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Magic of Love (song)

May 17, 2023

"Magic of Love" is a song by Japanese girl group Perfume from their fourth studio album Level 3 (2013). The song was released as the album's fourth and final single on 22 May 2013. It was written, composed and produced by Yasutaka Nakata. The song is a calm and mellow dance-pop and synthpop track, which features instrumentation of synthesizers and keyboards.

"Magic of Love"
Single by Perfume
from the album LEVEL3
B-side"Handy Man"
ReleasedMay 22, 2013
Recorded2013
GenreDance-pop, synthpop
LabelUniversal J
Songwriter(s)Yasutaka Nakata
Producer(s)Yasutaka Nakata
Perfume singles chronology
"Mirai no Museum"
(2013) 		"Magic of Love"
(2013) 		"Sweet Refrain"
(2013)
Music video
"Magic of Love" on YouTube

"Magic of Love" received positive reviews from music critics, whom complimented the song's production and composition. Despite peaking at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart, it became the group's third single to top the Billboard Japan Hot 100. An album version of the track was re-composed and re-arranged by Nakata for the parent album. Yusuke Tanaka commissioned the accompanying music video for the single, which shows Perfume dancing in a room and features multiple figures of the members in different rooms.

Background and composition

Japanese girl group Perfume have released three studio albums. All three albums, Game (2008), Triangle (2009) and JPN peaked at number one in Japan.[1] The albums were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) with shipments of 250,000 units; the first was awarded double platinum.[2][3][4] While working on their third album, Perfume departed from Tokuma Japan Communications and signed a deal with Universal Music Japan in order to release their work through global markets.[5] They began work on their fourth studio album not long after.

As with the rest of Level 3, Japanese producer and Capsule musician Yasutaka Nakata had written, arranged and composed the song.[6] Nakata has collaborated with all of Perfume's records and songs from 2003 onwards.[7] It was recorded in Tokyo, Japan and was mixed and mastered by Nakata.[6] It is a "calm" dance-pop and synthpop song,[8][9] and incorporates instrumentation of a synthesizer and keyboards.[6] Writing for Land of Rising, Alex Shenmue commented that its "mellow mood will be there for most of the track’s length, replacing the more instrumentally complex parts and offering a calmer and slightly melancholic feeling, [...]".[9]

Reception

"Magic of Love" received favorable reviews from most music critics. Shenmue highlighted the track as an album standout.[9] Patrick St. Michael, writing for The Japan Times, said the composition wasn't an "improvement" but commented that it was "simple, catchy pop"; he felt the track was better than the two other album mix tracks.[8] Selective Hearing's writer Nia felt "50/50" with the song, saying "It’s not a horrible mix but… were the bagpipes really that necessary?".[10] A writer from CDJournal labelled the track "cute" but also "painful."[11] Ian Martin, who had written their extended biography at Allmusic, had highlighted the song as an album and career standout.[12] Konno Asami from nihongogo.com praised the outcome after the release of Perfume's "childish" single "Mirai no Museum", stating "it’s a fun song with a great dance and funny lyrics."[13]

The song charted in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Reaching number three,[1] it broke the group's eight consecutive singles to stall at number two; all their previous singles "Spring of Life", "Spending All My Time" and "Mirai no Museum" peaked at two.[1] The song also peaked at number three on Japan's Hot 100 chart.[14] The song reached number seventeen and seven in South Korea and Taiwan Overseas chart.[15][16][A] The song was certified gold by RIAJ for shipments of 100,000 units in Japan.[17]

Release and promotion

Selected as the fourth and final single of Level 3, the song was released as a stand-alone digital download on 22 May of that year.[18] Two CD singles were issued; a standalone CD with all four songs, and a CD and DVD edition with a card slipcase.[6] "Magic of Love" was used as in TV commercials of Pure Gummy by Kanro (the second song used for advertising this product after "Communication"). The spot started broadcasting on April 1, 2013 on Japanese television.[19] The song was also used as theme song of TV Tokyo's program Sukkiri in May 2013.[20]

The official music video was directed by Japanese director Yusuke Tanaka and premiered on Perfume's YouTube channel in June 2013. It shows Perfume sitting in miniature room, singing the track. Several shots of the group have them holding frames, opening doors and looking through windows, changing each scene once it happens.[21] During the choruses, it has the girls dancing together in a room with confetti and features duplicate figures of the girls every. It ends with the "Magic of Love" title.[21] The video is the group's highest viewed music video on YouTube as of April 2015, with over seven million views to date.[22]

Credits and personnel

Details adapted from the liner notes of the "Magic of Love" CD single.[6]

Song credits

Visual credits

  • Yusuke Tanaka - director
  • Takahiko Kajima - video producer
  • Kazunali Tajima - camera
  • Mikiko - choreographer

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yasutaka Nakata.

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Magic of Love"3:41
2."Handy Man"4:07
3."Magic of Love" (Original Instrumental)3:41
4."Handy Man" (Original Instrumental)4:07

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[1] 2
Japan (Billboard)[14] 2
Japan Hot Airplay (Billboard)[23] 4
Japan Hot Airplay (Billboard)[24] 7
Japan Hot Single Sales (Billboard)[25] 3
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[15] 23
Taiwan (G-Music)[16] 13

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[26] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
Japan 27 February 2013 CD single Universal Music Japan, Perfume Records [6]
Digipak [27]
Taiwan [27]
Japan Digital download [18]
United States [28]
Australia [29]
New Zealand [30]
Canada [31]
United Kingdom [32]

Notes

  1. ^ Week references for G-Music: JPN 2012 week 15, "Spending All My Time" 2012 week 35, Love the World 2012 week 41, "Mirai no Museum" 2013 week 10, "Magic of Love" and Perfume World Tour 1st 2013 week 21, Level3 2013 week 40, "Sweet Refrain" 2013 week 48, "Cling Cling" 2014 week 30, Perfume 3rd Tour JPN and Perfume 4th Tour in Dome: Level3 2014 week 44.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Perfumeの作品 [Perfume Products]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年3月" [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (March 2009)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年7月" [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (July 2009)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2011年11月" [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (November 2011)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Perfume世界展開に向けレーベル移籍！今春CM曲リリース" (in Japanese). Natalie. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Level 3 (Album). Perfume. Universal Music Japan; Universal J; Perfume Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ (in Japanese). Tokuma Japan Communications. Archived from the original on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  8. ^ a b St. Michael, Patrick (22 October 2015). "Perfume "Level 3"". The Japan Times. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  9. ^ a b c Shenmue, Alex (29 October 2014). . Land of Rising. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. ^ Nia (29 November 2013). "Perfume - Level 3 album review". Selective Hearing. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  11. ^ Unknown, author. "Perfume / Magic of Love [CD/DVD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 21 April 2015. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ Martin, Ian (29 November 2013). "Perfume - Songs, Highlights, Awards and Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  13. ^ Asami, Konno (1 July 2013). "Review: Perfume – Magic of Love". nihongogo.com. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). 30 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  15. ^ a b . Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  16. ^ a b (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  17. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2013年5月" [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (May 2013)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Magic of Love - Single - Perfume". iTunes Store (JP). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  19. ^ "Perfume、〈ピュレグミ〉新CMソング"Magic of Love"を今夏リリース" (in Japanese). Tower Records Online. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  20. ^ "Perfume「Magic of Love」│HotShotDiscs". Billboard JAPAN. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  21. ^ a b "[MV] Perfume 「Magic of Love」". Youtube.com. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  22. ^ "Perfume - Click the 'Most Popular' button on top-right". Youtube.com. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  23. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot Airplay Chart". Billboard (in Japanese). 10 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  24. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot Airplay Chart". Billboard (in Japanese). 3 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  25. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot Singles Sales". Billboard (in Japanese). 3 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  26. ^ "Japanese single certifications – Perfume – Magic of Love" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2013年5月 on the drop-down menu
  27. ^ a b "Magic of Love" (CD and DVD single). Perfume. Universal Music Japan; Universal J; Perfume Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  28. ^ "Magic of Love - Single - Perfume". iTunes Store (US). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  29. ^ "Magic of Love - Single - Perfume". iTunes Store (AU). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  30. ^ "Magic of Love - Single - Perfume". iTunes Store (NZ). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  31. ^ "Magic of Love - Single - Perfume". iTunes Store (CA). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  32. ^ "Magic of Love - Single - Perfume". iTunes Store (GB). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

External links

  • Magic of Love (Music Video) on YouTube

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Magic of Love is a song by Japanese girl group Perfume from their fourth studio album Level 3 2013 The song was released as the album s fourth and final single on 22 May 2013 It was written composed and produced by Yasutaka Nakata The song is a calm and mellow dance pop and synthpop track which features instrumentation of synthesizers and keyboards Magic of Love Single by Perfumefrom the album LEVEL3B side Handy Man ReleasedMay 22 2013Recorded2013GenreDance pop synthpopLabelUniversal JSongwriter s Yasutaka NakataProducer s Yasutaka NakataPerfume singles chronology Mirai no Museum 2013 Magic of Love 2013 Sweet Refrain 2013 Music video Magic of Love on YouTube Magic of Love received positive reviews from music critics whom complimented the song s production and composition Despite peaking at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart it became the group s third single to top the Billboard Japan Hot 100 An album version of the track was re composed and re arranged by Nakata for the parent album Yusuke Tanaka commissioned the accompanying music video for the single which shows Perfume dancing in a room and features multiple figures of the members in different rooms Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Reception 3 Release and promotion 4 Credits and personnel 4 1 Song credits 4 2 Visual credits 5 Track listing 6 Charts 7 Certifications 8 Release history 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksBackground and composition EditJapanese girl group Perfume have released three studio albums All three albums Game 2008 Triangle 2009 and JPN peaked at number one in Japan 1 The albums were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan RIAJ with shipments of 250 000 units the first was awarded double platinum 2 3 4 While working on their third album Perfume departed from Tokuma Japan Communications and signed a deal with Universal Music Japan in order to release their work through global markets 5 They began work on their fourth studio album not long after As with the rest of Level 3 Japanese producer and Capsule musician Yasutaka Nakata had written arranged and composed the song 6 Nakata has collaborated with all of Perfume s records and songs from 2003 onwards 7 It was recorded in Tokyo Japan and was mixed and mastered by Nakata 6 It is a calm dance pop and synthpop song 8 9 and incorporates instrumentation of a synthesizer and keyboards 6 Writing for Land of Rising Alex Shenmue commented that its mellow mood will be there for most of the track s length replacing the more instrumentally complex parts and offering a calmer and slightly melancholic feeling 9 Reception Edit Magic of Love received favorable reviews from most music critics Shenmue highlighted the track as an album standout 9 Patrick St Michael writing for The Japan Times said the composition wasn t an improvement but commented that it was simple catchy pop he felt the track was better than the two other album mix tracks 8 Selective Hearing s writer Nia felt 50 50 with the song saying It s not a horrible mix but were the bagpipes really that necessary 10 A writer from CDJournal labelled the track cute but also painful 11 Ian Martin who had written their extended biography at Allmusic had highlighted the song as an album and career standout 12 Konno Asami from nihongogo com praised the outcome after the release of Perfume s childish single Mirai no Museum stating it s a fun song with a great dance and funny lyrics 13 The song charted in Japan South Korea and Taiwan Reaching number three 1 it broke the group s eight consecutive singles to stall at number two all their previous singles Spring of Life Spending All My Time and Mirai no Museum peaked at two 1 The song also peaked at number three on Japan s Hot 100 chart 14 The song reached number seventeen and seven in South Korea and Taiwan Overseas chart 15 16 A The song was certified gold by RIAJ for shipments of 100 000 units in Japan 17 Release and promotion EditSelected as the fourth and final single of Level 3 the song was released as a stand alone digital download on 22 May of that year 18 Two CD singles were issued a standalone CD with all four songs and a CD and DVD edition with a card slipcase 6 Magic of Love was used as in TV commercials of Pure Gummy by Kanro the second song used for advertising this product after Communication The spot started broadcasting on April 1 2013 on Japanese television 19 The song was also used as theme song of TV Tokyo s program Sukkiri in May 2013 20 The official music video was directed by Japanese director Yusuke Tanaka and premiered on Perfume s YouTube channel in June 2013 It shows Perfume sitting in miniature room singing the track Several shots of the group have them holding frames opening doors and looking through windows changing each scene once it happens 21 During the choruses it has the girls dancing together in a room with confetti and features duplicate figures of the girls every It ends with the Magic of Love title 21 The video is the group s highest viewed music video on YouTube as of April 2015 with over seven million views to date 22 Credits and personnel EditDetails adapted from the liner notes of the Magic of Love CD single 6 Song credits Edit Ayano Ōmoto Nocchi vocals Yuka Kashino Kashiyuka vocals Ayaka Nishiwaki A Chan vocals Yasutaka Nakata producer composer arranger mixing mastering Visual credits Edit Yusuke Tanaka director Takahiko Kajima video producer Kazunali Tajima camera Mikiko choreographerTrack listing EditAll tracks are written by Yasutaka Nakata CDNo TitleLength1 Magic of Love 3 412 Handy Man 4 073 Magic of Love Original Instrumental 3 414 Handy Man Original Instrumental 4 07Charts EditChart 2000 PeakpositionJapan Oricon 1 2Japan Billboard 14 2Japan Hot Airplay Billboard 23 4Japan Hot Airplay Billboard 24 7Japan Hot Single Sales Billboard 25 3South Korea Gaon Chart 15 23Taiwan G Music 16 13Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesJapan RIAJ 26 Gold 100 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Release history EditCountry Date Format Label Ref Japan 27 February 2013 CD single Universal Music Japan Perfume Records 6 Digipak 27 Taiwan 27 Japan Digital download 18 United States 28 Australia 29 New Zealand 30 Canada 31 United Kingdom 32 Notes Edit Week references for G Music JPN 2012 week 15 Spending All My Time 2012 week 35 Love the World 2012 week 41 Mirai no Museum 2013 week 10 Magic of Love and Perfume World Tour 1st 2013 week 21 Level3 2013 week 40 Sweet Refrain 2013 week 48 Cling Cling 2014 week 30 Perfume 3rd Tour JPN and Perfume 4th Tour in Dome Level3 2014 week 44 References Edit a b c d Perfumeの作品 Perfume Products Oricon in Japanese Retrieved 5 January 2015 ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年3月 Works Receiving Certifications List Gold etc March 2009 in Japanese Recording Industry Association of Japan 10 April 2009 Retrieved 1 January 2014 ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年7月 Works Receiving Certifications List Gold etc July 2009 in Japanese Recording Industry Association of Japan 10 August 2009 Retrieved 1 January 2014 ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2011年11月 Works Receiving Certifications List Gold etc November 2011 in Japanese Recording Industry Association of Japan 10 December 2011 Retrieved 13 February 2014 Perfume世界展開に向けレーベル移籍 今春CM曲リリース in Japanese Natalie 29 February 2012 Retrieved 7 January 2015 a b c d e f Level 3 Album Perfume Universal Music Japan Universal J Perfume Records 2013 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Perfume in Japanese Tokuma Japan Communications Archived from the original on 16 March 2007 Retrieved 7 January 2015 a b St Michael Patrick 22 October 2015 Perfume Level 3 The Japan Times Retrieved 18 April 2015 a b c Shenmue Alex 29 October 2014 Perfume Level 3 album review Land of Rising Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 18 April 2015 Nia 29 November 2013 Perfume Level 3 album review Selective Hearing Retrieved 18 April 2015 Unknown author Perfume Magic of Love CD DVD CDJournal Retrieved 21 April 2015 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a author has generic name help Martin Ian 29 November 2013 Perfume Songs Highlights Awards and Credits Allmusic Rovi Corporation Retrieved 21 April 2015 Asami Konno 1 July 2013 Review Perfume Magic of Love nihongogo com Retrieved 21 April 2015 a b Japan Billboard Hot 100 Billboard in Japanese 30 May 2013 Retrieved 7 January 2015 a b 2013년 11주차 Album Chart 국외 Gaon Music Chart in Korean Korea Music Content Industry Association Archived from the original on 8 January 2015 Retrieved 6 January 2014 a b G Music J Pop Chart in Chinese G Music Archived from the original on 12 May 2011 Retrieved 9 April 2014 ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2013年5月 Works Receiving Certifications List Gold etc May 2013 in Japanese Recording Industry Association of Japan 10 June 2013 Retrieved 18 April 2014 a b Magic of Love Single Perfume iTunes Store JP 22 May 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 Perfume ピュレグミ 新CMソング Magic of Love を今夏リリース in Japanese Tower Records Online 27 March 2013 Retrieved 4 October 2013 Perfume Magic of Love HotShotDiscs Billboard JAPAN Retrieved 4 October 2013 a b MV Perfume Magic of Love Youtube com 18 June 2013 Retrieved 18 April 2015 Perfume Click the Most Popular button on top right Youtube com 18 June 2013 Retrieved 18 April 2015 Japan Billboard Hot Airplay Chart Billboard in Japanese 10 June 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 Japan Billboard Hot Airplay Chart Billboard in Japanese 3 June 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 Japan Billboard Hot Singles Sales Billboard in Japanese 3 June 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 Japanese single certifications Perfume Magic of Love in Japanese Recording Industry Association of Japan Select 2013年5月 on the drop down menu a b Magic of Love CD and DVD single Perfume Universal Music Japan Universal J Perfume Records 2013 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Magic of Love Single Perfume iTunes Store US 22 May 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 Magic of Love Single Perfume iTunes Store AU 22 May 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 Magic of Love Single Perfume iTunes Store NZ 22 May 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 Magic of Love Single Perfume iTunes Store CA 22 May 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 Magic of Love Single Perfume iTunes Store GB 22 May 2013 Retrieved 21 April 2015 External links EditMagic of Love Music Video on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Magic of Love song amp oldid 1093846048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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