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Summer Night Town

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Released
  
May 27, 1998 (JP)

Length
  
11:34 (8 cm CD)

Producer(s)
  
Tsunku

Recorded
  
1998

Label
  
Zetima

Format
  
CD Single (8 cm & 12 cm

"Summer Night Town" (サマーナイトタウン) is a song by J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released as their second single on May 27, 1998 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 417,330 copies. In 2004 It was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. Lead vocals of this single was Natsumi Abe. This single was also the debut of the "Second Generation" Morning Musume members Mari Yaguchi, Kei Yasuda and Sayaka Ichii, as well as the group's first single to be released under Zetima and distributed through Sony Music Japan's sub label Epic Records, as One Up Music (Zetima's former name) had ended its distribution deal with Warner Music Japan and adopted its current name after the release of the group's previous single "Morning Coffee".

Contents

Zetima would be distributed through Sony for this single, Morning Musume's first album "First Time" and all of the Up-Front Works label's subsequent releases.

Track listing

All songs written by Tsunku.

8 cm CD

  1. Summer Night Town (サマーナイトタウン) – 3:49
  2. A Memory of Summer '98 – 3:58
  3. Summer Night Town (Instrumental) (サマーナイトタウン (Instrumental)) – 3:47

12 cm CD (Early Single Box and individual release)

  1. Summer Night Town (サマーナイトタウン)
  2. A Memory of Summer '98
  3. Summer Night Town (Instrumental) (サマーナイトタウン (Instrumental))
  4. Summer Night Town (First Live Version) (サマーナイトタウン (First Live Version))

Members at time of single

  • 1st generation: Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe, Asuka Fukuda
  • 2nd generation (debut): Kei Yasuda, Mari Yaguchi, Sayaka Ichii
  • References

    Summer Night Town Wikipedia