Love the World

For the Perfume compilation album, see Love the World (album).

"Love the World" (stylized as "love the world") is Perfume's 7th major single. It was released on July 9, 2008 and debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, becoming the first electropop song from an electropop act to do so, Yellow Magic Orchestra's song "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun" being the previous record holder at #2, twenty-five years prior. Love the World is Perfume's best-selling single in the span of their career.^[1][2]

"Love the World"
Single by Perfume
from the album Triangle
B-side	"Edge"
Released	July 9, 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	J-pop electropop retro-pop chiptune
Length	4:35
Label	Tokuma Japan Communications
Songwriter(s)	Yasutaka Nakata
Producer(s)	Yasutaka Nakata (中田ヤスタカ)
Perfume singles chronology
"Baby Cruising Love/Macaroni" (2008) "Love the World" (2008) "Dream Fighter" (2008)
Music video
"Love the World" on YouTube

The single's B-side, "edge", was used as background music for a KOSE Fasio commercial starring Aya Ueto.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yasutaka Nakata.

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"love the world"	4:35
2.	"edge"	6:31
3.	"love the world -Original Instrumental-"	4:36
4.	"edge -extended mix-"	8:41
Total length:		24:23

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DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"love the world -Video Clip-"	4:35

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak position	Sales
2008	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1	95,980
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[4]	1
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart[5]	47	136,575

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[6]	Gold	100,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[7] Ringtone	Gold	100,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.