Respect the Power of Love

Infobox Single
Name = Respect the Power of Love


Artist = Namie Amuro
from Album = Genius 2000
B-side =
Released = March 17, 1999
Format = CD Single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = Avex Trax
Writer = Tetsuya Komuro
Producer = Tetsuya Komuro
Certification =
Last single = "I Have Never Seen"
(1998)
This single = "Respect the Power of Love"
(1999)
Next single = "Toi et Moi"
(1999)
Misc =

"Respect the Power of Love" is Namie Amuro's 12th single on the Avex Trax label. Her second single to be released after her hiatus, this single would be her first single since "Body Feels Exit" to fail to debut on the weekly charts at #1. The single was released on the same day that Amuro's mother was brutally murdered by her brother-in-law. Amuro cancelled promotion for this single and flew to Okinawa to identify her mother's body.

Commercial tie-in

Respect the Power of Love was used in Kose Visee commercial featuring Namie herself. [ [http://www.twlovena.com/CF/KOSE.htm Screencaps of Namie's KOSE CMs] TW Lovena, a taiwanese fansite about Namie Amuro, (CM ~CF~ section)]

Charts

The single opened at #2 with 200,610 copies sold in its first week, it sold about 500,000 units and charted for 10 weeks. [ [http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2959342&highlight=#2959342 Respect the Power of Love trajectory] Jpopmusic forum (The Oricon ressources and archives thread)] It was the 43th best-selling single of 1999. [ [http://homepage1.nifty.com/shislabo/nenkan/nenkan.htm 1999 TOP 100: SINGLES] ]

Track listing

# "Respect the Power of Love - Straight Run" – 4:21
# "Respect the Power of Love - NYC Uptown remix" – 4:01
# "Respect the Power of Love - Instrumental" – 4:17

Personnel

* Namie Amuro – vocals

Production

* Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
* Additionally Production – Rob Arbittier & Gary Adante
* Mixing – Eddie Delena
* Remixing – Roland Clark

TV performances

* March 12, 1999 – Music Station
* March 15, 1999 – Hey! Hey! Hey!
* March 23, 1999 – Utaban
* March 27, 1999 – Pop Jam
* March 29, 1999 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Awards III
* April 02, 1999 – Music Station Special
* December 27, 1999 – SMAPxSMAP
* December 31, 1999 – 50th Kōhaku Uta Gassen

References