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Manatsu no Kōsen

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Released
  
May 12, 1999 (JP)

Genre
  
Japanese Pop

Recorded
  
1999

Label
  
zetima

Format
  
CD single (8 cm & 12 cm)

Length
  
14:33 (8 cm CD) 19:42 (12 cm CD)

"Manatsu no Kōsen" (真夏の光線, A ray of light in midsummer) is the fifth single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on May 12, 1999 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 235,010 copies, and reached number three on the Oricon Charts. In 2004, It was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005, as a 12 cm CD. The lead vocalist of this single was Natsumi Abe. It was first single without Asuka Fukuda

Contents

8 cm CD

  1. Manatsu no Kōsen (真夏の光線, A ray of light in midsummer) – 5:07
  2. Koi no Shihatsu Ressha (恋の始発列車, Love's first train) – 4:20
  3. Manatsu no Kōsen (Instrumental) (真夏の光線 (Instrumental)) – 5:06

12 cm CD (Early Single Box and individual release)

  1. Manatsu no Kōsen (真夏の光線) – 5:09
  2. Koi no Shihatsu Ressha (恋の始発列車) – 4:22
  3. Manatsu no Kōsen (Instrumental) (真夏の光線 (Instrumental)) – 5:11
  4. Manatsu no Kōsen (Early Version) (真夏の光線 (Early Version)) – 5:00

Members at time of single

  • 1st generation: Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe
  • 2nd generation: Kei Yasuda, Mari Yaguchi, Sayaka Ichii

    • References

    Manatsu no Kōsen Wikipedia
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