Sexy Music
"Sexy Music" | ||||
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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 | ||||
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"Sexy Music" | ||||
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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 | ||||
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"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 1984, the music was adopted by a Taiwanese singer Fei Xiang in a song called "冬天里的一把火" (Winter Fire). In 1987 he performed this song in CCTV's new year gala. The song became an instant hit, and he sold 2 million albums that year containing this song.
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]
Track listing (Wink version)
- "Sexy Music" (Findon/Myers/Puzey/Neko Oikawa)
- "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 |
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1981 | Japanese Oricon Singles Chart (top 100) | 7 | 19 | 270,000+[2] |
Wink version
Year | Chart | Position | Weeks | Certification | Sales |
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1990 | Japanese Oricon Singles Chart (top 100) | 1 (x2) | 14 | Platinum | 330,000[1] |
Release history (Wink version)
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
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Japan | March 28, 1990 | Polystar | CD | PSDR-1002 |
CT | PSSR-1002 | |||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Yamachan Land (Japanese chart archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Wink" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ↑ "Yamachan Land (Japanese chart archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - The Nolans" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. 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 |