is the 18th 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

Gorō Matsui is a Japanese lyricist born 11 December 1957 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, though he considers Tokyo to be his hometown. Beginning with participation in the Yamaha Popular Song Contests, he made his debut writing the lyrics for the 1981 Chage and As ...

and Cindy, the single was released on March 21, 1990, by King Records.

Background and release

"Semi-sweet Magic" was used by Kyōwa Saitama Bank for their commercial featuring Nakayama. "Semi-sweet Magic" peaked at No. 3 on

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's weekly singles chart and sold over 122,000 copies.

Track listing

Charts

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* * * {{Authority control 1990 singles 1990 songs Japanese-language songs Miho Nakayama songs Songs with lyrics by Gorō Matsui King Records (Japan) singles