is the second 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
Takashi Matsumoto and
Kyōhei Tsutsumi
(born Eikichi Watanabe, 28 May 1940 - 7 October 2020), was a Japanese composer, record producer and arranger.
Tsutsumi began his career as a songwriter about 1966, and he came to prominence as a composer of Ayumi Ishida's chart-topping hit "Blu ...
, the single was released on October 1, 1985, by
King Records.
Background and release
"Namaiki" was written by Matsumoto as a tale of heartbreak, depicting a girl travelling to a foreign country to heal from her emotional wounds.
"Namaiki" peaked at No. 8 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 and sold over 114,000 copies, becoming Nakayama's first top-10 hit.
Track listing
Charts
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1985 singles
1985 songs
Songs in Japanese
Miho Nakayama songs
Songs with lyrics by Takashi Matsumoto (lyricist)
Songs with music by Kyōhei Tsutsumi
King Records (Japan) singles