"White Love"
Single by Speed
from the album Rise
B-side"Namaiki"
ReleasedOctober 15, 1997 (1997-10-15)
GenreJ-pop
LabelToy's Factory[1]
Songwriter(s)Hiromasa Ijichi
Speed singles chronology
""Wake Me Up!""
(1997)		 "White Love"
(1997)		 "My Graduation"
(1998)

"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]

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.

[1]
No.TitleLength
1."White Love" 
2."Namaiki" ((ナマイキ)) 
3."White Love" (Instrumental) 
4."Namaiki" (Instrumental) 

Weekly charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Japan Singles Chart (Oricon)[3] 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WHITE LOVE". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  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. 1 2 "Japan #1 DISKS by Oricon Hot Singles". hbr3.sakura.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  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. ↑ "歴代シングルランキング TOP246". musictvprogram.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ BABYMETAL – White Love (English Captions Intro), Babymetal.net, posted on October 20, 2014
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