"Carmen '77" is Pink Lady

Pink Lady (band)

is a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Mitsuyo Nemoto and Keiko Masuda...

's third release in Japan, released on March 10, 1977. The single sold a total of 1,100,000 sales, and reached the number-one position on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts. It maintained its place at number one for five weeks.

Accoring to Oricon it was the 7th best selling single from 1977.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

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

Yu Aku

, , was a Japanese lyricist, poet, novelist.He was famous for thousands of his lyrics he contributed to many recording artists since 1967. Mainly during the 1970s, more than 20 of them reached the number-one on the Japanese Oricon chart, and 7 singles sold more than a million copies...

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1. "Carmen '77" 3:35
2. "Pipe No Kaijin" 2:50

Chart positions

Charts (1977)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	1