| Miss Love Tantei | |
| Cover: | Miss_Love_Tantei.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | W |
| A-Side: | Miss Love Tantei |
| B-Side: | Friendship |
| Released: | September 7, 2005 September 14, 2005 |
| Recorded: | 2005 |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Length: | 10:26 |
| Label: | Zetima |
| Producer: | Tsunku |
| Prev Title: | Ai no Imi wo Oshiete! |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Dō ni mo Tomaranai / Choi Waru Devil |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
is the 6th single of W, released on September 7, 2005.
"Miss Love Tantei" was composed by Los Angeles producers Joey Carbone and Steven Lee, the first time a songwriting team other than W's main producer, Tsunku, had written an original song for them.[1]
The single was released on September 7, 2005 under the Zetima label. "Friendship" was included as a B-side. A video single, referred as a "Single V", was released on September 14, 2005.
The music video was directed by Hideo Kawatani and produced by Tetsushi Suehiro.[2] The music video stars Tsuji and Kago as a multitude of characters, including Cara and Mel, their characters from their 2005 musical, Mysterious Girl Detectives Cara & Mel: The Case of the Stolen Dangerous Violin, as they solve the mystery behind a stolen jewel.
Both the CD and DVD singles debuted at #13 in the Oricon Weekly Singles and DVD Charts and charted for 4 weeks.
CD Journal praised the change in songwriting direction, calling "Miss Love Tantei" a "danceable track", as well as the rap interlude and the first press edition photo card "cute."[3]