Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee (モーニングコーヒー) is Morning Musume's debut single. It was released January 28, 1998 as an 8cm CD. It sold a total of 200,790 copies.
It was re-released as part of the Morning Musume Early Single Box in 2004, a limited edition box set containing Morning Musume's first eight singles reissued on 12cm CDs. In 2005, the singles were released individually under the zetima label, and first press editions came with a photo card.
==Tracklist==
===Original Edition===
#Morning Coffee
#Ai no Tane (愛の種; Seeds of Love)
#Morning Coffee (Instrumental)
===Re-release Edition===
#Morning Coffee
#Ai no Tane
#Morning Coffee (Instrumental)
#Morning Coffee (Unreleased "B♭" Version)
==Featured Members==
*Nakazawa Yuko
*Ishiguro Aya
*Iida Kaori
*Abe Natsumi
*Fukuda Asuka
==Single Information==
;Morning Coffee
*Lyrics, Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement, Programming: Sakurai Tetsutaro
*Electric Guitar: Tsuchiya Kiyoshi
*12-string Guitar, Acoustic Guitar: Takahashi Yuichi
*Acoustic Piano, Keyboards: Kono Shin
*Chorus: Morning Musume.
*Dance Choreographer: Natsu Mayumi
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
*[1998.01.25] ASAYAN
*[1998.01.30] Music Station
*[1998.02.06] POP FILE
*[1998.02.09] Hey! Hey! Hey!
*[1998.02.12] Music Park
*[1998.02.24] Utaban
*[1998.02.28] POP JAM
*[1999.01.03] ASAYAN
*[2000.10.08] Hello! Morning Episode #27 (Last Phrase Karaoke)
*[2014.04.xx] Bokura no Ongaku
*[2015.02.25] SKY PerfecTV! MUSIC FESTIVAL
===Concert Performances===
;Morning Coffee
*Hello! FIRST LIVE AT SHIBUYA KOHKAIDO
*Hello! Project Happy New Year '99
*Morning Musume '99 Memory Seishun no Hikari Tour
*Hello! Project '99
*Dream Live Pop Revue 1999
*Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000
*Morning Musume Live Hatsu no Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~
*Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
*Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2003 15nin de NON STOP!
*Morning Musume Sakura Gumi Hatsu Kouen ~Sakura Saku~ - Morning Musume Sakura Gumi
*Hello! Project 2005 Winter All-Stars Dairanbu ~A HAPPY NEW POWER! Iida Kaori Sotsugyou Special~ - Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Yasuda Kei, Inaba Atsuko, Ayaka, Saito Hitomi, Asami, Miuna, Umeda Erika, Sugaya Risako
*Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai Concert Tour 2007 Natsu ~Thank You My Dearest~
*Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu!!~
*Hello! Project 2009 Winter Elder Club Kouen ~Thank you for your LOVE!~ - Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari
*Hello! Project 2009 Winter Kettei! Hello☆Pro Award '09 ~Elder Club Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
*Dream Morning Musume Special LIVE 2012 Nippon Budokan ~Dai Isshou Shuumaku "Yuusha Tachi, Shuugou Seyo"~ - Dream Morning Musume
*Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2013 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Ishiguro Aya
*Morning Musume '17 Concert Tour Haru ~THE INSPIRATION!~
*Morning Musume '17 Live Concert in Hong Kong
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 12gatsu ~Conti→New!~ - Horie Kizuki, Maeda Kokoro, Noguchi Kurumi, Kodama Sakiko, Shimakura Rika / Inoue Hikaru, Yonemura Kirara, Yamazaki Yuhane, Eguchi Saya, Okamura Minami
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project Hallo! Fes 2018 - Country Girls
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Morning Musume '19 Dinner Show "Happy Night"
===Event Performances===
*[2012.05.07] Morning Musume 10ki Member Event ~Shuku・Tanjoubi ＼(^O^)／ Konya no Shuyaku wa... Maa-chan!~ - Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka
*[2017.09.14] Morning Musume Kessei 20 Shuunen Kinen Event ~21 Nenme mo Ganbatte Ikimasshoi!~
==Oricon Chart Positions==
Total Reported Sales: 200,790
==Cover Versions==
*Country Musume released a re-arranged rap version of "Morning Coffee" (called "Morning Gyuunyuu") as a b-side to their debut single.
*In 2002, a re-arranged and re-recorded version of this song was featured as the b-side for Morning Musume's 14th single, "Souda! We're ALIVE".
*An instrumental cover was recorded by Shakatak for the album Cover Morning Musume! ~Various Artist Covers "MORNING MUSUME"!~.
*Ice Creamusume recorded a Chinese version of the song on their debut album 1st Zuì Bàng!. They also recorded a Japanese version for same album.
*In September 2010, the unit Afternoon Musume released a slower enka stylized version of the song titled "Gouhoubi no Afternoon Coffee".
*Dream Morning Musume recorded a "2011 Dreamusu. Ver." on their album Dorimusu ①.
*Iida Kaori recorded a bossa-nova cover for her album "ONDAS" in 2016.
*Morning Musume '17 recorded a remake titled "Morning Misoshiru" to promote a Marukome miso soup product of the same name.
*Morning Musume 20th recorded a remake titled "Morning Coffee (20th Anniversary Ver.)" in 2018.
==Trivia==
==Interviews==
==Videos==
==References==
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project (8 cm), Hello! Project (12 cm), UP-FRONT WORKS (8 cm), UP-FRONT WORKS (12 cm), Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: , 
*Lyrics: , 
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