Sexy Music

"Sexy Music"
Single by The Nolans
from the album Making Waves
B-side "Don't Make Waves"
Released March 21, 1981
Genre Disco
Label Epic
Writer(s) Ben Findon, Mike Myers, Bob Puzey
The Nolans singles chronology
"Who's Gonna Rock You"
(1981)		 "Sexy Music"
(1981)		 "Chemistry"
(1981)
"Sexy Music"
Single by Wink
Released March 28, 1990
Format CD Single, audio cassette
Genre J-pop
Label Polystar
Writer(s) Ben Findon, Mike Myers, Bob Puzey, Neko Oikawa
Certification Platinum
Wink singles chronology
"One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)"
(1989)		 "Sexy Music"
(1990)		 "Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)"
(1990)

"Sexy Music" is a 1981 single taken from Irish female vocal group The Nolans' 1980 album Making Waves, and later hit 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 1990, Wink recorded the cover version sung in the Japanese lyrics written by Neko Oikawa. 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]

Contents

Track listing (Wink version)

  1. "Sexy Music" (Findon/Myers/Puzey/Neko Oikawa)
  2. "Ichiban Kanashii Bara (いちばん哀しい薔薇?)"(Kisaburo Suzuki/Neko Oikawa)

Chart positions and certifications

The Nolans version

Year Chart Position Weeks Sales
1981 Japanese Oricon Singles Chart (top 100) 7 19 270,000+[2]

Wink version

Year Chart Position Weeks Certification Sales
1990 Japanese Oricon Singles Chart (top 100) 1 (x2) 14 Platinum 330,000[1]

Release history (Wink version)

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan March 28, 1990 Polystar CD PSDR-1002
CT PSSR-1002

References

  1. ^ a b "Yamachan Land (Japanese chart archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Wink" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/wink.html. Retrieved 2008-08-01. 
  2. ^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese chart archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - The Nolans" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/wink.html. Retrieved 2008-08-01. 
Preceded by
"Foxy" by Susan Anton		 Japanese Oricon International Chart number one single
(The Nolans version)
April 13 - June 14, 1981 (9 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"In for a Penny, In for a Pound" by Arabesque
Preceded by
"Imasugu Kiss Me" by Lindberg		 Japanese Oricon Chart number one single
(Wink version)
April 9–22, 1990 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Roman Hikō" by Kome Kome Club