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Wikipedia article




"'World! Wide! Love!'" is the 33rd physical single and 34th single overall by Japanese singer-songwriter Hitomi and was released on May 20, 2009 by Avex Trax.[http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/816593/1/ World! Wide! Love! @ Oricon] "World! Wide! Love!" is the second single from, and is set to appear on, Hitomi's ninth studio album, "Love Life 2".[http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-23867 Pre-Order Page for "Love Life 2"]

Background



While there were many rumors that Hitomi was going to retire, they were quickly disbanded when her 34th single, "Sagashi Tsuduketeta Mono/World! Wide! Love!", a double a-side featuring a "pop ballad", was announced to be released on January 28, 2009. However, this single was soon cancelled for unknown reasons.[http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-31506 Cancelled Single Release Pre-Order Page @ CDJapan] Not long after, another single release, tentatively titled, "Birth", was soon scheduled on online stores to release a month later, on February 18, 2009, in both a CD-only and CD+DVD edition. Once again, however, this single release was cancelled for unknown reasons.[http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-23684 Cancelled Single "Birth" @ CDJapan] Finally, however, her ninth studio album, then untitled, was confirmed by online retailers and Hitomi's official website. Soon after, "World! Wide! Love!" was announced.[http://www.hitomilove.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=271&sid=e0487e32a551eb85a7bf2336b986b8d4 Hitomi "W!W!L!" discussion] The title track was used in skincare product "Easuterinie" commercials, and was also a tie-in song for the "Bee TV" series in Japan.[http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-23867 Love Life 2 Detial @ CDJapan] Both "World! Wide! Love!" and the b-side "Kokoro no Sogen" will appear on Hitomi's upcoming album "Love Life 2".

Music video



The promotional video does not feature Hitomi herself; rather, it depicts a girl in a long t-shirt walking around a school campus. As she walks, more girls join her and wear part of the girl's long t-shirt. The beginning of the video features a spoken, robotic message (most likely from Hitomi herself), and the song used in the video prior to release of Love Life 2 uses a more vocoded voice than the version on the single. This vocoder version appeared on the CD Love Life 2 However, the version of the video on the CD+DVD version of Love Life 2 uses the single mix.

Track listing



Charts



;Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)[http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3003762#p3003762 Hitomi Sales Records]

References



Category:2009 singles

Category:Hitomi songs

Category:2009 songs

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