Love Across the Ocean

"Love Across the Ocean"
Single by Koda Kumi
from the album Grow into One
Released	July 24, 2002 (JP)
Format	CD single
Genre	J-pop , dance-pop , electropop , pop rock , R&B Length = 23:23
Label	Rhythm Zone RZCD-45061 (Japan, CD)
Writer(s)	Kumi Koda (words: "Love Across the Ocean" & "So into You") Tsukasa (music: "Love Across the Ocean") Tetsuya Komuro ("The Meaning of Peace") Yasuhiro Abe ("So into You")
Koda Kumi singles chronology
"So into You" (2002) "Love Across the Ocean" (2002) "Maze" (2002)

"Love Across the Ocean" (stylized as "love across the ocean") is Koda Kumi's fifth domestic solo single. It charted at #19 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for four weeks.^[1]

Information

love across the ocean was used in a television advertisement for Kanebo Cosmetics' TESUTIMO (カネボウ化粧品「テスティモ」 / Kaneobou Keshouhin "TESUTIMO").^[2] The single's b-sides were a remix of So Into You and the "single version" of the meaning of peace.

The version of the meaning of peace featured on the single was Koda Kumi's solo and had a different instrumental than the version originally released with BoA for the Song Nation project.^[3] This version of the song was later placed on Koda Kumi's first compilation album, Best ~first things~, as a bonus track.

The music video for love across the ocean was placed on the corresponding DVD, 7 Spirits.

Track list

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangers	Length
1.	"love across the ocean"	Koda Kumi	TSUKASA	h-wonder	3:37
2.	"the meaning of peace"	Tetsuya Komuro	Tetsuya Komuro	h-wonder	5:20
3.	"So Into You" (Dub's Electro Remix)	Koda Kumi	Izumi "D.M.X" Miyazaki		5:23
4.	"love across the ocean" (Instrumental)		TSUKASA	h-wonder	3:41
5.	"the meaning of peace" (Instrumental)		Tetsuya Komuro	h-wonder	5:19

Oricon Chart history

• Peak position: #19
• Weeks in top 200: 4

Sales

• First week estimate: 10,070
• Total estimate: 22,100

Alternate Versions

love across the ocean

1. love across the ocean: Found on the single (2002) and corresponding album Grow Into One (2003)
2. love across the ocean [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2002)
3. love across the ocean [Caramel Pod Remix]: Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 2 (2010)

References

1. "love across the ocean / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
2. "love across the ocean". Dwango. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
3. "Koda Kumi 'the meaning of peace'-"love across the ocean"". recochoku. Retrieved May 2, 2016.

1. Avex Network (2005), Koda Kumi Official Web Site
2. Oricon Style (2005), Ranking – Oricon Style