The☆Peace!

The☆Peace! (ザ☆ピース！) is Morning Musume's 12th single. It was released July 25, 2001. It sold a total of 682,320 copies and reached number one on the Oricon Charts. 
It was re-released on Japan Record Day 2024 (November 3rd) by Tower Records on 7" https://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2024/08/07/0702
"The Peace!" ranked as the #20 single for 2001.
==Tracklist==
#The☆Peace!
#Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru (でっかい宇宙に愛がある; There's Love in This Great Big World)
#The☆Peace! (Instrumental)
#Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru (Instrumental)
==Featured Members==
*1st Gen: Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi
*2nd Gen: Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari
*3rd Gen: Goto Maki
*4th Gen: Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, Kago Ai
==Single Information==
;The☆Peace!
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement: DANCE☆MAN
*Horn Arrangement: Kawamatsu Hisayoshi
*Chorus: Tsunku
*Performed by: DANCE☆MAN & THE BANDMAN
**Bass and "Myaoon": DANCE☆MAN
**Guitar: JUMP MAN
**Keyboards: WATA-BOO
**Percussion: STAGE CHAKKA MAN
**Turntable: DJ.ICHIRO
*Horn Section: HORNS MAN BROTHERS
**Trumpet: Kuwano Nobuyoshi, Tanaka Tetsuya
**Trombone: Kawamatsu Hisayoshi
**Saxophone: Yamanaka Shigetaka
*Dance Choreography: Natsu Mayumi
*Music Video: Takeishi Wataru
;Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement and Guitar: Suzuki Shunsuke
*Drums: Sano Yasuo
*Bass: Komatsu Hideyuki
*A.Piano: Nakanishi Yasuharu
*Hammond Organ: Kawai Daisuke
*Percussion: Saito Nobu
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
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*[2001.07.22] Hello! Morning #67
*[2001.07.22] MUSIX
*[2001.07.26] Mo Taihen Deshita
*[2001.07.27] FUN
*[2001.07.28] Pop Jam
*[2001.07.28] CDTV
*[2001.07.29] MUSIX
*[2001.08.03] Music Station
*[2001.08.04] MUSIX
*[2001.08.06] Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
*[2001.08.09] Utaban
*[2001.08.11] MUSIX
*[2001.08.25] Pop Jam
*[2001.08.26] MUSIX
*[2001.09.28] Music Station
*[2001.10.04] Utaban
*[2001.12.28] Music Station Special Super Live
*[2001.12.31] 52nd NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen - part of medley as Mr.Moonlight ～Ai koso ga The☆Peace!～
*[2001.12.31] CDTV Special Chō Gōka! Toshikoshi Live 2001-2002
*[2002.01.06] MUSIX
*[2002.08.17] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2003.04.02] CDTV Special 10-shuunen Cho Premier Live
*[2003.10.03] Music Station
*[2003.12.03] FNS Kayousai
*[2003.12.29] SMAP×SMAP - with 
*[2003.12.31] CDTV Special Chō Gōka! Toshikoshi Live 2003-2004
*[2004.07.24] Music Fair 21 - with 
*[2004.12.24] Music Station Super Live
*[2005.05.08] Hello! Morning #258
*[2011.07.16] Ongaku no Hi - Dream Morning Musume
*[2012.12.31] CDTV Special Toshikoshi Premier Live 2012-2013 - Dream Morning Musume
*[2017.06.28] TV Tokyo Music Festival
*[2018.07.25] FNS Uta no Natsumatsuri - The☆Peace! (Updated)
*[2018.12.31] CDTV Special Toshikoshi Premier Live 2018-2019
*[2021.07.03] THE MUSIC DAY -Morning Musume。'21 vs -
*[2023.06.28] TV Tokyo Music Festival Summer
*[2023.08.19] 25-Shuunen Tokuban ~25-nen Bun no Kindan Ranking~ - Haga Akane & Yokoyama Reina
*[2023.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION
;Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru
*[2001.08.18] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2002.08.17] 24HOUR TELEVISION - Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei & Yaguchi Mari
*[2003.08.23] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2005.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2007.08.18] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2008.08.31] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Yaguchi Mari & Matsuura Aya
*[2009.08.30] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Yaguchi Mari, Tsuji Nozomi & Berryz Koubou
*[2010.08.28] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with S/mileage, AKB48, & Morisanchu
*[2011.08.20] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Dream Morning Musume
*[2012.08.25] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, & Ogawa Makoto
*[2013.08.24] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Dream Morning Musume
*[2014.08.30] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Iida Kaori, Yasuda Kei, Tsuji Nozomi & Niigaki Risa
*[2016.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2017.08.26] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2018.08.25] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2019.08.29] 24HOUR TELEVISION
*[2022.06.06] J-MELO
*[2023.08.27] 24HOUR TELEVISION - with Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Tsuji Nozomi, Konno Asami & 
===Concert Performances===
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:See also: "The☆Peace! (Updated)" Concert Performances
*Hello! Project 2001 ~TOGETHER! Summer Party!~
*Hello! Project 2002 ~Kotoshi mo Sugoi zo!~
*Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2002 Haru "LOVE IS ALIVE!" at Saitama Super Arena
*Hello! Project 2002 ~ONE HAPPY SUMMER DAY~
*Morning Musume LOVE IS ALIVE! 2002 Natsu at Yokohama Arena
*Hello! Project 2003 Winter ~Tanoshin Jattemasu!~
*Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2003 Haru "NON STOP!"
*Hello! Project 2003 Natsu ~Yossha! Bikkuri Summer!!~ - Hello! Project
*Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2003 15nin de NON STOP!
*Morning Musume Otome Gumi ~Otome Chikku~ - Morning Musume Otome Gumi
*Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2004 Haru The BEST of Japan
*Morning Musume Concert Tour "The BEST of Japan Natsu ~ Aki '04"
*Hello! Project 2005 Winter All-Stars Dairanbu ~A HAPPY NEW POWER! Iida Kaori Sotsugyou Special~ - Hello! Project
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Haru ~Dai 6kan Hit Mankai!~
*Berryz Koubou Live Tour 2005 Shoka Hatsu Tandoku ~Marugoto~ - Berryz Koubou
*Hello☆Pro Party~! 2005 ~Matsuura Aya Captain Kouen~ - Matsuura Aya, W, Melon Kinenbi
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Natsu Aki "Baribari Kyoushitsu ~Koharu-chan Irasshai!~"
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Haru ~Rainbow Seven~
*Hello! Project 2006 Summer ~Wonderful Hearts Land~ - Wonderful Hearts (part of a medley)
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Haru ~SEXY 8 Beat~
*Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Dai Kanshasai ~Hello☆Pro Natsu Matsuri~ - Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Goto Maki, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Niigaki Risa
*Hello! Project 2008 Winter ~Kashimashi Elder Club~ - Elder Club (part of a medley)
*Ongaku Gatas First Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Mi Zaru Shuku Zaru GOODSAL!~ - Ongaku Gatas
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu!!~ (part of a medley)
*2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 6gatsu ~Akasaka HOP!~ - Hello Pro Egg
*2008 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 9gatsu ~Shibakouen STEP!~ - Hello Pro Egg
*Hello! Project 2009 Winter Elder Club Kouen ~Thank you for your LOVE!~ - Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Fujimoto Miki (part of a medley)
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Nine Smile~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Haru ~Pikappika!~ (part of a medley)
*2010 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 6gatsu ~Yokohama HOP!~ - Tanaka Anri, Kitahara Sayaka, Komine Momoka, Fukumura Mizuki, Takeuchi Akari, Miyamoto Karin, Sato Ayano
*Morning Musume Live at Japan Expo 2010
*Dream Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Haru no Mai ~Sotsugyousei DE Saikessei~ - Dream Morning Musume
*Dream Morning Musume Special LIVE 2012 Nippon Budokan ~Dai Isshou Shuumaku "Yuusha Tachi, Shuugou Seyo"~
*Hello! Project Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Live 2013 Fuyu ~Viva!~ - Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Morning Musume
* - Yoshizawa Hitomi
*Hello! Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ - Makino Maria
*Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2016 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Ishikawa Rika, Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 WINTER ~PERFECT SCORE~ - Hello! Project
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 3gatsu ~Sakura~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei, Sato Hikari, Ichioka Reina, Takase Kurumi, Kiyono Momohime, Tsubaki Factory
*Hello! Project 2022 Winter ~LOVE & PEACE~ - team PEACE, Hello Pro Kenshuusei
*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)
*Hello! Project 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT "ALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL!" ACT I - Ishikawa Rika, Tsuji Nozomi, Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Ishida Ayumi, Oda Sakura, Nonaka Miki, Yamazaki Mei
;Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru
*Morning Musume LOVE IS ALIVE! 2002 Natsu at Yokohama Arena
*Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2003 15nin de NON STOP!
*2004nen Natsu First Concert Tour "W Standby! W & Berryz Koubou!"
*Hello! Project 2005 Winter All-Stars Dairanbu ~A HAPPY NEW POWER! Iida Kaori Sotsugyou Special~
*9→10 Shuunen Kinen ℃-ute Concert Tour 2015 Haru ~The Future Departure~ - Nakajima Saki
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 SUMMER ~ONE FOR ALL~
*Hello! Project 2019 SUMMER "harmony" - Hello! Project
*Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Aki ~KOKORO&KARADA~
*Hello! Project 2020 ~The Ballad~ Special Number - Hello! Project
===Event Performances===
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*[2019.08.10] ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL
*[2019.10.13] TV Asahi Dream Festival 2019
*[2022.05.01] rockin'on presents JAPAN JAM 2022
*[2023.02.01] Morning Musume '23 Makino Maria Birthday Event - Makino Maria
*[2024.01.20] Ishikawa Rika Birthday Event 39 ~Thank You Desu♡~ - Ishikawa Rika
*[2024.06.07] BEYOOOOONDS / CHICA TETSU Nishida Shiori Birthday Event 2024 - Nishida Shiori 
;Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru
*[2011.07.26] Morning Musume Fanclub Tour in HAWAII 2011 summer ~Aloha Kakou~
*[2014.03.02] M-line club Live Event at STB139 ~Hinamatsuri ni Kansha wo Komete~ - Yoshizawa Hitomi
==Oricon Chart Positions==
Total Reported Sales: 682,320
==Trivia== 
*This is the sixth Morning Musume single with an English name.
*The Center for this single Ishikawa Rika gives a comment about the single on YouTube.
*The song was covered by HANGRY & ANGRY.
*An English cover was recorded by En Vogue's Cindy Braggs as "Peace!" for the album Cover Morning Musume!
*The song was covered by Ohashi Ayaka, Hara Sayuri and Aoki Ruriko on the radio show CINDERELLA PARTY!.
*As of July 2022, the official music video has over than 12,000,000 views on Morning Musume's official YouTube channel.
*The☆Peace! was re-arranged and performed by second half of 2013 lineup Morning Musume in The Best! ~Updated Morning Musume~.
*This is the first single to not feature Nakazawa Yuko. 
*This is the first single where Iida Kaori was leader of Morning Musume.
*This is also last single before the addition of 5th generation members.
*The☆Peace! has become associated with Election Day in Japan, part of the lyrics also trending on twitter with most of the netizens tweeting 'eating out after one has voted'."「投票ウィって外食」から21年、選挙の日って何してる？　モーニング娘。リーダーだった飯田圭織さんに聞いてみた" (in Japanese). Twitter Trend. 2022.07.10.
*Tsunku said in his childhood, there was a younger neighbor boy who was dressed nicely, looking really happy. When Tsunku asked him what’s up, the boy replied, “I’m going with my dad to vote, then we’re gonna eat in a restaurant!” That’s where that “The Peace” lyric comes from.https://twitter.com/nhk_news/status/1545988687892283393
*In February 2024, The Peace! became the song for Qoo fruit drink's 25th anniversary campaign. Tsunku himself reworked the lyrics to better fit the concept of drinking juice, and former members Abe Natsumi and Ishikawa Rika promoted the campaign.小籔千豊「一生に二度とない」安倍なつみ＆石川梨華と「ザ☆ピ～ス！」でQooダンス (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. 2024-02-06.
==Videos==
==References==
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: Japanese, English
*Lyrics: , Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru
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