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's 7th single, released on September 9, 1999 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,646,630 copies, making it a massive hit (a #1 single in Japan) and their highest selling single. In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. The single also marked the debut of the "Third Generation" member

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and the departure of

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Packaging

The original 8 cm CD release was housed in a

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-type 12 cm slimline single case instead of the then-industry CD snap-pack packaging. The case used was 7 mm thick, showing artwork through the front, and also through the spine and part of the back of the case. The CD itself was inserted upside-down, allowing the artwork on the disc itself to show through the transparent back of the case. This is one of only two 8 cm CD singles released by Morning Musume to adhere this packaging (the other being their eighth single ''

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'' (2000)).

Legacy

In 2008, a remade version of the song was released by Scott Murphy of

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in his album ''Guilty Pleasures 3''. In 2009, the song was remade into

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n girl group After School under the name "Dream Girl", and

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posted a "RIKI version" by actor

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on its official YouTube channel in celebration of the song's tenth anniversary. In 2013, Moametal of the

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group

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performed a cover during their Legend 1999 show at NHK Hall. The song was chosen because it was a hit in 1999, the year of Moametal and fellow member Yuimetal's birth. Love Machine is featured in Ubisoft's Japanese ''

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'' In 2025, the song was remade into Thai and was used as the 10th anniversary celebration song for Japan Expo Thailand 2025.

Track listing

The lyricist, composer and producer of both songs is

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. "Love Machine" was arranged by Dance☆Man, while "21seiki" was arranged by Shunsuke Suzuki.

8 cm CD

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LP

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12 cm CD

This edition was released as the 7th disc of the Early Single Box with catalogue number EPCE-5327 and as an individual release with catalog number EPCE-5319. # # # #

Members at time of single

*1st generation:

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*2nd generation:

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*3rd generation :

Personnel

LOVE Machine

* Dance☆Man - Arranger * The Band☆Man ** Hyu Hyu - Drums ** Toca - Bass ** Jump Man - Guitar ** Bomb - Guitar ** Wata-Boo - Keyboard ** Stage Chakka Man - Percussion ** D.J. Ichiro -

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- Chorus

21 Seiki

* Shunsuke Suzuki - Arranger *

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- Strings arranger

Cover versions

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with

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covered the song in English on her 2012 cover album ''

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''.

References

External links

* Entries on the Hello! Project official website
CD entry

VHS entry
on the Up-Front Works official website {{authority control Morning Musume songs Zetima Records singles 1999 singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles Songs written by Tsunku Song recordings produced by Tsunku Songs in Japanese 1999 songs Japanese synth-pop songs