is a Japanese song by

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released on April 8, 1990. It was included in their 1987 album ''Komeguny''.

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adopted the song for their

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. It peaked at number one on the

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chart. In the Oricon yearly chart of 1990, it became the second best-selling song in Japan behind "

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." In 2007, Kome Kome Club released the remix version of the song in their album ''komedia.jp''.

Cover versions

On April 23, 2003,

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released a cover of this song. In 2010, hip-hop unit

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also covered the song, reworking it into a tropical ska tune. The song was also the image theme song for

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's Cyber-shot camera. In the same year,

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covered it in English in her Japan-only album ''

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''. In 2017, duo

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released a cover for their album "80s/90s J-POP REVIVAL", and released it as part of the double single "卒業 / 浪漫飛行".

References

1990 singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles 1990 songs {{1990s-single-stub