was the ninth single by the

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band The Blue Hearts. It reached #1 on the

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charts during the first week of August 1990. The song was also ranked #7 on Oricon's rankings for all of 1990. It was the drama High School Rakugaki, part 2.

Details

"Jōnetsu no Bara" was released as part of The Blue Hearts' fourth album, '' Bust Waste Hip'', which was released shortly afterwards on September 10, 1990, though the arrangement of the song is slightly different. "Teppō" (鉄砲 ''Gun''), the B-side track, was written by

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, the band's guitarist. It is one of the few songs that the band has not performed during a concert.

Cover

The title track was covered by Fujin Rizing!, a fictional ska band from multimedia franchise

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and added in the game started on February 19, 2021. Also covered by Banda Basotti an Italian SKA band.

References

1990 singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles The Blue Hearts songs Japanese television drama theme songs Songs written by Hiroto Kōmoto 1990 songs {{1990s-Japan-single-stub