"UFO" | ||||
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Single by Pink Lady | ||||
from the album Pink Lady no Katsudou Ooutsushin | ||||
B-side | "レディーX" | |||
Released | December 5, 1977 | |||
Genre | J-pop, kayōkyoku, Disco | |||
Length | 3:15 | |||
Label | JVC | |||
Songwriter(s) | Shunichi Tokura, Yū Aku | |||
Pink Lady singles chronology | ||||
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"UFO" is the sixth single by Japanese duo Pink Lady, released on December 5, 1977 on JVC.
As with their previous singles, the music was composed by Shunichi Tokura and the lyrics were written by Yū Aku.
With a total of 1,950,000 sales, "UFO" was Pink Lady's biggest selling single, and spent ten consecutive weeks at the top of the Japanese singles chart. According to Oricon, "UFO" was the best selling single of 1978, and the duo's third consecutive million selling single. This was also their fifth of nine consecutive number one singles.
The song received the grand prize at the 20th Japan Record Awards. "UFO" was the number one song in the first three episodes of the long running Japanese music program The Best Ten, and was voted the best song of 1978 by the program.
"UFO" is featured in the Japanese version of the video game Just Dance Wii.