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is the ninth single release by Japanese
girl group Candies, released on March 1, 1976. This was the group's trademark song. It peaked at #3 on the Oricon
charts, and sold over 360,000 copies. The group performed this song at the 27th NHK
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
girl group Candies, released on March 1, 1976. This was the group's trademark song. It peaked at #3 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, and sold over 360,000 copies. The group performed this song at the 27th NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Kohaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...
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Track listing
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- Lyrics, music & arrangement: Yūsuke Hoguchi
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- Lyrics: Machiko Ryū / Music: Mitsuo Miyamoto / Arrangement: Kōji Ryūzaki
Chart positions
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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| 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... |
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