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Zipangu (song)

"Zipangu"
Zipangu Pink Lady.jpg
Single by Pink Lady
B-side "Jiken Ga Okitara Bell Ga Naru"
Released March 1979
Genre J-Pop, kayōkyoku, Disco
Length 3:30
Label JVC
Songwriter(s) Shunichi Tokura, Yū Aku
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Chameleon Army"
(1978)
"Zipangu"
(1979)
"Pink Typhoon"
(1979)
"Chameleon Army"
(1978)
"Zipangu"
(1979)
"Pink Typhoon"
(1979)

"Zipangu" (ジパング, Zipangu) is Pink Lady's 11th single, and the first, after nine consecutive number 1 hits, to only reach the highest position of number 4 on the Oricon charts. The single sold approximately 900,000 copies.

The title, Zipangu, refers to the accounts of Marco Polo on Japan.

The song was also featured on the Japanese music show The Best Ten, where it peaked at #7.

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

All tracks composed by Shunichi Tokura, lyrics written by Yū Aku.



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