"Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyōtanjima" (モーニング娘。のひょっこりひょうたん島, Mōningu Musume no Hyokkori Hyōtanjima, Morning Musume's Unexpected Contradiction Island) was the seventeenth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released February 19, 2003. It sold a total of 151,342 copies, reaching number four on the Oricon Charts. The title song was first performed live on NCON, a traditional school choir contest promoted by NHK, and later on other shows Minna no Uta
where this song made their its TV appearances.
This single is a cover of the theme song to a famous children's puppet show from the 1960s, called Hyokkori Hyoutanjima (ひょっこりひょうたん島).
