"Respect the Power of Love" is Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro

is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...

's 12th single on the Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

 label. Her second single to be released after her hiatus. The single was released on the same day that Amuro's mother was brutally murdered by her brother-in-law. Amuro cancelled promotion for this single and flew to Okinawa to identify her mother's body.

Commercial tie-in

Respect the Power of Love was used in Kose Visee commercial featuring Namie herself.

Charts

The single opened at #2 with 200,610 copies sold in its first week, it sold about 500,000 units and charted for 10 weeks. It was the 43rd best-selling single of 1999.

Track listing

1. "Respect the Power of Love - Straight Run" – 4:21
2. "Respect the Power of Love - NYC Uptown remix" – 4:01
3. "Respect the Power of Love - Instrumental" – 4:17

Production

• Producer – Tetsuya Komuro
• Additionally Production – Rob Arbittier & Gary Adante
• Mixing – Eddie Delena
• Remixing – Roland Clark

TV performances

• March 12, 1999 – Music Station
• March 15, 1999 – Hey! Hey! Hey!
• March 23, 1999 – Utaban
• March 27, 1999 – Pop Jam
• March 29, 1999 – Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Awards III
• April 02, 1999 – Music Station Special
• December 27, 1999 – SMAPxSMAP
• December 31, 1999 – 50th Kōhaku Uta Gassen
  Kohaku Uta Gassen
  , more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...