Meu amor é...
{{Short description|1985 single by Akina Nakamori}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Meu amor é...
| cover = Akina Nakamori - Meu amor e.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Akina Nakamori
| album = D404ME
| language = Japanese
| English_title = My Love
| B-side = Lonely Journey
| released = {{Start date|1985|03|08}}
| recorded = 1984
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|kayōkyoku|Latin}}
| length = 3:53
| label = Reprise Records
| composer = Naoya Matsuoka
| lyricist = Chinfa Kan
| producer = Yūzō Shimada
| prev_title = Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Akaitori Nigeta
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{External music video
| type = single
| header = Music videos
| 1 = {{YouTube|jiYUOS4JxFM|"Meu amor é..." (Live)}}
}}
}}
{{nihongo4|"Meu amor é..."|ミ・アモーレ|Mi Amōre|lit. "My Love is..."}} (alternatively spelled "Mi Amore") is the 11th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Chinfa Kan and Naoya Matsuoka, the single was released on March 8, 1985, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the lead single from her eighth studio album D404ME.{{cite web |url=https://idol.ne.jp/nakamoriakina-mi-amore |title=中森明菜『ミ・アモーレ』 |website=Idol.ne.jp |date=2019-01-03 |accessdate=2022-08-21}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soundfinder.jp/products/view/2475500/%E4%B8%AD%E6%A3%AE%E6%98%8E%E8%8F%9C_%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC |title=中森明菜/ミ・アモーレ |website=SoundFinder |accessdate=2022-08-21}}
Background
"Meu amor é..." was composed by Naoya Matsuoka, a Japanese Latin fusion musician and jazz pianist. The title is Brazilian Portuguese for "My love is...". In addition, the single jacket cover uses the title "Mi Amore", as the song was originally titled with the Spanish word "Mi" and the Italian word "Amore". Nakamori's follow-up single "Akaitori Nigeta" is the original version of the song with completely different lyrics.
Nakamori performed the song on the 36th Kōhaku Uta Gassen, making her third appearance on NHK's New Year's Eve special.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/history/history_36.html |title=36th Kōhaku Uta Gassen History |publisher=NHK |accessdate=2022-08-21}}
Matsuoka recorded "Meu amor é..." as an instrumental on his 1985 compilation album One Last Farewell: Naoya Matsuoka the Best Selection.{{cite web |url=https://www.ant-inc.com/naoyamatsuoka/disc.htm |title=Discography |website=Naoya Matsuoka Official Website |publisher=Ant Music Publisher Inc. |access-date=2022-08-21}} Nakamori has re-recorded the song for the 1995 compilation True Album Akina 95 Best and the 2002 self-cover compilation Utahime Double Decade. In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine {{nihongo4|CR Nakamori Akina: Utahime Densetsu ~Koi Moni Dome nara~|CR中森明菜・歌姫伝説〜恋も二度目なら〜||CR Akina Nakamori: Utahime Legend ~If Love Is For the Second Time~}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.p-world.co.jp/machine/database/6049 |title=CR中森明菜 歌姫伝説～恋も二度目なら～ |website=P-World |access-date=2022-08-21}}
Chart performance
"Meu amor é..." became Nakamori's seventh No. 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 630,700 copies.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/235370/products/5576/1/ |title=ミ・アモーレ {{!}} 中森明菜 |publisher=Oricon |access-date=2022-08-21}}{{cite web |url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/akina.html |title=中森明菜 |website=Yamachan Land |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524165617/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/akina.html |access-date=2022-08-21|archive-date=2011-05-24}}
Awards
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Original release
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 8:47
| title1 = Meu amor é...
| note1 = {{nihongo4||ミ・アモーレ|Mi Amōre|"My Love is..."}}
| lyrics1 = Chinfa Kan
| music1 = Naoya Matsuoka
| extra1 = Matsuoka
| length1 = 3:53
| title2 = Lonely Journey
| note2 = {{nihongo4||ロンリー・ジャーニー|Ronrī Jānī}}
| lyrics2 = EPO
| music2 = EPO
| extra2 = Nobuyuki Shimizu
| length2 = 4:54
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1998 reissue bonus track
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title3 = Meu amor é... (Live Version)
| note3 = {{nihongo4||ミ・アモーレ(LIVE VERSION)}}
| lyrics3 = Kan
| music3 = Matsuoka
| length3 =
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Chart (1985)
! scope="col" | Peak |
|---|
| Japan (Oricon)
|style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Release history
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Serial number ! scope="col"| Label(s) ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 1985
| 7inch LP | L-1668 |
| 1988
| 8cm CD, CT | 10SL-140, 10L5-4050 |
| 1998
| 12cm CD | WPC6-8668 |
| 2008
| Digital download | - |
| 2014
| Digital download - remaster | - |
Nana Katase version
{{Infobox song
| name = Meu amor é...
| cover = Nana Katase - Meu amor e.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Nana Katase
| album = Extended
| language = Japanese
| English_title = My Love
| released = {{Start date|2004|03|10}}
| recorded = 2003
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|dance-pop}}
| length = 4:08
| label = Avex Trax
| composer = Naoya Matsuoka
| lyricist = Chinfa Kan
| producer = Shōichirō Hirata
| prev_title = Necessary/Every
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Kindan no Telepathy
| next_year = 2004
}}
Nana Katase covered "Meu amor é..." as her fifth single, released on March 10, 2004, by Avex Trax as the lead single from her second album Extended.{{cite web |url=http://www.avexnet.or.jp/nana/disco/AVCD-30566.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426101752/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/nana/disco/AVCD-30566.htm |title=ミ・アモーレ〔Meu amor é...〕 |website=Nana Katase Official Site |publisher=Avex Trax |access-date=2022-08-21 |archive-date=2012-04-26}}{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/3204010617 |title=片瀬那奈 / ミ・アモーレ(Meu amor e…) [CCCD] [廃盤] |website=CDJournal |access-date=2022-08-21}} It peaked at No. 39 on Oricon's weekly singles chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/299835/products/536345/1/ |title=ミ・アモーレ(Meu amor e…) {{!}} 片瀬那奈 |publisher=Oricon |access-date=2022-08-21}}
=Track listing=
All lyrics are written by Chinfa Kan; all music is composed by Naoya Matsuoka; all music is arranged by Shōichirō Hirata.
{{Track listing
| headline = CD single
| total_length = 13:04
| title1 = Meu amor é...
| note1 = {{nihongo4||ミ・アモーレ||"My Love"}}
| length1 = 4:08
| title2 = Meu amor é...
| note2 = Extended Dance Mix
| length2 = 5:26
| title3 = Meu amor é...
| note3 = Instrumental
| length3 = 4:06
}}
=Charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Chart (2004)
! scope="col" | Peak |
|---|
| Japan (Oricon)
|style="text-align:center;"|39 |
{{clear}}
Other cover versions
- Karyudo covered the song in 1996.{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/1296070446 |title=狩人 / ミ・アモーレ(Meu amor e…) [廃盤] |website=CDJournal |access-date=2022-08-21}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/216122/products/207560/2/ |title=ミ・アモーレ {{!}} 狩人 |publisher=Oricon |access-date=2022-08-21}}
- Chemistry covered the song in Nakamori's 2025 tribute album "Nakamori Akina Tribute Album: Meikyo"
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
Akina Nakamori
- {{Official website|https://wmg.jp/akina/discography/5189/}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=c7f6fe20-91e5-4d57-a1d1-50937b225806|name=Meu amor é...|type=single}}
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Nana Katase
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- {{Discogs release|id=1584332|name=Meu amor é...|type=single}}
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Category:1985 in Japanese music
Category:Songs with lyrics by Chinfa Kan
Category:Warner Music Japan singles