Chameleon Army

"Chameleon Army"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Best Hits Album (1978)
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Dragon"
ReleasedDecember 5, 1978 (1978-12-05)
Genre
Length8:25
LabelVictor
Composer(s)Shunichi Tokura
Lyricist(s)Yū Aku
Producer(s)Hisahiko Iida
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Tōmei Ningen"
(1978) 		"Chameleon Army"
(1978) 		"Zipangu"
(1979)

"Chameleon Army" (カメレオン・アーミー, Kamereon Āmi) is Pink Lady's tenth single release, and their ninth number 1 hit on the Oricon charts.[1] The single sold approximately 1,250,000 copies,[2] and spent six weeks at the top of the Oricon charts. This was their last consecutive number one hit.

According to Oricon, this was the 10th best selling single from 1979,[3] and it gave Pink Lady a combined total of 63 weeks at number one - a record the duo held until January 2015, when B'z achieved a total of 64 weeks at number one with their single "Uchōten".[4][5]

"Chameleon Army" was used as an insert song in the Lupin the Third Part II episode "Terror of the Chameleon Man"/"For Larva or Money". It was featured on the Japanese music show The Best Ten, where it peaked at #4.

A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, INNOVATION, released in December 2010.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All lyrics are written by Yū Aku; all music is composed and arranged by Shunichi Tokura.

No.TitleLength
1."Chameleon Army" (Kamereon Āmi (カメレオン・アーミー))3:55
2."Dragon" (Doragon (ドラゴン))4:30

Chart positions

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 1

Cover versions

  • South Korean singer Epaksa covered the song in his 1996 album Encyclopedia of Pon-Chak Party 1 & 2.
  • Trasparenza covered the song in their 2002 album Pink Lady Euro Tracks.[6]
  • Amii Ozaki and Ami Onuki (from Puffy AmiYumi) recorded a cover version for the 2009 Pink Lady/Yū Aku tribute album Bad Friends.

References

  1. ^ "List of the number-one hit singles on the Japanese Oricon Chart". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  2. ^ "Billboard Magazine, March, 1979". Billboard. 31 March 1979.
  3. ^ "Annual Oricon Charts 1977-1980" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  4. ^ "B'z break records and top Oricon chart with their 1st single in 2 years and 9 months". Tokyo Hive. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  5. ^ 音楽CD検定公式ガイドブック下巻. レコード検定協議会. p. 136.
  6. ^ "Twinstar produce Pink Lady Euro Tracks". Para Para Mania. Retrieved 2020-04-14.