"Believe in Love"
A 1970s anime-style drawing of a man and a woman looking to their right at a sunset and a futuristic dome city.
CD only and digital download editions' cover
Single by Ravex
from the album Best & USA and Trax
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2009 (2009-02-08)
Recorded2008
GenreBig beat, house
Length4:50
LabelAvex Trax
Songwriter(s)Emi K. Lynn, Ravex
Producer(s)Ravex
Ravex singles chronology
"I Rave U"
(2008)		 "Believe in Love"
(2009)

"Believe in Love" is a song by Japanese dance music project Ravex, featuring South Korean singer BoA. On February 18, 2009, the original version of the song was simultaneously released with an acoustic version of the song, found on BoA's "Eien / Universe / Believe in Love" single.

Background and development

Ravex was a three-person unit, consisting of dance musicians Shinichi Osawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka (otherwise known as Fantastic Plastic Machine) and Taku Takahashi of M-Flo, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Avex Group record label.[1] The first single from this project was "I Rave U" (2008), featuring DJ Ozma.

BoA had collaborated with Osawa previously in 2002, on his single "Everything Needs Love" under the name Mondo Grosso, and had worked with Takahashi in 2004, when she appeared on M-Flo's single "The Love Bug".

The single features three songs: the B-side is a collaboration with Maki Goto, her first release under the Avex Trax label after parting with Hello! Project, as well as "Mega Ravex", a megamix of songs that would later appear of Ravex's debut album Trax.

BoA's acoustic version was backed by Brazilian guitarist Shigeharu Sasagao.[2] This version was found on her "Eien / Universe / Believe in Love", and was added to her Best & USA compilation album a month later.

Critical reception

CDJournal described the song as "a full-scale painful heart-string pulling song".[1] For BoA's acoustic version, they noted that Sasagao's guitar accompaniment made the song into a "shining bossa-style ballad".[2]

Track listings

Digital download
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Believe in Love" (featuring BoA)Emi K. LynnRavex4:50
Total length:4:50
Physical single
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Believe in Love" (featuring BoA)Emi K. LynnRavex4:50
2."Golden Luv" (featuring Maki Goto)BooRavex4:22
3."Mega Ravex" (featuring Anna Tsuchiya, BoA, DJ Ozma, Lisa, Maki Goto, Monkey Majik, Tohoshinki, TRF & Yuko Ando)Lisa, Emi K.Lynn, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Lynne Hobday, DJ Ozma, Boo, Blaise, Maynard, Tetsuya Komuro, Verbal, Yuko AndoRavex6:50
Total length:16:02

Chart rankings

Charts (2009) Peak
position
Japan Billboard Hot Singles Sales[3] 43
Japan Oricon weekly singles[4] 35

Sales

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales[5] 3,000

Release history

Region Date Format Distributing Label Catalogue codes
Japan February 8, 2009[6] digital download Avex Trax
February 18, 2009[7] CD, CD/DVD AVCD-31594B, AVCD-31595

References

  1. 1 2 "ravex / Believe in LOVE feat.BoA [廃盤]" (in Japanese). CDJournal. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "BoA / BEST&USA [2CD+2DVD]" (in Japanese). CDJournal. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Japan Billboard Hot Singles Sales". Billboard (in Japanese). February 25, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Believe in Love" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Believe in LOVE feat. BoA - Single" (in Japanese). Apple. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ "【CDシングル】Believe in LOVE feat.BoA ［CD+DVD］" (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
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