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{{Infobox singlesong
| Name name = Ai no Tane
| Cover cover = Momusu Ai no Tane.jpg
| Artist alt = [[Morning Musume]]
| Type type = single
| from Album = [[First Time (Morning Musume album)|First Time]]
| Released artist = November 3,[[Morning 1997Musume]]
| Format album = [[CDFirst Single]]Time (8 cmMorning Musume album)|First Time]]
| Recordedreleased = {{Start = date|1997|11|03}}
| Genre recorded = {{flatlist| 1997
| studio =
* [[J-pop]]}}
| Length genre = 4:13[[J-pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=13}}
| Label = Uraneba Records
| Writerlabel = Uraneba
| writer = Saeki Kenzō, Tetsutarō Sakurai
| Producer producer = [[Tsunku]]
| Reviews prev_title =
| Last single prev_year =
| Next single next_title = "[[Morning Coffee (song)|Morning Coffee]]"<br>(1998)
| This single = '''"Ai no Tane"'''<br>(1997)
| next_year = 1998
| Next single = "[[Morning Coffee (song)|Morning Coffee]]"<br>(1998)
| Misc misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|JCEF5cmlP-4|"Ai no Tane"}} |Upper caption=Music video}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[First Time (Morning Musume album)|First Time]]
| Type = single
| prev_track = "Yume no Naka"
| prev_no = 5
| this_track = '''"Ai no Tane"'''
| track_no = 6
| next_track = "Wagamama"
| next_no = 7
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Best! Morning Musume 1]]
| Type = single
| prev_track = "Never Forget"
| prev_no = 14
| this_track = '''"Ai no Tane"'''
| track_no = 15
| next_track = &mdash;
| next_no =
}}
}}
 
{{nihongo|"'''Ai no Tane'''"|愛の種|The Seeds of Love}} is the unofficial debut single of [[Japanese pop]] [[Japanese idol|idol]] group [[Morning Musume]], released under a defunct [[Up-Front Group]]-affiliated [[independent record label|independent label]] on November 3, 1997. It is sometimes called the "zeroth single"&mdash;{{nihongo|"[[Morning Coffee (song)|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, {{nihongo|''[[First Time (Morning Musume 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]]''.
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Recordings began on mid-September as well as the photoshoot for the [[album cover|CD cover]].<ref>Featured on ''[[Asayan]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> September 28, 1997, episode.</ref> During the production, the group faced a big issue regarding with [[Yuko Nakazawa]]. At the beginning, Nakazawa wore long hair that was originally featured in their single's cover. She later cut it short before debuting publicly. This act caused for a re-shoot of the cover and her solo lines in the song's [[bridge (music)|bridge]].
 
The single was released and first distributed on November 3 at [[Shinsaibashi]], [[Osaka]], selling 16,610 copies, and then on November 9 at [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]] with 9,004 copies.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.asayan.com/vocal/morning/1116.html| title= Asayan: Ai no Tane Ōsaka to Fukuoka| date= April 2002| accessdate= 2007-05-17| language= Japanese| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070607185802/http://www.asayan.com/vocal/morning/1116.html| archivedate= 7 June 2007| deadurl= yes| dfurl-status= dead}}</ref> Distribution continued on November 23 at [[Sapporo]] with 14,853 copies. During this event, [[Kaori Iida]] was hospitalized because her contact lens broke and caused temporary [[blindness]]. She was able to come back before the fourth day of "Ai no Tane" distribution at [[Nagoya]] embarked; they sold 9,533 copies.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.asayan.com/vocal/morning/1130.html | title= Asayan: Ai no Tane Sapporo | accessdate= 2007-05-17 | date = April 2002 | language = Japanese | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070407195409/http://www.asayan.com/vocal/morning/1130.html | archivedate= 7 April 2007 <!-04-DASHBot-->07 | deadurlurl-status= nodead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.asayan.com/vocal/morning/1207.html | title= Asayan: Ai no Tane Hatsubai Yokka me Nagoya | date= April 2002 | accessdate= 2007-05-17 | language= Japanese | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070608163628/http://www.asayan.com/vocal/morning/1207.html | archivedate= 8 June 2007 | deadurl= yes | dfurl-status= dead }}</ref> After four days of distribution, the five girls accomplished their task and were officially under Tsunku's care.
 
== Personnel ==
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