Sexy Music

"Sexy Music" is a 1981 single taken from Irish female vocal group The Nolans' 1980 album Making Waves, and later translated into Japanese and covered by Japanese idol duo Wink.

The Nolans' version was released as a single in Japan in April 1981 after winning the Tokyo Music Festival a few days prior to this. It was cut from the album exclusively in Japan to be released as a 7-inch single and a LP containing rearrangements of tracks from Making Waves and Nolan Sisters, gaining commercial success with about 270,000 copies sold.

In 1981, the song was covered by Taiwanese singer Frankie Kao (高凌風, Gāo Língfēng) as 冬天裡的一把火 (Dōngtiānli de Yì Bǎ Huŏ), which was later covered, with much more success, by Fei Xiang (費翔, Fèi Xiáng). Having had some success prior, he reached superstar status almost overnight when in 1987, he performed this song in CCTV's new year gala. The song became an instant hit in China.

In 1990, Wink recorded the cover version sung in the Japanese lyrics written by Neko Oikawa (及川眠子, Oikawa Neko). Their interpretation was released as a single in March 1990 and provided the duo with their fifth and last number-one spot on the Japanese hit parade.[1]

In 1991, The Nolans would in turn cover Wink's biggest selling single, 淋しい熱帯魚 Samishii Nettaigyo, with English lyrics, under the name Tidal Wave.