The Peace!

"The Peace!" (ザ☆ピ〜ス！) is the twelfth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released July 25, 2001. It sold a total of 682,320 copies and reached number one on the Oricon Charts. This song is also a personal favorite of ex-Morning Musume member, Rika Ishikawa, as the monologue spoken by her towards the end of the song became one of her favorite moments of being in Morning Musume.

The single version (later preserved on the Best! Morning Musume 2 anthology) contains a fade-out, suggesting to the listener that the song's multiple false endings continued infinitely. The version heard on the album 4th Ikimashoi! is billed as the "Complete Version" and does not fade out, instead coming to a stop several seconds beyond the single version's fadeout.

Members at the time of single

 * 1st generation: Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe
 * 2nd generation: Kei Yasuda, Mari Yaguchi
 * 3rd generation: Maki Goto
 * 4th generation: Rika Ishikawa, Hitomi Yoshizawa, Nozomi Tsuji, Ai Kago

Track listing
All lyrics are composed by Tsunku.
 * 1) "The Peace!" (ザ☆ピース！)
 * 2) "Dekkai Uchū ni Ai ga Aru" (でっかい宇宙に愛がある)
 * 3) "The Peace!" (Instrumental)
 * 4) "Dekkai Uchū ni Ai ga Aru" (Instrumental)

Personnel

 * Kaori Iida – vocals
 * Natsumi Abe – vocals
 * Kei Yasuda – vocals
 * Mari Yaguchi – vocals
 * Maki Goto – vocals
 * Rika Ishikawa – vocals
 * Hitomi Yoshizawa – vocals
 * Nozomi Tsuji – vocals
 * Ai Kago – vocals

The Peace!

 * Dance☆Man and The Band☆Man
 * Dance☆Man – arranger, and bass
 * DJ Ichiro – turntable
 * Hyu Hyu – drums
 * Jump Man – guitar
 * Stage Chakka Man – percussion
 * Wata-Boo – keyboards
 * Horns Man Brothers – horn section
 * Kubō Kawamatsu – trombone
 * Nobuyoshi Kuwano – trumpet
 * Tetsuya Tanaka – trumpet
 * Narutaka Yamanaka – saxophone
 * Tsunku – chorus

Dekkai Uchū ni Ai ga Aru

 * Daisuke Kawai – Hammond organ
 * Hideyuki Kowamatsu – bass
 * Yasubaru Nakanishi – piano
 * Nobu Saitō – percussion
 * Yasuo Sano – drums
 * Shunsuke Suzuki – arranger and guitar