is the opening theme song to the Japan

Japan

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ese dub of the Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

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 Smurfs television series. It was released on 45 vinyl by Polydor Records

Polydor Records

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 in 1981 exclusively in Japan. The song was written by Keisuke Yamakawa and its composition is by composers Pierre Kartner

Pierre Kartner

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, "Corbett", and "Linlee". It features vocals by Yoshio Maruyama and Masaki Kobayashi who are credited as Blessing Four. Included on the back of the album was dancing instruction for a special Smurf dance.

Track list

• Side A. スマーフのちっちゃなちっちゃなうた
  Sumāfu no Chiccha na Chiccha na Uta/Silly Little Song of the Smurfs
• Side B. スマーフィング･ランド
  Sumāfingu Rando/Smurfing Land

See also

• The Smurfs (music)
  The Smurfs (music)
  The Smurfs is a Belgian comics series, created by Peyo in 1958, and popularized in the English speaking world mainly through the 1981-1989 Hanna Barbera cartoon series...