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Time to Countdown

Single Cover


Artist
TMN
Single
TIME TO COUNTDOWN
Released
1990.09.28
Catalog Number
ESDB-3139
Price
¥839
Tracklist
  1. THE POINT OF LOVERS' NIGHT
  2. WORLD'S END


Information

"TIME TO COUNTDOWN" is TMN's, formally TM NETWORK, 22nd single. This is also the band's first single under the "TMN" name. The theme of the single is "Nervousness of the Countdown till the End of the 20th Century".[1] The title track was used as a theme song for the Maxwell Cassette Tape UD@017 commercials. For the title track, the band used a double bass drum and a distortion guitar played by Nile Rodgers' bandmate Brad Gillis. [1]

The single reached #1 on the weekly Oricon charts, selling over 398,000 copies. Because 260,630 copies were sold in 1990, the single also reached #42 on the yearly Oricon charts for that year.

Song Information

Lyrics
Komuro Tetsuya
Music
Komuro Tetsuya
Other Information
Arrangement: Komuro Tetsuya
Main Vocals: Utsunomiya Takashi
Backing Vocals: Kine Naoto, Komuro Tetsuya
Keyboard: Komuro Tetsuya
Guitar: Kine Naoto
Distortion Guitar: Brad Gillis

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "TIME TO COUNTDOWN". Japanese Wikipedia: TIME TO COUNTDOWN. 2006-09.09. Retrieved 2014-12-28.

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