is Pink Lady's fourth single release, released on June 10, 1977, with a total of 1,450,000 sales, This single stayed at the number-one spot for eight weeks. According to

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, this was the best selling single of 1977. The song's dance choreography uses a beach motif, with emphasis on swimming and surfing. A re-recorded version of the song was included on the two-disc greatest hits release, ''

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'', released in December 2010.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All lyrics are written by

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; all music is composed and arranged by

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Track listing (1993 CD single release)

Released on September 22, 1993. # "Nagisa no Sindbad" 2:35 # " S.O.S." 2:45 # "Nagisa no Sindbad" (Original Karaoke) # "S.O.S." (Original Karaoke)

Track listing (1996 Remix CD single release)

Released on August 21, 1996. # "Nagisa no Sindbad" (Original Version) # "Nagisa no Sindbad" (Remix) # "Nagisa no Sindbad" (Original Karaoke)

Chart positions

Pink Babies version

The 10-member tribute group

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covered the song on August 31, 2016 as their first physical release, with "Lady X" as the B-side. Four versions of the single were offered; each one includes two different songs. A limited edition single titled "Le Sinbad de la plage" was sold exclusively at

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on July 2–5, 2015. The single includes "Armée de papaye" ("Papaya Gundan") and "Inspecteur Pepper" ("

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").

Track listings

All lyrics are written by

; all music is composed by

Chart positions

Other cover versions

* The song was performed live by

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as part of her Pink Lady Medley in the concert video ''

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'', released on Blu-ray in 2013. * Megumi Yuki covered the song in 1990. *

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band Romantic Gorilla recorded a short and fast cover of this song which includes only the first phrase and the first chorus. It appeared on the 1993 demo tape and rerecorded for the 1996

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with Spazz. * Trasparenza covered the song in their 2002 album ''Pink Lady Euro Tracks''. * Idol duo W covered the song in their 2004 debut album ''

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''. * The song was covered on

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's second maxi single ''NIKU CUP''. *

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self-covered the song in her 2008 covers album and her 2012 compilation album ''Colors ~ 30th Anniversary All Time Best''. * Japanese rock band

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also covered it for their 2008 album ''Tora no Ana 2''. *

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released a cover of this song on her album ''Cover Girl 2'', released in 2008. *

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included the song in their first cover album ''

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'' in 2009. * Twin sisters

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released a cover of this song on their cover album ''Futari Uta'' from 2009. * Watarirouka Hashiritai recorded a cover version for the 2009 Pink Lady/Yū Aku tribute album ''

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''. * Amiaya incorporated the song as part of their "Pink Lady Mash Up 2015" single. *

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covered the song in her 2020 DVD ''CLIP&COVERS''.

References

External links

* * {{authority control 1977 singles 1977 songs 2016 singles Pink Lady (band) songs Japanese-language songs Disco songs Surf songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Songs with lyrics by Yū Aku Songs with music by Shunichi Tokura Victor Entertainment singles