| "Ai no Tane" | ||||
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| Single by Morning Musume | ||||
| from the album First Time | ||||
| Released | November 3, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 4:13 | |||
| Label | Uraneba | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Saeki Kenzō, Tetsutarō Sakurai | |||
| Producer(s) | Tsunku | |||
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| "Ai no Tane" on YouTube | ||||
"Ai no Tane" (愛の種, The Seeds of Love) is the unofficial debut single of Japanese pop idol group Morning Musume, released under a defunct Up-Front Group-affiliated independent label on November 3, 1997. It is sometimes called the "zeroth single"—"Morning Coffee" (モーニングコーヒー) being the "first single" and so on.
It was later included in many other Morning Musume releases: in their first official single "Morning Coffee"; their first album, First Time (ファーストタイム); and their first "Best of" compilation, Best! Morning Musume 1. An instrumental for this song was included in the bonus karaoke disc in the Early Single Box.