Carmen '77

"Carmen '77"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Pink Lady no Katsudou Ooutsushin
B-side "Pipe No Kaijin"
Released March 10, 1977 (Japan)
Genre J-pop, Disco
Length 3:35
Label JVC
Songwriter(s) Shunichi Tokura, Yū Aku.
Pink Lady singles chronology
"S.O.S."
(1976)		 "Carmen '77"
(1977)		 "Nagisa No Sindbad"
(1977)

"S.O.S."
(1976)		 "Carmen '77"
(1977)		 "Nagisa No Sindbad"
(1977)

"Carmen '77" (カルメン'77 Karumen '77) is Pink Lady's third single release in Japan. The song was written by Yū Aku and Shunichi Tokura, and was released on March 10, 1977. The single sold in excess of 1,100,000 copies, and reached the number-one position on the Oricon charts in April 1977, and maintained its place at number one for five weeks.[1] It also reached the number-one position on the Japanese Music Labo charts.[2]

According to Oricon it was the 7th best selling single from 1977.[3]

A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, Innovation, released in December 2010.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All tracks composed by Shunichi Tokura, lyrics written by Yū Aku.

  1. "Carmen '77" 3:35
  2. "Pipe No Kaijin" 2:50

Chart positions

Charts (1977) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 1
Japanese Music Labo Chart[2] 1

Covers

  • Speed covered this for the 1997 Yu Aku tribute album VELFARRE J-POP NIGHT presents DANCE with YOU.
  • Korean duo Red Pepper Girls covered this in 2008.
  • Ruriko Kubo and Kyoko covered this for the 2009 released Pink Lady/Yu Aku tribute album Bad Friends.

References

  1. ↑ "List of the number-one hit singles on the Japanese Oricon Chart". Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  2. 1 2 "Billboard Magazine, April, 1977". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "Annual Oricon Charts 1977-1980" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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