is a single by Japanese music duo

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and Hiroshi Miyagawa, the single was released on February 10, 1962, by King Records. The song was written in the style of American pop music at the time. It stood out in the Japanese music scene, as it was an original composition in contrast to the "cover pops" that were translations of western pop songs. In addition, it was one of the earliest Japanese songs recorded in stereo. The Peanuts performed the song on the 13th ''

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''. "Furimukanaide" was featured in the film , which also starred the Peanuts. It was also used in the 2009 anime film '' Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance'', as well as the 2015

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drama series .

Track listing

Wink version

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as their 15th single, released on July 22, 1992, by Polystar Records. This version was used as the ending theme of the

quiz show ''

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''. The B-side, "Romance no Hakobune", is a Japanese-language cover of Italian singer Mr. Zivago's "Little Russian". This version peaked at No. 7 on the

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's weekly charts and sold over 132,000 copies.

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Chart positions

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Other cover versions

* Candies covered the song on their 1977 album ''Candy Label''. * Juicy Fruits covered the song on their 1981 album ''Pajama Date''. *

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covered the song in 1991. *

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covered the song in English as "Please Don't" on their 1992 cover album '' Please Don't''. *

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covered the song in 1997. * W covered the song as the B-side of their 2003 single "

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". * Russian duo Arahis covered the song in 2006. * The Lilies covered the song on their 2014 cover album ''The Lilies Sing the Peanuts''. * Sasa Handa covered the song on her 2015 album ''Double S''. * Manaka and Asahi of

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covered the song on the 2016 various artists album ''The Peanuts Tribute Songs''.

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;The Peanuts version * ;Wink version * * {{Authority control 1962 singles 1992 singles 1962 songs Wink (duo) songs Japanese-language songs King Records (Japan) singles fr:Furimukanaide (chanson de Wink) ja:ふりむかないで (ザ・ピーナッツの曲)