by Hiromasa Ijichi
- Songs with music by Hiromasa Ijichi
- 1990s single stubs
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