It's All Love!
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| Single by Koda Kumi & misono | |||||||||||||
| from the album Universe / Koda Kumi Me / misono | |||||||||||||
| Released | March 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Genre | J-pop, pop/rock | ||||||||||||
| Label | Rhythm Zone | ||||||||||||
| Songwriter(s) | Koda Kumi, misono | ||||||||||||
| Koda Kumi singles chronology | |||||||||||||
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"It's all Love!" is a collaboration single by Japanese singer-songwriters Koda Kumi and Koda Misono. The single was originally set to be released on March 4, 2009, but was pushed back to March 31. The single charted at #1 on Oricon, making it Kumi's third consecutive number-one single and misono's first number-one single. It stayed on the charts for eleven weeks.
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It's all Love! is a collaboration single between Japanese sisters Kumi and Misono Koda. It charted #1 on the Oricon Singles Charts charts, becoming Kumi's third consecutive number-one single (seventh overall) and misono's first number-one single. It remained on the Oricon charts for eleven weeks.[1] This was the first time since 1968 with siblings releasing a single together to chart.
The single had been long-awaited by Japanese fans, due to both Koda sisters being musicians under the same label, Avex, despite the sisters having differing musical styles.[2] Kumi released music predominantly under the R&B and pop musical genres, while misono released music predominantly under the rock genre.[3]
It was released as a standard CD, a CD+DVD combo and a limited edition fan club edition.[4] At some local Tower Records stores, the single was paired with a poster as a first-come, first-served promotion.
Along with the sisters' collaboration song, there were two other songs on the single, each performed solo by each sister: "faarway" was performed by Koda Kumi and "Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi x Yowagari na Kimi~" (天秤~強がりな私×弱がりな君~ / Balance ~Strong Me x Weak You~) was performed by misono. However, only "faraway" contained a corresponding music video. misono had previously released the music video for "Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi x Yowagari na Kimi~" on her single Kyukon ~Yaruki•Genki•Sono Ki no Nekko~/?cm, although the song was not included on the CD.[5]
Despite "It's all Love!" being a shared song, it was not placed on misono's corresponding album Me.[6]
The single was certified Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies and "It's all Love!" was certified platinum for full-length cellphone downloads.
Packaging
It's all Love! was released in three editions:
- CD: contains six musical tracks.
- CD [Fan Club Edition]: contains two musical tracks and a poster.
- CD+DVD: contains six musical tracks, two music videos and two making videos.
Promotional Advertisements
"It's all Love!" was used as the ending theme to Nippon TV's Sukkiri!! (スッキリ!! / Refreshed!!).[7]
"faraway" was used as the theme for the film Subaru (昴), to which fellow label-mates TVXQ (Tohoshinki) performed the song "Bolero" in the film's bar scene.[8] The movie is named after the ballerina lead named Subaru. It was released on March 20, 2009.
Live performances
- 03/27: Music Station Haru Special - It's all Love!, faraway
- 06/04: Live Tour 2009 ~Trick~- It's all Love!
Track list
Standard Edition
| CD | |||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
| 1. | "It's all Love! (Koda Kumi x misono)" | Koda Kumi • misono | Kenichi Maeyamada | h-wonder | |
| 2. | "faraway (Koda Kumi)" | Koda Kumi | Mitsuki Shiokawa | Mitsuki Shiokawa | |
| 3. | "Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi x Yowagari na Kimi~ (misono)" | misono | misono | Kotaro Kubota | |
| 4. | "It's all Love!" (Instrumental) | Kenichi Maeyamada | h-wonder | ||
| 5. | "faraway" (Instrumental) | Mitsuki Shiokawa | Mitsuki Shiokawa | ||
| 6. | "Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi x Yowagari na Kimi~" (Instrumental) | Misono | Kotaro Kubota | ||
| DVD | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "It's all Love!" (Music Video) | |
| 2. | "faraway" (Music Video) | |
| 3. | "faraway" (Making Video) | |
Playroom Edition
| CD: Limited Playroom Edition | |||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
| 1. | "It's all Love! (Koda Kumi x misono)" | Koda Kumi • misono | Kenichi Maeyamada | h-wonder | |
| 2. | "It's all Love!" (Instrumental) | Kenichi Maeyamada | h-wonder | ||
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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| March 31, 2009 | Oricon Daily Charts | 1 | |||
| Oricon Weekly Charts | 1 | 74,014 | 99,429 | 8 Weeks | |
| Oricon Monthly Charts | 3 | ||||
| Oricon Yearly Charts | 61 | ||||
Various charts
| Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 1 |
| RIAJ Digital Track Chart Top 100[9] | 1 |
References
- ↑ "It's all Love! / KODA KUMI x misono / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Secret Desire 2009.04". Secret Desire Blog. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- ↑ "misono/Me(misono information)Official Blog". Ameblo. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- ↑ "It's all Love! (SINGLE+DVD) /Jacket A". YesAsia. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ "球魂 〜やる気・元気・その木の根っこ〜／？ｃｍ / misono / ORICON STYLE (archives)". Oricon Archives. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Me (ALBUM+DVD)(Japan Version) CD". YesAsia. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Koda X misono Sister Collabo!". HMV Japan. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Music for the film "Subaru"". Warner Bros. Japan. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ レコード協会調べ 2009年04月01日～2009年04月7日 ＜略称：レコ協チャート（「着うたフル(R)」）＞ Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine.