was a single by the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese rock band The Blue Hearts

The Blue Hearts

was a popular Japanese punk rock band that performed from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. In 2003, they were ranked by HMV Japan as number 19 on their list of 100 most important Japanese pop acts...

 that was first released on May 1, 1987. Lyrics and music were written by Hiroto Kōmoto

Hiroto Komoto

is a Japanese rock singer who has fronted bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons. The official kanji for his name are 甲本 浩人, but katakana is used when writing his name in official publications.-Personal History:...

, the band's lead vocalist, and was arranged by The Blue Hearts. Both tracks are 6m57s in length and reached #38 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 during its release year.

It remains one of the groups most popular songs and was included on many albums. It was rereleased as a single on February 6, 2002.

The B-side track on the single was "Boku wa Koko ni Tatteiru Yo" (僕はここに立っているよ I'm Standing Here), which was written by Masatoshi Mashima

Masatoshi Mashima

is a guitarist who has performed with Japanese rock bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons. He was born in Hino and raised in Kodaira in Tokyo, Japan.His nickname while playing was "Marcy."-Solo albums:...

, the band's guitarist.

Original recordings

There is a noticeable difference in the guitar arrangement and sound mixing between Linda Lindas release as a single and its release on the album, The Blue Hearts. Band members agreed to this change for the album because it represents a change from their amateur days to a major band playing live concerts. The single version of the song, however, is more common on television and in commercials.

Related media

The song has made many appearances in popular culture, including being central to the plot of the 2005 Japanese movie Linda Linda Linda

Linda Linda Linda

is a 2005 Japanese film. Its name comes from Japanese punk band The Blue Hearts' hit song "Linda Linda". The film was directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita and stars Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, and Shiori Sekine as the band members, and Bae Doona as a South Korean foreign exchange student...

, which is about a high school girls' band which plays covers of The Blue Hearts.

The song was also covered by American singer Andrew W.K.

Andrew W.K.

Andrew W.K. is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, entertainer, and motivational speaker. He is the host of the television series Destroy Build Destroy.-Early life & career:Andrew Wilkes-Krier was born in Stanford, California, and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan...

 on his 2008 cover album, The Japan Covers

The Japan Covers

Premium Collection: The Japan Covers, known as in Japan, is a cover album by Andrew W.K.. The album, consisting of covers of various J-pop songs, was released in Japan by Universal Music Group on November 26, 2008....

.

American punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in 1995. The Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. The band is named after a children's book of the same name by Gerald G. Jampolsky and Diane V. Cirincione...

 covered the song on their 2011 EP, Sing in Japanese.

It also made an appearance in the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 rhythm games Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

, sometimes referred to as simply Ouendan, is a rhythm video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in 2005, for release only in Japan...

 as the song in the ramen shop owner stage, Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7tsu no Shima no Daibouken

Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7tsu no Shima no Daibouken

is a game by Namco for the Nintendo DS. .It is the second game for the Nintendo DS in the Taiko no Tatsujin series and it was released only in Japan....

, and in the Nintendo Wii rhythm game Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do Don to 2 Daime

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do Don to 2 Daime

, or simply known as Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2, is a music rhythm game for the Wii. It was released on November 19, 2009 only in Japan. It is the sequel of Taiko no Tatsujin Wii.- Features :...

. It was also released as the character song of Kida Masaomi from Durarara!! in the first DVD.