Love So Sweet

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"Love So Sweet"
Arashi-18-01-lovesosweet.jpg
Single by Arashi
from the album Time
B-side
  • "Itsumademo"
  • "Fight Song"
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2007 (2007-02-21)
Genre Pop
Label J Storm
Songwriter(s)
  • Spin
  • Youth Case
  • Mugen
Arashi singles chronology
"Aozora Pedal"
(2006)		"Love So Sweet"
(2007)		"We Can Make It!"
(2007)
Music video
"Love so sweet" on YouTube

"Love So Sweet" is a Japanese song, and the eighteenth single, by the Japanese boy band Arashi. The single was released in two editions: a regular edition containing a bonus secret track and karaoke versions of the songs released in the single, and a limited edition containing a bonus track entitled "Fight Song". With its lyrics written by Arashi and music composed by member Kazunari Ninomiya, it was created in 2006 as an image song for the group's variety show G no Arashi. [1]

Contents

On May 11, 2020, Japan time, it was announced via video on their Official SNS that "Love so sweet" would be added to the Reborn project, with the new version of the song to be available from 0:00 on May 15, 2020. [2]

Single information

"Love So Sweet" was used as the theme song for the drama Hana Yori Dango 2 starring the return of the cast from the prequel such as Mao Inoue and Arashi member Jun Matsumoto. The single was listed on Japan Gold Disc Award's list of The Best 10 Singles of 2008. [3] The song's music video was included in their official YouTube channel, when it opened in 2019, and later on, also a live version. The song was also included in their official pages of streaming sites Apple Music, Spotify, and the such. [4]

Chart performance

The single debuted atop the Oricon weekly chart by selling 204,493 copies in its first week. [5] "Love so sweet" had set several records for the group as it charted in the Oricon top ten rankings for five consecutive weeks, longer than any of their previous singles until it was tied by their twenty-second single "One Love", which had later charted for three additional weeks in the top ten, adding up to a total of eight weeks in the weekly top ten. In the Oricon ranking for the first half of 2007, the single sold 420,894 copies and ranked as the third highest-selling single at that point of the year. [6] The single went on to sell a total of 429,832 copies by the end of 2007, making it the fourth best-selling single of the year. [7]

The single is certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipment of 500,000 copies. [8]

Track listing

Regular edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Love So Sweet"SpinYouth CaseMugen4:50
2."Itsumademo" (いつまでも, "Forever")
Shinya TadaHa-j5:00
3."Love So Sweet" (instrumental)SpinYouth CaseMugen4:50
4."Itsumademo" (instrumental, includes hidden talk track)
  • Spin
  • Sakurai
TadaHa-j39:55
Total length:54:35
Limited edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Love So Sweet"SpinYouth CaseMugen4:50
2."Itsumademo"
  • Spin
  • Sakurai
TadaHa-j5:00
3."Fight Song" Arashi Kazunari Ninomiya Gin Kitagawa3:25
Total length:13:15

Charts and certifications

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
JapanFebruary 21, 2007 [9] CD (JACA-5053) [10]
LE CD (JACA-5052) [11] 		J Storm
South KoreaMarch 7, 2007 [12] [13] CD (SMJTCD172) [12]
LE CD [14] 		SM Entertainment
TaiwanCD (JAJSG27003) [13]
LE CD (JAJSG27003/A) [15] 		Avex Taiwan

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Love So Sweet Oricon profile". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  2. ↑ @arashi5official (May 10, 2020). "昨年12 ⽉より始動した嵐の"Reborn"企画。今回は「Love so sweet」が新しく生まれ変わり5月15日(金)にリリースされます！Next up in our series of reborn classics is "Love So Sweet!" Available this Friday! #嵐 #ARASHI" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020– via Twitter.
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