Always Love

"Always Love" is a song by Japanese pop group, MAX. It was released as their 19th single and was used as the ending theme to the NTV program, Sports Max.^[1] It is the last of five singles leading up to their fourth original studio album, Emotional History (2001). The song was written by Hiromi Mori who has worked with MAX on their singles, "Shinin'on-Shinin'love and "Love Impact." It was composed by T2ya and is his first production with the group.

Music video

The music video was filmed on January 23, 2001 at Aoyama no Bou Studio.^[2] It focused almost entirely on the group's dance choreography with solo scenes of each member in various costumes.

Track list

#	Title	Songwriters	Time
1.	"Always Love"	Hiromi Mori, T2ya	4:35
2.	"Just Wanna Lovin' You"	T2ya	5:07
3.	"Always Love (Instrumental)"	T2ya	4:35
4.	"Just Wanna Lovin' You (Instrumental)"	T2ya	5:05

Chart performance

Peak	First week	Total	Chart run
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart
12^[1]	32,760^[3]	49,790	3^[1]

Personnel

Executive producer: Johnny Taira
Produced by Max Matsuura
Co-produced by Junichi "Randy" Tsuchiya
Director: Yukihito Sakakibara
A&R chief: Vanity Maekawa
A&R: Toshikazu Sakawa
Mixed by Naoki Yamada
Mixed at Planet Kingdom Studio
Recording engineers: Hiroto Kobayashi
Computer programmer: T2ya
Mastered by Toshiya Horiuchi
Promotion: Takashi Kasuga, Yukio Takemura, Akira Kobayashi, Seij Fukagawa

Art direction and design

Art direction and design: Katsuhito Tadokoro
Photography: Sunao Ohmori
Stylist: Akarumi Someya
Hair & make-up: Maki Tawa
Creative coordinator: Naoki Ueda

References

1 2 3 "Oricon Database: Always Love".
↑ "Always Love Special Report".
↑ "Oricon Weekly Singles Chart: 02/26/2001". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25.

MAX

Nana Reina Lina Mina Aki

Studio albums	Maximum (1996) Maximum II (1997) Maximum Groove (1998) Emotional History (2001) Jewel of Jewels (2006)

Compilations	Maximum Collection (1999) Precious Collection 1995–2002 (2002)

Remix albums	Super Eurobeat presents Hyper Euro Max (2000) Maximum Trance (2002) New Edition: Maximum Hits (2008)

Concert tours	J-Pop Gig Tour '97 (1997) MAX Live Contact 1998 ~Max Up Your Life~ (1998) MAX Live Contact 1999 ~Sunny Holiday~ (1999) MAX Live Contact 2000 ~No boundly~ (2000) MAX Live Contact 2001 ~Bitter 4 Sweet~ (2001) MAX Presents Live Contact 2009 "New Edition" (2009)

Singles	Koi Suru Velfarre Dance: Saturday Night (1995) Kiss Me Kiss Me, Baby (1995) Tora Tora Tora (1996) Seventies (1996) Get My Love! (1996) Give Me a Shake (1997) Love Is Dreaming (1997) Shinin'on-Shinin'love (19997) Hikari no Veil (1998) Ride On Time (1998) Grace of My Heart (1998) Love impact (1999) Ano Natsu Eto (1999) Ginga no Chikai (1999) Isshoni... (1999) Never Gonna Stop It (2000) Magic (2000) Barairo no Hibi (2000) Always Love (2001) Perfect Love (2001) Moonlight (2001) Feel So Right (2001) Spring Rain (2002) Eternal White (2002) Festa (2003) Love Screw (2003) Be With You (2004) Nirai Kanai (2005) Anata o Omou Hodo (2005) Splash Gold: Natsu no Kiseki/Prism of Eyes (2006) Rough Cut Diamond (2009) Cat's Eye (2010)

Associated acts	Super Monkey's Namie Amuro

Related articles	MAX discography Avex Group Vision Factory

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