is the 17th single by Japanese entertainer
Miho Nakayama
is a Japanese singer and actress. She is affiliated with Big Apple Co., Ltd. Nakayama is nicknamed , and sometimes uses the pseudonyms or when she writes the lyrics.
Biography History
Nakayama was born in Saku, Nagano, Japan. Following her ...
. Written by
Ryō Asuka, the single was released on January 15, 1990, by
King Records.
Background and release
"Midnight Taxi" was Nakayama's final single to be released on 7" vinyl EP format. It was released to coincide with her
Coming of Age Day
is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have reached or will reach the age of maturity (20 years old) between April 2 of the previous year and ...
.
"Midnight Taxi" became Nakayama's sixth No. 1 on
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
's weekly singles chart. It sold over 181,000 copies and was certified Gold by the
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include p ...
.
Track listing
All songs are written by
Ryō Asuka and arranged by Tomoji Sogawa.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certification
References
External links
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1990 singles
1990 songs
Japanese-language songs
Miho Nakayama songs
King Records (Japan) singles
Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Songs written by Aska (singer)