Summer Night Town

8cm Cover

12cm Cover

Artist

Morning Musume

Single

Summer Night Town (サマーナイトタウン)

Released

1998.05.27 (8cm Single)

2005.03.02 (12cm Single)

Catalog Number

EPDE-1003 (8cm Single)

EPCE-5314 (12cm Single)

Price

¥1,020 (8cm Single)

¥1,050 (12cm Single)

8cm Tracklist

1. Summer Night Town (サマーナイトタウン)
2. A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
3. Summer Night Town (サマーナイトタウン) (Instrumental)

12cm Tracklist

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

Information

"Summer Night Town" is the second single released by Morning Musume under the zetima label. The single was first released in 1998 on a 8cm CD and in 2004 it was reissued on a 12cm CD as part of the Morning Musume EARLY SINGLE BOX and included an live version of the title track not released on the original single. An individual CD was made available in 2005.

The single is the first to feature Morning Musume's second generation members, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, and Ichii Sayaka.

Song Information

Lyrics

Tsunku

Composer

Tsunku

Arrangement

Maejima Yasuaki

Members at time of original release

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

TV performances

• 1998-05-24 ASAYAN
• 1998-05-29 Music Station
• 1998-06-02 Utaban
• 1998-06-12 Music Station
• 1998-07-14 Utaban
• 2000-05-28 Hello! Morning Episode 008
• 2000-08-06 Hello! Morning Episode 018 (Last Phrase Karaoke Battle)

Concert performances

• First Concert Hello!
• Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kohkaido
• Hello! Project Happy New Year '99
• Morning Musume Memory Seishun no Hikari
• Hello! Project '99
• Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000
• Morning Musume First Live at Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~
• Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2002 Haru "Love Is Alive!" (English Version by Coconuts Musume)
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 "15nin de Non Stop!" (by Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa, Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, and Tanaka Reina)
• Morning Musume Otome Gumi Hatsukouen ~Otomechikku~ (by Morning Musume Otome Gumi)
• Abe Natsumi First Concert Tour 2004 ~Anata Iro~ (by Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, and Yasuda Kei, as part of a medley)
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004 "The Best of Japan Natsu ~ Aki '04" (by Iida, Ishikawa, Yoshizawa, Konno, and Fujimoto, as part of a medley)
• Nochiura Natsumi Concert Tour 2005 Haru "Triangle Energy" (by Goto Maki and Matsuura Aya)
• TYPE-Y 2007 BIRTHDAY LOVE Mahou no Pressure! Kotoshi mo Yarimasu Special ~Live Ato, Yotei wo Irenaide Kudasai~ (by Nakazawa Yuko)
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu~

Disambiguation

There are two other versions of "Summer Night Town". These are:

Summer Night Town (English Version)

Found on Coconuts Musume's single "Halation Summer / Summer Night Town (English Version)" as track #2. This is an English cover of the original.

Summer Night Town (Morning Musume Sakuragumi Version)

Found on Morning Musume Otome Gumi's single "Yuujou ~Kokoro no Busu ni wa Naranee!~" single as track #3.

Oricon Chart Positions

Single

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	86,670
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	49,560
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	51,620
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	44,020
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	37,200
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	36,470
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	30,060
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	22,260
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	14,890
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	8,630
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	7,490
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	6,820
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	5,300
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70	3,720
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	3,010
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	82	2,730
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	3,320
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	83	3,560

Total Reported Sales: 417,330*

External links

• Oricon Profile: 8cm CD | 12cm CD
• Up-Front Works: Morning Musume discography entry
• projecthello.com: Summer Night Town lyrics
• projecthello.com: A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98 lyrics

Purchase

• Original edition Amazon JP
• Rereleased edition Amazon JP, CDJapan