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"Meu amor é..."
Single by Akina Nakamori
from the album D404ME
Language	Japanese
English title	My Love
B-side	"Lonely Journey"
Released	March 8, 1985 (1985-03-08)
Recorded	1984
Genre	J-pop kayōkyoku Latin
Length	3:53
Label	Reprise Records
Composer(s)	Naoya Matsuoka
Lyricist(s)	Chinfa Kan
Producer(s)	Yūzō Shimada
Akina Nakamori singles chronology
"Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" (1984) "Meu amor é..." (1985) "Akaitori Nigeta" (1985)
Music videos
"Meu amor é..." (Live) on YouTube

"Meu amor é..." (ミ・アモーレ, Mi Amōre, lit. "My Love is...") (alternatively spelled "Mi Amore") is the 11th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Chinfa Kan and Naoya Matsuoka, the single was released on March 8, 1985, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the lead single from her eighth studio album D404ME.

Background

"Meu amor é..." was composed by Naoya Matsuoka, a Japanese Latin fusion musician and jazz pianist. The title is Brazilian Portuguese for "My love is...". In addition, the single jacket cover uses the title "Mi Amore", as the song was originally titled with the Spanish word "Mi" and the Italian word "Amore". Nakamori's follow-up single "Akaitori Nigeta" is the original version of the song with completely different lyrics.

Nakamori performed the song on the 36th Kōhaku Uta Gassen, making her third appearance on NHK's New Year's Eve special.

Matsuoka recorded "Meu amor é..." as an instrumental on his 1985 compilation album One Last Farewell: Naoya Matsuoka the Best Selection. Nakamori has re-recorded the song for the 1995 compilation True Album Akina 95 Best and the 2002 self-cover compilation Utahime Double Decade. In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine CR Nakamori Akina: Utahime Densetsu ~Koi Moni Dome nara~ (CR中森明菜・歌姫伝説〜恋も二度目なら〜, CR Akina Nakamori: Utahime Legend ~If Love Is For the Second Time~).

Chart performance

"Meu amor é..." became Nakamori's seventh No. 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 630,700 copies.

Awards

"Meu amor é..." won the Grand Prix at the 27th Japan Record Awards.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

Nana Katase version

"Meu amor é..."
Single by Nana Katase
from the album Extended
Language	Japanese
English title	My Love
Released	March 10, 2004 (2004-03-10)
Recorded	2003
Genre	J-pop dance-pop
Length	4:08
Label	Avex Trax
Composer(s)	Naoya Matsuoka
Lyricist(s)	Chinfa Kan
Producer(s)	Shōichirō Hirata
Nana Katase singles chronology
"Necessary/Every" (2003) "Meu amor é..." (2004) "Kindan no Telepathy" (2004)

Nana Katase covered "Meu amor é..." as her fifth single, released on March 10, 2004, by Avex Trax as the lead single from her second album Extended. It peaked at No. 39 on Oricon's weekly singles chart.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chinfa Kan; all music is composed by Naoya Matsuoka; all music is arranged by Shōichirō Hirata.

Charts

Other cover versions

• Karyudo covered the song in 1996.

References

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2. "中森明菜/ミ・アモーレ". SoundFinder. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
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8. "第２７回 日本レコード大賞". Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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12. "中森明菜 / ミ・アモーレ Digital Purchase-Archived". listen.jp (in Japanese). listen japan. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
13. "ミ・アモーレ (+3) [2014 Remaster]". mora.jp (in Japanese). Mora. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
14. "ミ・アモーレ〔Meu amor é...〕". Nana Katase Official Site. Avex Trax. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
15. "片瀬那奈 / ミ・アモーレ(Meu amor e…) [CCCD] [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
16. ^ "ミ・アモーレ(Meu amor e…) | 片瀬那奈". Oricon. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
17. "狩人 / ミ・アモーレ(Meu amor e…) [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
18. "ミ・アモーレ | 狩人". Oricon. Retrieved 2022-08-21.

External links

Akina Nakamori

• Official website
• "Meu amor é..." at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• "Meu amor é..." at Discogs (list of releases)

Nana Katase

• "Meu amor é..." at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• "Meu amor é..." at Discogs

• 1985 singles
• 1985 songs
• 2004 singles
• Akina Nakamori songs
• Songs in Japanese
• Songs with lyrics by Chinfa Kan
• Warner Music Japan singles
• Reprise Records singles
• Avex Trax singles
• Oricon Weekly number-one singles