Carmen '77

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"Carmen '77"
Single by Pink Lady
B-side Pipe No Kaijin
Released March 10, 1977 (Japan)
Genre J-pop, Disco
Length 3:35
Label JVC
Pink Lady singles chronology

"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]

According to Oricon it was the 7th best selling single from 1977.[2]

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

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

Preceded by
Shitsuren Restaurant by Kentarō Shimizu
Japanese Oricon Chart number one single
March 28, 1977 - April 25, 1977 (5 weeks)
Succeeded by
Kaeranai/Koibitoyo by Kentarō Shimizu
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