Ai no Bakayarou

Ai no Bakayarou (愛のバカやろう; Lovefool) is Goto Maki's first single. It was released on March 28, 2001 on the Zetima label. It was released while Goto was still a member of the group Morning Musume.
This is Goto's highest selling single. The single reached #1 on the Oricon charts and charted for nine weeks, selling 434,790 copies. It also reached #37 on the yearly Oricon charts for 2001.
==Tracklist==
#Ai no Bakayarou
#Ai no Bakayarou ~trance trip version~
#Ai no Bakayarou (instrumental)
==Single Information==
;Ai no Bakayarou
*Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
*trance trip version Arrangement: Uesugi Hiroshi
*Dance Choreographer: Natsu Mayumi
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
*[2001.03.16] Music Station
*[2001.03.23] FUN
*[2001.03.25] Asayan
*[2001.03.31] MuSix!
*[2001.03.29] Tokuban
*[2001.03.31] Morning Musume Kinkyū Tokuban Nakazawa Yuko SP (モーニング娘。 緊急特番 中澤ゆうこSP)
*[2001.03.31] MuSix!
*[2001.04.01] Hello! Morning #51
*[2001.04.01] TV Asahi Special Program
*[2001.04.01] MuSix!
*[2001.04.02] HEY!HEY!HEY MUSIC AWARDSⅤ
*[2003.04.07] CDTV
*[2001.04.08] MuSix!
*[2001.04.11] Uta no Daijiten
*[2001.04.14] PopJam 
*[2001.06.03] Hello! Morning #60
*[2003.12.31] CDTV
*[2006.09.15] Hello Pro Hour #15 - Kumai Yurina
*[2020.09.30] TV TOKYO MUSIC FESTIVAL
===Concert Performances===
*Hello! Project Dai Undoukai
*Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
*Hello! Project 2001 TOGETHER! SUMMER PARTY
*GREEN LIVE
*Goto Maki First Concert Tour 2003 Haru ~Go! Makking GOLD~
*Goto Maki Concert Tour 2003 Aki ~Sexy! Makking GOLD~
*Goto Maki Concert Tour 2004 Haru ~Makkin-iro ni Nucchae!~
*Goto Maki Concert Tour 2004 Aki ~Aa Maki no Shirabe~
*Goto Maki Concert Tour 2005 Aki ~Hatachi~
*v-u-den First Concert Tour 2005 Haru ~v-u-densetsu~ - Okada Yui
*Nochiura Natsumi Concert Tour 2005 Haru "Triangle Energy"
*Hello☆Pro on Stage! 2006 Nippon Seinenkan Kouen "Yuujou to Mahou no Trump ~Star Gakuyaura Monogatari~" - Shibata Ayumi
*Goto Maki LIVE TOUR 2007 G-EmotionII ~How to use SEXY~
*Hello! Project 2011 WINTER ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~ B kkuri Live - Kumai Yurina
===Event Performances===
*[2004.03.26] Fan Club Tour in Hawaii Minami no Rakuen Hawaii de Asobu Haruyasumi (ファンクラブツアー in Hawaii 南の楽園 ハワイで遊ぶ春休み)
*[2011.11.11] Morning Days Happy Holiday Tanaka Reina Fanclub Tour in Fukuoka - Tanaka Reina
*[2014.09.06] Niigaki Risa Live ~Popcorn to Uzura~ & in Okinawa - Niigaki Risa
*[2015.04.12] ℃-ute Suzuki Airi Birthday Event 2015 - Suzuki Airi
*[2017.07.02] Juice=Juice Kanazawa Tomoko Birthday Event 2017 - Kanazawa Tomoko
*[2017.11.07] Morning Musume '17 Iikubo Haruna Birthday Event - Iikubo Haruna
*[2019.08.05] Kobushi Factory Hirose Ayaka Birthday Event 2019 - Hirose Ayaka
*[2019.11.09] Morning Musume '19 Kaga Kaede Birthday Event - Kaga Kaede
*[2020.09.09] Matsunaga Riai Birthday Event 2020 - Matsunaga Riai
*[2021.11.28] Maki Goto Billboard LIVE ~Reply~
*[2021.12.11] M-line Special 2021 ~Make a Wish!~ at Zepp Tokyo - Natsuyaki Miyabi
*[2021.12.16] Juice=Juice Uemura Akari Birthday Event 2021 - Uemura Akari
*[2022.12.25] Suzuki Ami Goto Maki X'mas Live & Talk 2022
*[2023.03.12] Fujimoto Miki 20 Shuunen Kinen! Dai Kansha Live! ~Mikitty Idol Yarimasu! Haru no Dai Shuukai! ~Ashita kara 21 Shuunen~ - with Fujimoto Miki
==Oricon Chart Positions==
Total Reported Sales: 434,790
==Trivia==
*With this single, Goto Maki has the third highest selling debut single in all of Hello! Project, excluding shuffle units.
*With this single, Goto Maki has the second highest first week sales for a debut single in all of Hello! Project, excluding shuffle units.
*With this single, Goto Maki is the third Hello! Project act to have their debut single rank #1 on the weekly Oricon charts.
==Videos==
==Gallery==
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==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: Japanese, English
*Lyrics: , 
Category:Goto Maki Singles
Category:2001 Singles
Category:Debut Single
Category:Highest Selling Single
Category:2001 Number 1 Singles
Category:3rd Generation Morning Musume Singles In
Category:Solo Single
Category:Longest Charting Single
Category:Highest Ranking Single
Category:Daily Number 1 Singles
Category:Platinum Certification