is the eighth single of the

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Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an ...

, released on January 26, 2000 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,229,970 copies making it their second highest selling single and a number-two hit on the

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. In 2004, it was re-released as part of the

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and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. The song also makes an appearance in the Japanese

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. "Koi no Dance Site" is the source of "Sexy Beam", which became a catchphrase for

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and went on to be referenced in anime and games such as

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. It is the only Morning Musume single to date to feature group members contributing to the instrumental backing track, as several of the members can be heard blowing police whistles during the song's choruses and closing moments.

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 itself was 7 mm thick, showing the artwork through the front, as well as through the spine and part of the back of the case. The CD itself was inserted upside down, allowing the artwork of 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 seventh single '' Love Machine'' (1999)).

Track listing

8 cm CD

# – 4:29 # – 5:08 # – 4:25

LP

# – 4:29 # – 8:07 # – 5:38 # – 6:49

12 cm CD (''Early Single Box'' and individual release)

# # # # #

Members at time of single

*1st generation: Yuko Nakazawa, Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe *2nd generation: Kei Yasuda,

, Sayaka Ichii *3rd generation: Maki Goto

References

External links

* Entries on the Up-Front Works official websit
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Morning Musume songs Zetima Records singles 2000 singles Song recordings produced by Tsunku Japanese-language songs 2000 songs Songs about dancing {{Hello!Project-stub