is an EP by

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duo

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, released by Polystar on December 1, 1988. It features the duo's first No. 1 single " Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)", a Japanese-language cover of

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's "Turn It into Love". Also included in the EP are covers of

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's " Love in the First Degree" and

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's " Cross My Broken Heart", as well as a remix of the duo's debut single "

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". The EP was the duo's first release to feature songwriter

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and arranger Motoki Funayama, who would work on the duo's further recordings. The EP peaked at No. 6 on

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's albums chart and sold over 345,000 copies.

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