Monster (Pink Lady song)

"Monster" (モンスター, Monsuta) is Pink Lady's eighth single release, and their seventh number-one hit on the Oricon charts in Japan.^[1] The single sold 1,600,000 copies, and was number one for eight weeks.

According to Oricon this was the 3d best selling single from 1978.^[2]

A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, Innovation, released in December 2010.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All tracks composed by Shunichi Tokura, lyrics written by Yū Aku.

"Monster" 4:30
"Catch Lip" 2:50

Chart positions

Charts (1978)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	1

Cover versions

Sudirman Arshad of Malaysia recorded a cover version of this song in Malay in 1979, titled "Toyol" in his "Perasaan" album. Toyol is a Malaysian fabled monster who steals valuables and money from people under the command of its master, who in return has to feed it with his own blood by allowing it to bite his big toe.
CHINEPHILE recorded a cover version of this song for the 2003 album KAYOMANIA.
Nana Yanagisawa and Takashi Yutaka recorded a cover of this for the Pink Lady/Yū Aku tribute album Bad Friends from 2009.

Pink Lady
Singles	"Pepper Keibu" "S.O.S." "Carmen '77" "Nagisa no Sindbad" "Wanted" "UFO" "Southpaw" "Monster" "Tomei Ningen" "Chameleon Army" "Zipang" "Pink Typhoon" "Nami Nori Pirates" "Kiss in the Dark" "Monday Mona Lisa Club" "Do Your Best" "Ai Giri Giri" "Sekai Eiyuu Shi" "Utakata" "Remember" "Last Pretender" "OH!" "Fushigi Love" "Pink Eyed Soul" "Terebi ga Kita Hi"
Studio albums	Pepper Keibu Hoshi kara Kita Futari Magical Musical Tour Kiss in the Dark We Are Sexy Turning Point Suspense
Live albums	Challenge Concert Summer Fire '77 Bye Bye Carnival America! America! America! '78 Jumping Summer Carnival Live in Budokan Sayonara Pink Lady
Compilations	Pink Lady no Katsudou Ooutsushin Pink Lady Pink Lady Best Selection Pink Lady Twin Best Innovation
Related articles	Pink Lady Mitsuyo Nemoto Keiko Masuda

References

↑ "List of the number-one hit singles on the Japanese Oricon Chart". Retrieved 2008-10-13.
↑ "Annual Oricon Charts 1977-1980" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-25.

Preceded by "Mr. Summertime" by Circus	Japanese Oricon Chart number one single August 8, 1978	Succeeded by "Hikigane" by Masanori Sera & Twist

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