Petit Best 3

Petit Best 3 (プッチベスト3) is the 3rd best album in the Petit Best series, which are annual compilations released at the end of the year that feature best hits from the artists of Hello! Project during that year, with an occasional remix or new song included. This album sold a total of 140,594 copies.
This album featured 6 tracks previously unreleased on a CD. The fourth track is a remix of Morning Musume's 15th single. The 6th track is a remix of the second A-side of Minimoni's fifth single. The 13th track would eventually be released on Country Musume's best album Country Musume Mega Best. The 14th track was a version of Petitmoni's first single Chokotto LOVE featuring the group's third-generation line-up. The 16th and 17th tracks were promotional for the popular snack food Pocky. The songs were performed by special sub-units of Morning Musume and would eventually appear in "original long versions" on Morning Musume's fifth album No.5.
The Petit Best 3 was released on December 28, 2002 on the Zetima label. The Petit Best 3 DVD was not released until December 15 2004, alongside the DVDs for Petit Best 1, 2, and 5. It features PVs related to the album tracks.
==Tracklist==
===CD===
#Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam! - Happy♡7
#Shiawase Desu ka? - Sexy 8
#Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo - Odoru♡11
#Do it! Now (CRAZY SODA REMIX) - Morning Musume
#♡Momoiro Kataomoi♡ - Matsuura Aya
#Ai~n! Dance no Uta (MORE TRANCE REMIX) - Bakatono-sama to Minimoni-hime
#Murasaki Shikibu - Heike Michiyo
#Yaruki! IT'S EASY - Goto Maki
#Tokyo Bijin - Nakazawa Yuko
#Romantic Ukare Mode - Fujimoto Miki
#BE HAPPY Koi no Yajirobee - Tanpopo
#Kousui - Melon Kinenbi
#Atarashii Koi no Hatsu Date - Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume)
#Chokotto LOVE (2003 Version) - Petitmoni
#Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ (Hawaiian Version) - Coconuts Musume
#YES! POCKY GIRLS - POCKY GIRLS
#Megami ~Mousse na Yasashisa~ (女神～Mousseな優しさ～; Goddess ~Kindness Like Mousse~) - Venus Mousse
===DVD===
#Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam! - Happy♡7
#Shiawase Desu ka? - Sexy 8
#Shiawase Kyouruu Ondou - Odoru♡11
#Do it! Now - Morning Musume
#♡Momoiro Kataomoi♡ - Matsuura Aya
#Genki Jirushi no Oomori Song - Minimoni to Takahashi Ai + 4KIDS
#Murasaki Shikibu - Heike Michiyo
#Yaruki! IT'S EASY - Goto Maki
#Tokyo Bijin - Nakazawa Yuko
#Romantic Ukare Mode - Fujimoto Miki
#BE HAPPY Koi no Yajirobee - Tanpopo
#Kousui - Melon Kinenbi
#BYE BYE Saigo no Yoru - Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume)
#Morning Musume Single Medley ~Hawaiian~ - Takagi Boo, Morning Musume, Coconuts Musume, Fujimoto Miki, and Ishii Rika
==Featured Members==
*Happy♡7
**Kago Ai
**Takahashi Ai
**Ogawa Makoto
**Niigaki Risa
**Mika
**Saito Hitomi
**Asami
*Sexy 8
**Yaguchi Mari
**Goto Maki
**Yoshizawa Hitomi
**Ishikawa Rika
**Heike Michiyo
**Ayaka
**Otani Masae
**Satoda Mai
*Odoru♡11
**Iida Kaori
**Abe Natsumi
**Yasuda Kei
**Tsuji Nozomi
**Konno Asami
**Matsuura Aya
**Fujimoto Miki
**Ishii Rika
**Rinne
**Murata Megumi
**Shibata Ayumi
*Morning Musume
**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
**5th Gen: Takahashi Ai, Ogawa Makoto, Konno Asami, Niigaki Risa
*Matsuura Aya
*Minimoni
**Yaguchi Mari
**Mika
**Tsuji Nozomi
**Kago Ai
*4KIDS
**Sudo Maasa
**Sugaya Risako
**Suzuki Airi
**Hagiwara Mai	
*Heike Michiyo
*Goto Maki
*Nakazawa Yuko
*Fujimoto Miki
*Tanpopo
**Ishikawa Rika
**Konno Asami
**Niigaki Risa
**Shibata Ayumi
*Melon Kinenbi
**Saito Hitomi
**Murata Megumi
**Otani Masae
**Shibata Ayumi
*Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume)
**Rinne
**Asami
**Satoda Mai
**Ishikawa Rika
*Petitmoni
**Yoshizawa Hitomi
**Ogawa Makoto
**Ayaka
*Coconuts Musume
**Ayaka
**Mika
*POCKY GIRLS
**Abepo
**Yasupo
**Ishipo
**Tsujipo
**Kagopo
**Takapo
**Konpo
**Ogapo
**Niipo
*Venus Mousse
**Iida Kaori
**Yaguchi Mari
**Goto Maki
**Yoshizawa Hitomi
==Album Information==
;Do it! Now (CRAZY SODA REMIX)
*Remixed by SHO-1
;Ai~n! Dance no Uta (MORE TRANCE REMIX)
*Remixed by Kawana Takuma
;Chokotto LOVE (2003 Version)
*Arrangement, miscellaneous instruments, Baritone Voice: Matsubara Ken
*Guitar: Yamasaki Jun
*Bass: Yamasaki Hiroshi
*Trumpet: Kobayashi Futoshi
*Alto & Baritone Sax: Takegami Yoshinari
*Trombone: Kitahara Masahiko (from Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra by the courtesy of Cutting Edge / Justa Records)
*Tenor Sax: Takeno Masakuni
*Chorus: Petitmoni & Tsunku
;Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ (Hawaiian Version)
*Arrangement, all instruments: Yonemitsu Ryo
*Chorus: Coconuts Musume and Harada Marico
;YES! POCKY GIRLS 
*Lyrics, Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement, Guitar, Programming: Takahashi Yuichi
*Chorus: Tsunku, Inaba Atsuko, and hasie
;Megami ~Mousse na Yasashisa~
*Lyrics, Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement, Keyboards and Programming: Konishi Takao
*Manipulator: Katsuura Go
*Guitar: Asai Yasuo
*Bass: Sumiyoshi Ataru
*Chorus: Inaba Atsuko
==Trivia==
*Atarashii Koi no Hatsu Date was a previously-unreleased track that was recorded prior to Rinne's graduation the previous year. Six years later it was featured on the group's album Country Musume Mega Best.
*The album booklet notes that the two Glico commercial songs, YES! POCKY GIRLS and Megami ~Mousse na Yasashisa~, appear on the album by special request due to their immense popularity.
*Coconuts Musume were tapped to cover Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ on this album to add an authentic "Hawaiian taste" to the cover.
*There is another version of Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ (Hawaiian Version) sung by a different line-up. It is available on the album Hawaiian de Kiku Morning Musume Single Collection. Both songs have the same title.
*The first-press edition of this album came packaged with a cardboard display stand.
==External Links==
*Discography
**CD: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS
**DVD: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
*Lyrics: Do it! Now (CRAZY SODA REMIX),, Chokotto LOVE (2003 Version), Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ (Hawaiian Version), , 
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