The Peace!

"The Peace!"
SinglebyMorning Musume
from the album4th Ikimasshoi!
Released	July 25, 2001(2001-07-25)
Recorded	2001
Genre	J-pop electropop dance-pop
Length	21:42
Label	Zetima
Producer(s)	Tsunku
Morning Musumesingles chronology
"Ren'ai Revolution 21" (2000) "The Peace!" (2001) "Mr. Moonlight (Ai no Big Band)" (2001)
Music video
Peace!onYouTube

"The Peace!"(ザ☆ピ〜ス!,Za Pīsu!)is the twelfth single ofJ-popidol groupMorning Musumeand was released July 25, 2001. It sold a total of 682,320 copies and reached number one on theOricon Charts.This song is also a personal favorite of ex-Morning Musumemember,Rika Ishikawa,as the monologue spoken by her towards the end of the song became one of her favorite moments of being inMorning Musume.

The single version (later preserved on theBest! Morning Musume 2anthology) contains a fade-out, suggesting to the listener that the song's multiplefalse endingscontinued infinitely. The version heard on the album4th Ikimashoi!is billed as the "Complete Version" and does not fade out, instead coming to a stop several seconds beyond the single version's fadeout.

Members at the time of single

• 1st generation:Kaori Iida,Natsumi Abe
• 2nd generation:Kei Yasuda,Mari Yaguchi
• 3rd generation:Maki Goto
• 4th generation:Rika Ishikawa,Hitomi Yoshizawa,Nozomi Tsuji,Ai Kago

Track listing

All lyrics are composed byTsunku.

1. "The Peace!"(ザ☆ピース!)
2. "Dekkai Uchū ni Ai ga Aru"(でっかい vũ trụ に ái がある,"There’s Love In The Huge Universe")
3. "The Peace!" (Instrumental)
4. "Dekkai Uchū ni Ai ga Aru" (Instrumental)

Personnel

• Kaori Iida– vocals
• Natsumi Abe– vocals
• Kei Yasuda– vocals
• Mari Yaguchi– vocals
• Maki Goto– vocals
• Rika Ishikawa– vocals
• Hitomi Yoshizawa– vocals
• Nozomi Tsuji– vocals
• Ai Kago– vocals

The Peace!

• Dance☆Manand The Band☆Man
  • Dance☆Man – arranger, and bass
  • DJ Ichiro – turntable
  • Hyu Hyu – drums
  • Jump Man – guitar
  • Stage Chakka Man – percussion
  • Wata-Boo – keyboards
• Horns Man Brothers – horn section
  • Kubō Kawamatsu – trombone
  • Nobuyoshi Kuwano – trumpet
  • Tetsuya Tanaka – trumpet
  • Narutaka Yamanaka – saxophone
• Tsunku– chorus

Dekkai Uchū ni Ai ga Aru

• Daisuke Kawai –Hammond organ
• Hideyuki Kowamatsu – bass
• Yasubaru Nakanishi – piano
• Nobu Saitō – percussion
• Yasuo Sano – drums
• Shunsuke Suzuki – arranger and guitar

External links

• The Peace! entryat Up-Front Works Official Website