Tōmei Ningen (Pink Lady song)

"Tōmei Ningen"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Best Hits Album (1978)
LanguageJapanese
English titleInvisible Person
B-side"Super Monkey Son Goku"
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1978 (1978-09-09)
Genre
Length7:20
LabelVictor
Composer(s)Shunichi Tokura
Lyricist(s)Yū Aku
Producer(s)Hisahiko Iida
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Monster"
(1978) 		"Tōmei Ningen"
(1978) 		"Chameleon Army"
(1978)

"Tōmei Ningen" (透明人間, lit. "Invisible Person") is Pink Lady's ninth single release, and their eighth number-one hit on the Oricon charts.[1] The single sold 1,150,000 copies, and spent four weeks at number one.

According to Oricon, this was the sixth best selling single from 1978.[2] A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, INNOVATION, released in December 2010.

The B-side was the theme song for the TBS puppet show Tobe! Son Goku (飛べ!孫悟空, lit. Fly! Son Goku).

Track listing (7" vinyl)

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

No.TitleLength
1."Tōmei Ningen" ((透明人間, "Invisible Person"))3:20
2."Super Monkey Son Goku" (Sūpā Monkī Son Gokū (スーパーモンキー孫悟空))2:55

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 1

Cover versions

  • Trasparenza covered the song in their 2002 album Pink Lady Euro Tracks.[3]
  • ManaKana recorded a cover version for the 2009 Pink Lady/Yū Aku tribute album Bad Friends. The cover song is also in their 2009 album Futari Uta 2.

References

  1. ^ "List of the number-one hit singles on the Japanese Oricon Chart". Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  2. ^ "Annual Oricon Charts 1977-1980" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ^ "Twinstar produce Pink Lady Euro Tracks". Para Para Mania. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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