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 ...

's 11th single, and was released December 13, 2000. It sold a total of 986,040 copies and peaked at number two on the

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. The lead vocals of this single are

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and

Maki Goto is a Japanese singer, lyricist, and former actress. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume as the only third generation member. Her first single with the group, " Love Machine", t ...

. This single also marks the last with

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before she graduated from

to pursue her solo career within the

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. The dance appeared in the PV and their live performance was choreographed by Natsu Mayumi.

Members at the time of single

*1st generation:

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*2nd generation:

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*3rd generation:

*4th generation:

Rika Ishikawa , is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio v-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, as ...

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Nozomi Tsuji , known professionally by her birth name (born June 17, 1987) is a Japanese media personality, singer, and blogger. In 2000, she began her career as a singer for Japanese girl band Morning Musume. Tsuji later found success with related groups ...

Ai Kago is a Japanese actress and former singer. In 2000, Kago debuted as a 4th generation member of the idol girl group Morning Musume. During her time in the group, she was also part of Mini-Moni and other Hello! Project sub-groups. In 2004, Kago depa ...

Track listing

All lyrics are composed by

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. # # # "Ren'ai Revolution 21" (Instrumental)

Personnel

– composer, background vocals * Dance☆Man – arranger (track 1) * Shunsuke Suzuki – arranger (track 2) * Masahiro Kobayashi – horn arranger (track 2)

Other versions and covers

A "13-nin (13 people)" version of the song was rerecorded by the 2002 lineup with

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Risa Niigaki is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a fifth-generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with 3 others- Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after movin ...

Makoto Ogawa is a Japanese singer and actress, best known as a former member of Japanese girl group Morning Musume. She joined the group in August 2001 along with fellow fifth generation members Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki, and Asami Konno. On March 31, 20 ...

and

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for the album '' 4th Ikimashoi!''; the original single version appears on ''

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'' and ''All Singles Complete: 10th Anniversary''; the updated version is sung by the current 2013 lineup in ''

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''. This song was covered by Taiwanese girl groups 4 in Love and Ice Creamusume, as well as Korean artist

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, and remixed by DJ Command feat. うさ＆ともみん in ''

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''. The song is also included as one of the 28 tracks in '' Just Dance Wii''. There are two version for this song is called Futomen Revolution and Ramen Revolution. These two versions are used in the Nissin's Futomen Dodo commercials.

External links

* Up-Front Works Official Website
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Morning Musume songs Zetima Records singles 2000 singles Song recordings produced by Tsunku Japanese-language songs 2000 songs Japanese synth-pop songs Electronic dance music songs Dance-pop songs Songs written by Tsunku {{Hello!Project-stub