"Together Now" is a collaboration between French composer/producer

Jean Michel Jarre Jean-Michel André Jarre (; born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanie ...

and Japanese composer/producer

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. It was the

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theme song.

Olivia Lufkin Olivia Lufkin (born December 9, 1979), professionally known as Olivia, is a Japanese-American bilingual singer and songwriter.

was the vocalist and the lyricist for this song. "Together Now" also features as track 15 of ''Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!''. However, the single was only retailed in Japan. Surprisingly, despite both Lufkin and

being under

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, the single itself was released under

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. The single reached number 32 on the

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charts and charted for 10 weeks.

Track listing

# Together Now (Original Full Mix) # Together Now (Parlez Vous Francais Mix) # Together Now (Radio Edit (Breakdown Mix)) # Oxygene 13 (TK Remix) (

) # Together Now (Instrumental)

References

{{Authority control 1998 singles Olivia Lufkin songs Songs written by Tetsuya Komuro FIFA World Cup songs Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles