White_Love_(Speed_song)

White Love (Speed song)

White Love (Speed song)

1997 single by Speed

"White Love" is a single by Japanese girl group Speed. It was released on October 15, 1997.[1] The song marked a point in Speed's career when their style shifted from dance music to other genres, such as ballads.[2] It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.[3] It was the 10th best-selling single in Japan in 1997, with 1.164 million copies sold[4] and it has sold a total of 1.845 million copies.[5]

Quick Facts Single by Speed, from the album Rise ...

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.[6] In 2022, the J-pop duo ClariS performed a cover for their mini-album Winter Tracks.

Track listing

All songs are written by Hiromasa Ijichi; all music is arranged by Yasutaka Mizushima.

More information No., Title ...

Weekly charts

More information Chart (1997), Peak position ...

References

  1. [1]
    "WHITE LOVE". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. [2]
    『わたしたち、もっとビッグになります』--快進撃Speedに特別インタビュー. Nikkei Entertainment (in Japanese). December 22, 1998. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Japan #1 DISKS by Oricon Hot Singles". hbr3.sakura.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "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.
  5. [5]
    "歴代シングルランキング TOP246". musictvprogram.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  6. [6]
    BABYMETAL – White Love (English Captions Intro), Babymetal.net, posted on October 20, 2014
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