"Love the World"
Single by Perfume
from the album Triangle
B-side"Edge"
ReleasedJuly 9, 2008
Recorded2008
Genre
Length4:35
LabelTokuma Japan Communications
Songwriter(s)Yasutaka Nakata
Producer(s)Yasutaka Nakata (中田ヤスタカ)
Perfume singles chronology
"Baby Cruising Love/Macaroni"
(2008) 		"Love the World"
(2008) 		"Dream Fighter"
(2008)
Music video
"Love the World" on YouTube

"Love the World" (stylized as "love the world") is Perfume's 7th major single. It was released on July 9, 2008 and debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, becoming the first electropop song from an electropop act to do so, Yellow Magic Orchestra's song "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun" being the previous record holder at #2, twenty-five years prior. Love the World is Perfume's best-selling single in the span of their career.[1][2]

The single's B-side, "edge", was used as background music for a KOSE Fasio commercial starring Aya Ueto.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yasutaka Nakata

CD
No.TitleLength
1."love the world"4:35
2."edge"6:31
3."love the world -Original Instrumental-"4:36
4."edge -extended mix-"8:41
Total length:24:23

[3]

DVD
No.TitleLength
1."love the world -Video Clip-"4:35

Charts

Year Chart Peak position Sales
2008 Oricon Daily Singles Chart 1 95,980
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[4] 1
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart[5] 47 136,575

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[6] Gold 100,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[7]
Ringtone 		Gold 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "テクノ史上初！Perfumeオリコン1位" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 2008-07-15. Archived from the original on 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  2. ^ "Perfume achieves technopop's first #1 single". Tokyograph.com. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  3. ^ Perfume - Love The World, 2008, retrieved 2023-11-10
  4. ^ "Perfumeがテクノアーティスト史上初のシングル首位獲得！YMO以来25年ぶりの記録更新". ORICON NEWS. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  5. ^ "Oricon Top 100 2008: Singles". JaME. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  6. ^ "Japanese single certifications – Perfume – Love the World" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2008年7月 on the drop-down menu
  7. ^ "Japanese ringtone certifications – Perfume – Love the World" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2008年12月 on the drop-down menu
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