Pink Typhoon

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"Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album UFO/Southpaw
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Hello Mr. Monkey (Live)"
ReleasedMay 1, 1979 (1979-05-01)
Genre
Length4:10
LabelVictor
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Tomoko Okada
Producer(s)Hisahiko Iida
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Zipangu"
(1979) 		"Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)"
(1979) 		"Nami Nori Pirates"
(1979)

"Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" (ピンク・タイフーン (In the Navy), Pinku Taifūn (In za Nebī)) is Pink Lady's twelfth single, released in May 1979. It peaked at number six on the Oricon charts[1] and number five on the Japanese Music Labo chart.[2] It was the duo's first single to not be written by Shunichi Tokura and Yū Aku.

The song is a cover of the

Mie and Kei). In the same year, singer Teppei Shibuya released his cover version of "In the Navy" as "Young Sailor Man (In the Navy)" (ヤング・セーラーマン (IN THE NAVY), Yangu Sērā Man (In za Nebī)) in his cover album of the same name.[3]

According to Billboard, the original and Pink Lady cover versions were pitted against each other by record company Victor.[4]

The song was also featured on the Japanese music show The Best Ten, where it peaked at No. 6.[5]

The single sold approximately 700,000 copies.[6]

The B-side is a cover of the song "Hello Mr. Monkey" by disco group Arabesque, taken from the duo's 1978 live album '78 Jumping Summer Carnival.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" (Pinku Taifūn (In za Nebī) (ピンク・タイフーン (In the Navy)))Tomoko Okada
Kazufumi Ōhama4:10
2."Hello Mr. Monkey (Live)" (Harō Misutā Monkī (ハロー・ミスター・モンキー))
  • Ben Jurris
  • Benny Lux
  • Jurris
  • Lux
Norio Maeda 

Chart positions

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 6
Japanese Music Labo Chart[2] 5

References

  1. ^ "Pink Lady singles". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. ^ a b "Billboard Magazine, June 30, 1979. "Billboard Hits of the World"". Billboard. 30 June 1979. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  3. ^ "ヤング・セーラーマン (IN THE NAVY)". Nippon Columbia. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  4. ^ "Billboard Magazine, May 12, 1979. "'Navy' Cover Conflict Breaks Out in Japan". Billboard. 12 May 1979. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  5. ISBN 978-4789733724
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  6. ^ "Pink Lady single sales". Retrieved 2012-05-28.

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