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| artist = [[Morning Musume]]
| album = [[First Time (Morning Musume album)|First Time]]
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| recorded = 1997
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▲| label = Uraneba Records
| writer = Saeki Kenzō, Tetsutarō Sakurai
| producer = [[Tsunku]]
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{{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"—{{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|
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