is a Japanese song by

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released on April 8, 1990. It was included in their 1987 album ''Komeguny''. Originally conceptualized as a song for a hypothetical airline commercial, the hypothetical became reality in 1990 as

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adopted the song for their

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. It peaked at number one on the

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chart. In the Oricon yearly chart of 1990, it became the second best-selling song in Japan behind " Odoru Pompokolin." In 2007, Kome Kome Club released the remix version of the song in their album ''komedia.jp''.

Cover versions

On April 23, 2003,

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released a cover of this song. In 2010, hip-hop unit

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also covered the song, reworking it into a tropical ska tune. The song was also the image theme song for

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's Cyber-shot camera. In the same year,

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covered it in English in her Japan-only album '' Ms. Vocalist''. In 2017, duo FEMM released a cover for their album "80s/90s J-POP REVIVAL", and released it as part of the double single "Sotsugyō / Roman Hikō" (卒業 / 浪漫飛行). On August 9, 2023, a tribute album dedicated to the song was released, featuring reinterpretations of the song by artists including

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, Razor Ramon RG,

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, and Yusuke.

References

1990 singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles 1990 songs {{1990s-Japan-single-stub