is Pink Lady's ninth single release, and their eighth number-one hit on the

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charts. The single sold 1,150,000 copies, and spent four weeks at number one. According to Oricon, this was the sixth best selling single from 1978. A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, ''

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'', released in December 2010. The B-side was the theme song for the TBS puppet show .

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All lyrics are written by Yū Aku; all music is composed and arranged by Shunichi Tokura.

Chart positions

Cover versions

* Trasparenza covered the song in their 2002 album ''Pink Lady Euro Tracks''. * ManaKana recorded a cover version for the 2009 Pink Lady/Yū Aku tribute album ''

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''. The cover song is also in their 2009 album ''Futari Uta 2''.

References

External links

* * 1978 singles 1978 songs Pink Lady (band) songs Japanese-language songs Disco songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Songs with lyrics by Yū Aku Songs with music by Shunichi Tokura Victor Entertainment singles {{1970s-pop-song-stub