Love Potion (song)

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"Love Potion"
Alisa Mizuki - Love Potion.jpg
Single by Alisa Mizuki
from the album History: Alisa Mizuki Complete Single Collection
ReleasedAugust 21, 2002
Genre Pop
Length4:12
Label Avex Tune
Songwriter(s) Takeshi Aida, Steve Kipner, David Frank, Pamela Sheyne
Producer(s) Takao Konishi
Alisa Mizuki singles chronology
"Vacation"
(2002)
"Love Potion"
(2002)
"Shout It Out"
(2003)

"Love Potion" is the twenty-first single by Japanese recording artist Alisa Mizuki. It was released on August 21, 2002, as the fifth single from Mizuki's fourth compilation album History: Alisa Mizuki Complete Single Collection . The title track is a Japanese-language cover Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" (1998). The Japanese lyrics were written by Takeshi Aida (相田毅). The song served as theme song for the fourth and final season of the Fuji TV drama Nurse no Oshigoto.

Contents

The A-side and theme song for the drama was initially announced to be a cover of Madonna's "Crazy for You" (1985), however "Genie in a Bottle" ended up being the song Mizuki covered for the drama. [1] The said cover of "Crazy for You" subsequently went unreleased.

"Love Potion" is Mizuki's second single to be issued in CCCD format.

Chart performance

"Love Potion" debuted on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart at number 30 with 7,260 copies sold in its first week. [2] The single charted for three weeks and has sold a total of 13,490 copies. [3] [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Love Potion"Takeshi Aida, Steve Kipner, David Frank, Pamela SheyneKipner, Frank, Sheyne Takao Konishi 4:12
2."Sympathy"Ryō Mama Kazuhiro Hara Hara4:00
3."Love Potion (Instrumental)" Kipner, Frank, SheyneKonishi4:12
4."Sympathy (Instrumental)" HaraHara4:00
Total length:16:35

Charts and sales

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Sales
Oricon Weekly Singles [2] 3013,490 [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 2002年09月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 2011-08-09.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. Love Potion/観月ありさ (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 2011-08-09.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. 1 2 ヴィジョンファクトリー(旧ライジング)@売上データ補完スレ (in Japanese). 2004-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-08-09.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)