''It's all Love!'' is a collaboration single by Japanese singer-songwriters

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. The single was originally set to be released on March 4, but was pushed back to its official release date of March 31, 2009. The single charted at No. 1 on

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, making it Kumi's third consecutive number-one single and misono's first number-one single. It stayed on the charts for eleven weeks.

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''It's all Love!'' is a collaboration single between Japanese sisters

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. It charted No. 1 on the

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s charts, becoming Kumi's third consecutive number-one single (seventh overall) and misono's first number-one single. It remained on the charts for eleven weeks. ''It's all Love!'' became the first time a sibling collaborative effort charted since 1980's ''Dancing Sisters'' album by

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. The single had been long-awaited by Japanese fans, due to both Koda sisters being musicians under the same label,

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, despite having differing musical styles. Kumi released music predominantly under the R&B and pop

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, while misono released music predominantly under the rock genre. It was released as a standard CD, a CD+DVD combo and a limited edition fan club edition. At some local Tower Records stores, the single was paired with a poster as a

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promotion. Along with the sisters' collaboration song, there were two other songs on the single, each performed solo by each sister. "faarway" was performed by Koda Kumi and "Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi x Yowagari na Kimi~" (天秤~強がりな私×弱がりな君~ / Balance ~Strong Me x Weak You~) was performed by misono. However, only "faraway" contained a corresponding music video. misono had previously released the music video for "Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi x Yowagari na Kimi~" on her single '' Kyukon ~Yaruki•Genki•Sono Ki no Nekko~/?cm,'' although the song was not included on the CD. Despite "It's all Love!" being a shared song, it was not placed on misono's corresponding

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'' Me.'' The single was certified Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies, and "It's all Love!" was certified platinum for full-length cellphone downloads.

Packaging

''It's all Love!'' was released in three editions: a standard CD, a CD+DVD combo and a limited fan club edition. The CD for the standard and combination editions featured the title track, the coupling tracks "faraway" and "Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi x Yowagari na Kimi~", along with the corresponding instrumentals for each song. The DVD housed music videos for "It's all Love!" and "faraway", along with the behind-the-scenes making video of "faraway". The fan club edition carried the collaborative track and its instrumental, along with differing

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Promotional Advertisements

"It's all Love!" was used as the ending theme to

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's ''Sukkiri!! (スッキリ!! / Refreshed!!)''. "faraway" was used as the theme for the film Subaru (昴), to which fellow label-mates TVXQ (Tohoshinki) performed the song "

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" in the film's bar scene. The movie is named after the ballerina lead named Subaru. It was released on March 20, 2009.

Live performances

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Haru Special – It's all Love!, faraway # 06/04: Live Tour 2009 ~Trick~- It's all Love!

Track list

Standard Edition

Playroom Edition

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Various charts

References

External links

Kumi Koda's official website
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