:Love Phantom
{{Infobox song
| name = Love Phantom
| cover = B'z_LP.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = B'z
| album = Loose
| released = October 11, 1995
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Hard rock
| length =
| label = BMG Japan
| writer = Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto
| producer = Tak Matsumoto
| prev_title = Love Me, I Love You
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Mienai Chikara (Invisible One)/Move
| next_year = 1996
}}
"Love Phantom" is the eighteenth single by B'z, released on October 11, 1995. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart. The song was used as ending theme for The X-Files during the height of its popularity in Japan. The single sold over 950,000 copies within one week.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=1995&month=10&week=4&submit4.x=18&submit4.y=13|title=Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the fourth week of October 1995|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=2008-12-05|language=ja}} It sold over 1,862,000 copies according to Oricon.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/22742/|title=B'z、歴代No.1アーティストまでの軌跡!|publisher=Oricon|date=2006-05-25|accessdate=2008-12-04|language=ja}} The song won "the best five single award" at the 10th Japan Gold Disc Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.golddisc.jp/award/010/index.html|title=Gold Disc Hall of Fame 10th|publisher=Japan Gold Disc Award|accessdate=2008-12-05|language=ja|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131074334/http://golddisc.jp/award/010/index.html|archivedate=2009-01-31}}
In 2011, the song was certified digitally by the RIAJ as a gold single for being downloaded more than 100,000 times to cellphones since its release as a digital download in early 2005.{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 2月度有料音楽配信認定 <略称:2月度認定> | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w110220.html | work=RIAJ |language=Japanese | date=February 20, 2011 | accessdate=February 21, 2011}}
B'z became also the first artist to have at least one single charted in the yearly top 10 for five consecutives years. This record was broken by Mr. Children in 2008 (6 years).
Track listing
- Love Phantom
- Fushidara 100%
Personnel
- Tak Matsumoto - Electric guitar
- Koshi Inaba - Lead vocals
- Denny Fongheiser - Drums
- Masao Akashi - Bass guitar
- Daisuke Ikeda - Manipulator
- Takanobu Masuda - Organ, Moog
- Keiko Utoku- Female voice
- Naoko Iijima - Female voice
- Akemi Mori - Soprano voice
- Shinozaki Strings - Strings
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=B'z|title=Love Phantom|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|certmonth=11|domestic=true|access-date=August 24, 2021|salesamount=1,862,050|salesref={{cite web| title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 |trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp |language=ja | work=Oricon |url-access=subscription | accessdate=May 21, 2014}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|artist=B'z |title=Love Phantom|award=Platinum|digital=true|type=single|relyear=1995|certyear=2014|certmonth=3|accessdate=December 21, 2019|note=digital sales|refname="Download"}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://bz-vermillion.com/ B'z official website]
- [http://www.bznobise.eu/traductions/loose/#08 LOVE PHANTOM on B'z no bise] (Translation in French)
{{B'z singles}}
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Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles