"Kiss in the Dark" was the 14th single released in Japan, and the first single released in America, by Japanese duo 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...

. The song was recorded for their debut American album, Kiss in the Dark

Kiss in the Dark (album)

Kiss in the Dark is Pink Lady's debut album in the United States. It was released on September 5, 1979. They only released one single from the album, "Kiss in the Dark", which reached the #37 position on the American Billboard Charts...

. Pink Lady debuted the song in May 1979 on a Leif Garrett

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 TV special. The song's peak position in Japan 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...

 chart was 19, and on the American Billboard charts

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

 was 37. This was also the first release of the duo in Japan which wasn't in the top 10. In addition to the all-English version of the song which was a hit in the U.S., Pink Lady also recorded a bilingual version, with the chorus in English and the verses in Japanese.

Pink Lady became the first Japanese recording act to chart in America since Kyu Sakamoto

Kyu Sakamoto

was a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside of Japan for his international hit song "Sukiyaki", which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies...

 ("Sukiyaki"

Sukiyaki (song)

The cover version by A Taste of Honey reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also went to number 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and Soul chart)....

) 16 years earlier. "Kiss in the Dark" reached #37 on Billboard magazine's top 40, (#49 on the Cash Box magazine chart).

Track listing

1. "Kiss in the Dark" 2:55
   • Written and composed by Michael Lloyd
2. "Walk Away Renee
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   " 3:10
   • Written and composed by Mike Brown, Bob Calilli, Tony Sansone

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Oricon Chart	19
US Billboard charts Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...	37
US Cash Box magazine Cash Box magazine Cashbox magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industries in the USA which was published from July 1942 to November 16, 1996...	49