was the third single by the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese band The Blue Hearts

The Blue Hearts

was a popular Japanese punk rock band that performed from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. In 2003, they were ranked by HMV Japan as number 19 on their list of 100 most important Japanese pop acts...

. It was released on November 21, 1987, the same time that the band's second album, Young and Pretty, was released. Lyrics and music were written by Hiroto Kōmoto

Hiroto Komoto

is a Japanese rock singer who has fronted bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons. The official kanji for his name are 甲本 浩人, but katakana is used when writing his name in official publications.-Personal History:...

, the band's lead vocalist, and was arranged by The Blue Hearts. The track is 9m17s in length.

The B-side track on the single was "Chain Gang" (チェインギャング Chein Gyangu), which was written by Masatoshi Mashima

Masatoshi Mashima

is a guitarist who has performed with Japanese rock bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons. He was born in Hino and raised in Kodaira in Tokyo, Japan.His nickname while playing was "Marcy."-Solo albums:...

, the band's guitarist.

Original recording

The falsetto at the beginning of the song was done by Junnosuke Kawaguchi

Junnosuke Kawaguchi

is a Japanese bassist who played for bands such as The Blue Hearts. He is now a music producer in Tokyo. He was born Hiroyuki Kawaguchi in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo.-Personal History:...

, the band's bassist. Though he generally speaks with a low voice, he sings in falsetto for a number of songs.

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The promotional video was an animated video. In the video, Kōmoto was a monkey, Mashima was a penguin, Kawaguchi was a pig and Tetsuya Kajiwara

Tetsuya Kajiwara (drummer)

is a drummer who has performed with Japanese bands, including The Blue Hearts and The 3Peace.-Personal History:Kajiwara was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from Oita Uenogaoka High School in Oita, Oita Prefecture. He then moved to Tokyo's Suginami ward to study at...

(the drummer) was a polar bear.