is the 14th single by Japanese entertainer

Akina Nakamori is a Japanese singer and actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow Motion" was relea ...

. Written by

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and Kisaburō Suzuki, it was released on February 3, 1986 by

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through the

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label as the lead single from her third compilation album '' CD'87''.

Background

"Desire (Jōnetsu)" was used by

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for their Private CD 500AV commercial featuring Nakamori. Live TV performances of the song featured one of Nakamori's signature looks: a bob wig and a stylized purple and brown kimono with high-heeled shoes. Nakamori performed the song on the 37th ''

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'', making her fourth appearance on

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's New Year's Eve special. Nakamori has re-recorded "Desire (Jōnetsu)" for the 1995 compilation '' True Album Akina 95 Best'', the 2002 self-cover compilation '' Utahime Double Decade'' and as the B-side of her 2005 single " Rakka Ryūsui". In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine .

Chart performance

"Desire (Jōnetsu)" became Nakamori's 11th No. 1 on

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's singles chart and sold 516,000 copies, becoming the second best-selling single of 1986 in the country. It won the Grand Prix at the numerous awards including

28th Japan Record Awards The 28th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, December 31, 1986, starting at 6:30PM JST. The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS. Award winners *Japan Record Award: **Akina Nakamori for " ...

, 1st Japan Gold Disc Award, and 13th FNS Music Festival.

Track listing

All music is arranged by .

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Cover versions

* Mariko Takahashi covered the song on her 1989 cover album ''Sha''. *

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covered the song in English on their 1991 cover album '' Tidal Wave (Samishii Nettaigyo)''. * Haruka Nakanishi (as Toshiko Osoi) covered the song on the 2006 ''Mone'' soundtrack album ''Mansuri Mone on Vocal Collection Vol. 2''. *

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(as

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) covered the song on the 2008 '' Rosario + Vampire'' soundtrack album ''Rosario + Vampire CAPU 2''. * MAX covered the song on their 2010 cover album ''

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''. * Juju covered the song on her 2016 cover album ''Snack Juju: Yoru no Request''. * Marina Shiraishi covered the song in 2016. * Rondo covered the song on their 2021 album ''D4DJ Groovy Mix: Cover Tracks Vol. 1''

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Desire (Jōnetsu) 1986 singles 1986 songs Akina Nakamori songs Japanese-language songs Songs with lyrics by Yoko Aki Warner Music Japan singles Reprise Records singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles