Nanchatte Ren'ai

Nanchatte Ren'ai (なんちゃって恋愛; Imitation Love) is the 40th single release by the Japanese pop girl group Morning Musume. It was released on August 12, 2009 in four versions: regular edition, a 40th single commemorative, and two limited edition versions.
==Tracklist==
===Regular Edition===
#Nanchatte Ren'ai
#Aki Urara (秋麗; Autumn's Beauty)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Instrumental)
===40th Single Commemorative Edition===
#Nanchatte Ren'ai
#Subete wa Ai no Chikara (すべては愛の力, The Power of Love is Everything)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Instrumental)
===Limited Edition A===
CD
#Nanchatte Ren'ai
#Aki Urara (秋麗; Autumn's Beauty)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Instrumental)
DVD
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Dance Shot Ver.)
===Limited Edition B===
CD
#Nanchatte Ren'ai
#Aki Urara (秋麗; Autumn's Beauty)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Instrumental)
DVD
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Close-up Ver. Black)
===Event V===
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Takahashi Ai Ver.)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Niigaki Risa Ver.)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Kamei Eri Ver.)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Michishige Sayumi Ver.)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Tanaka Reina Ver.)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Kusumi Koharu Ver.)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Mitsui Aika Ver.)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Junjun Ver.)
#Nanchatte Ren'ai (Linlin Ver.)
==Featured Members==
*5th Gen: Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa
*6th Gen: Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina
*7th Gen: Kusumi Koharu
*8th Gen: Mitsui Aika, Junjun, Linlin
==Single Information==
;Nanchatte Ren'ai
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement, Programming, and Keyboards: Okubo Kaoru
*Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
*Chorus: Takahashi Ai
*Music Video: Suzuki Toshiyuki
;Aki Urara
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement and Programming: AKIRA
*Guitar: Kamata Koji
*Chorus: Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa, Kamei Eri, Tsunku, AKIRA
;Subete wa Ai no Chikara
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement, Programming, and Guitar: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
*Guitar: Kamata Koji
*Chorus: Takahashi Ai, Kamei Eri
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
*[2009.07.22] Saishin Hits Wednesday J-POPhttps://youtu.be/HlXhtl5_Uyk
*[2009.07.26] FNS 26 Hours Television"FNS26時間テレビ (2009年)>主な放送企画・コーナー>日曜日" (in Japanese). Wikipedia.
*[2009.08.09] MUSIC JAPAN
*[2009.08.14] Music Station - with Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi & Konno Asami
*[2009.08.21] Minna de Utaou! Family Song
*[2009.08.21] Music Fighter
*[2009.08.22] MelodiX!
*[2009.08.30] Osaka Hashissou Stage West Wind
*[2011.05.09] J-MELO
===Concert Performances===
;Nanchatte Ren'ai
*Hello! Project 2009 SUMMER Kakumei Gannen ~Hello! Chanpuru~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Nine Smile~
*Hello! Project 2010 WINTER Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu!~ (part of a medley)
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Haru ~Pikappika!~
*Morning Musume Live at Japan Expo 2010
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Aki ~Rival Survival~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Haru Shin Souseiki Fantasy DX ~9ki Mem wo Mukaete~ (part of a medley)
*Hello! Project 2011 SUMMER ~Nippon no Mirai wa WOW WOW Live~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Haru Michishige☆Eleven SOUL ~Tanaka Reina Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2013 Aki ~CHANCE!~ (as part of a medley)
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2014 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ - Haga Akane
*Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Haru ~GRADATION~ - Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka, Oda Sakura
*Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2015 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa, Mitsui Aika, Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi
*Hello! Project Hina Fest 2017 - ANGERME
*Morning Musume Tanjou 20 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2017 Aki ~We are MORNING MUSUME~
*Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Haru ~BEST WISHES!~
*Morning Musume '23 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT TOUR ~glad quarter-century~ (part of a medley)
*Morning Musume '23 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT TOUR ~glad quarter-century~ encore (part of a medley)
;Aki Urara
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Nine Smile~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2012 Haru ~Ultra Smart~ Niigaki Risa Mitsui Aika Sotsugyou Special
*Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Aki ~MY VISION~
*Morning Musume '16 Live Concert in Taipei
*Morning Musume '23 Concert Tour Aki "Neverending Shine Show" - Fukumura Mizuki, Yokoyama Reina, Okamura Homare
*Morning Musume '23 Concert Tour Aki "Neverending Shine Show ~Sanctuary~" Fukumura Mizuki Sotsugyou Special - Fukumura Mizuki, Yokoyama Reina, Okamura Homare
;Subete wa Ai no Chikara
*Morning Musume Yomiuri Land EAST LIVE 2009
*Hello! Project 2010 WINTER Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu!~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Aki ~Rival Survival~
*Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Haru ~EMOTION IN MOTION~
*Naruchika Morning Musume '17
===Event Performances===
;Nanchatte Ren'ai
*[2016.03.30] Morning Musume '16 Haga Akane Birthday Event - Haga Akane
*[2017.08.10] Kobushi Factory Taguchi Natsumi Birthday Event 2017 - Taguchi Natsumi
*[2018.05.04] Takahashi Ai・Niigaki Risa FC Event AiGaki DISCO 2018 ~Time Slip~ - Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa
*[2018.11.26] Morning Days Happy Holiday Iikubo Haruna Fanclub Tour in Kinugawa - Iikubo Haruna, Inoue Rei
*[2019.07.29] Tsubaki Factory Akiyama Mao Birthday Event 2019 - Akiyama Mao
*[2020.12.01] Juice=Juice Miyamoto Karin Birthday Event 2020 - Miyamoto Karin
*[2021.05.28] ANGERME Sasaki Rikako Birthday Event 2021 - Sasaki Rikako
*[2023.02.24] BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Ichioka Reina Birthday Event 2023 - Ichioka Reina
*[2023.04.20] OCHA NORMA Ishiguri Kanami Birthday Event 2023 - Ishiguri Kanami
*[2023.07.31] OCHA NORMA Kubota Nanami Birthday Event 2023 - Kubota Nanami
*[2024.04.30] OCHA NORMA Yonemura Kirara Birthday Event 2024 - Yonemura Kirara
;Aki Urara
*[2010.11.07] Morning Days 6 Takahashi Ai・Michishige Sayumi・Mitsui Aika in Yamanashi - Takahashi Ai
*[2011.10.23] Morning Musume Niigaki Risa & Fukumura Mizuki Birthday Event - Niigaki Risa
*[2017.09.10] Takahashi Ai Birthday Event HAPPY B'DAY TO Meee.31 - Takahashi Ai, Niigaki Risa
*[2017.10.19] Morning Musume '17 Nonaka Miki Birthday Event - Nonaka Miki, Sato Masaki
*[2017.11.06] Tsubaki Factory Ogata Risa Birthday Event 2017 - Ogata Risa
*[2019.03.08] Kobushi Factory Wada Sakurako Birthday Event 2019 - Wada Sakurako
*[2021.10.06] ANGERME Hashisako Rin Birthday Event 2021 - Hashisako Rin
*[2022.05.27] ANGERME Sasaki Rikako Birthday Event 2022 - Sasaki Rikako
*[2022.09.22] Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru × Inoue Rei FC Event 2022 ~Reiruru~ - Dambara Ruru, Inoue Rei
*[2022.11.03] Ogata Risa Birthday Event 2022 - Ogata Risa
*[2023.04.20] OCHA NORMA Ishiguri Kanami Birthday Event 2023 - Ishiguri Kanami
*[2023.09.24] Inaba Manaka FC Event 2023 ~Atsumari Manankan~ vol.1 - Inaba Manaka
*[2024.02.19] Morito Chisaki Birthday Event 2024 ~24saitte Maji!?~ - Morito Chisaki
*[2024.06.07] BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Nishida Shiori Birthday Event 2024 - Nishida Shiori, Kiyono Momohime 
;Subete wa Ai no Chikara
*[2019.03.22] Morning Musume '19 Haga Akane Birthday Event - Haga Akane
*[2021.10.17] Kudo Haruka Birthday Event 2021 ～22nd Best day ever～ Kyoyasu SP - Kudo Haruka
*[2023.12.05] ANGERME Kawana Rin Birthday Event 2023 - Kawana Rin
*[2024.02.21] Morning Musume '24 Yokoyama Reina Birthday Event - Yokoyama Reina
==Oricon Chart Positions==
;Yearly Ranking
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|2009
|83
|70,299
|}
Total Reported Sales: 70,299
==Trivia==
*On the August 14, 2009 broadcast of Music Station, former Morning Musume members Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, and Konno Asami did a special performance as backing dancers in a collaboration with the current members.
*Takahashi Ai and Tanaka Reina are the centers for this single.
*7th generation member Kusumi Koharu gives a comment about the single on YouTube.
*As of February 2016, the official music video is 1 of 46 music videos for a single that has reached over 1,000,000 views on Morning Musume's official YouTube channel.
*This is the highest-selling single under Takahashi Ai's leadership.
*This is the 8th generation's highest selling single.
==Videos==
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==Gallery==
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FyBTboFWIAEEYVh.jpeg|Niigaki, Kamei, Kusumi
FyBTcvMX0AAYlgq.jpeg|Junjun, Michishige, Linlin
K7ilj3z8GtxSfYjr1dz-zPJVBn8.jpg|Takahashi Ai
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O7gqKN3sl-f yFomfdru79JJYFE.jpg|Kamei Eri
-0nFhg9NBOzScoiKPSUhw4wuxJc.jpg|Mitsui Aika
==References==
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: Japanese, English
*Lyrics: , , Subete wa Ai no Chikara
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