is the twelfth single by

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girl group

Melon Kinenbi are an all-girl Japanese Pop music, pop group within Hello! Project. They were formed after they successfully passed the 2nd Morning Musume & Michiyo Heike Imotobun Audition. Melon Kinenbi is the oldest group in the history of Hello! Project not ...

. It was released on June 9, 2004, and its highest position on the

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weekly chart was #15. It is a cover of ''"Namida no Taiyō (Crying in a Storm)"'' by Emy Jackson, originally released on April 20, 1965.http://www.emyjackson.com/ (Japanese) The song was also covered in 1973 by idol Maria Anzai, whose version went on to sell over 500,000 copies.

Track listing

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External links

Namida no Taiyō
at the Up-Front Works release list (Japanese)

References

2004 singles 2004 songs Melon Kinenbi songs Song recordings produced by Tsunku Zetima Records singles {{2000s-Japan-single-stub