Miss Love Tantei

"Miss Love Tantei" (Missラブ探偵, lit. Miss Love Detective) is the 6th single of W, released on September 7, 2005.

"Miss Love Tantei"
Single by W
A-side"Miss Love Tantei"
B-side"Friendship"
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2005 (CD single)
September 14, 2005 (DVD single)
Recorded2005
GenreJ-pop
Length10:26
LabelZetima
Songwriter(s)Steven Lee, Joey Carbone
Producer(s)Tsunku
W singles chronology
"Ai no Imi wo Oshiete!"
(2005)		 "Miss Love Tantei"
(2005)		 "Dō ni mo Tomaranai / Choi Waru Devil"
(2019)
Limited edition with DVD
Front cover of limited edition DVD.

Background and release

"Miss Love Tantei" was composed by Los Angeles producers Joey Carbone and Steven Lee, the first time a songwriting team other than W's main producer, Tsunku, had written an original song for them.[1]

The single was released on September 7, 2005 under the Zetima label. "Friendship" was included as a B-side. A video single, referred as a "Single V", was released on September 14, 2005.[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Hideo Kawatani and produced by Tetsushi Suehiro.[3] The music video stars Tsuji and Kago as a multitude of characters, including Cara and Mel, their characters from their 2005 musical, Mysterious Girl Detectives Cara & Mel: The Case of the Stolen Dangerous Violin, as they solve the mystery behind a stolen jewel.

Reception

Both the CD and DVD singles debuted at #13 in the Oricon Weekly Singles and DVD Charts and charted for 4 weeks.[4][2]

CD Journal praised the change in songwriting direction, calling "Miss Love Tantei" a "danceable track", as well as the rap interlude and the first press edition photo card "cute."[5]

Track listing

Single

All tracks are written by Joey Carbone.

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Miss Love Tantei (Missラブ探偵, Miss Rabu Tantei)"Mera MorimuraJoey Carbone, Steven LeeMoto G33:20
2."Friendship"Mera MorimuraJoey CarboneMoto G33:47
3."Miss Love Tantei" (Instrumental)—Joey Carbone, Steven LeeMoto G33:19
Total length:10:26

DVD single
No.TitleLength
1."Miss Love Tantei" 
2."Miss Love Tantei" (Dance Shot Ver.) 
3."Making Of (メイキング映像)" 

Charts

References
  1. "Missラブ探偵". Up-Front Works (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2006-12-31.
  2. "シングルＶ「Ｍｉｓｓラブ探偵」". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-06-13.
  3. "株式会社 ハッチ HATCH CORPORATION - WORKS" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  4. "Missラブ探偵". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-06-13.
  5. "W（ダブルユー） - CDJournal". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  • Up-Front Works discography entries: CD, DVD
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