Summer Night Town
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サマーナイトタウン (English: Summer Night Town) is the second single of the Hello! Project group Morning Musume. It was released on 1998-05-27 on a 8 cm CD on the zetima label with catalog number EPDE-1003.
On 2004-12-15 this single was rereleased on a 12 cm CD with an extra track as part of the Morning Musume EARLY SINGLE BOX (Catalog number EPCE-5322) and this version was released again individually on 2005-03-02 with catalog number EPCE-5314.
This is the first single from Morning Musume to feature the second generation members, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, and Ichii Sayaka.
Coconuts Musume covered the single in English as a second A-side for their debut single, Halation Summer / Summer Night Town (English Version). It was also covered by Morning Musume Otome Gumi on their single Yuujou ~Kokoro no Busu niwa Naranee!~.
Credits
- 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
Original CD track listing
- サマーナイトタウン
- A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
- サマーナイトタウン (Instrumental)
Rereleased CD track listing
- サマーナイトタウン
- A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
- サマーナイトタウン (Instrumental)
- サマーナイトタウン (First Live Version)
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)
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu~
Oricon Rank and Sales
| Week | Chart Date | Chart Period | Week Rank | Sales | Cumulative Sales | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998.06.08 | 1998.05.25~1998.05.31 | 4 | 86,670 | 86,670 | |
| 2 | 1998.06.15 | 1998.06.01~1998.06.07 | 7 | 49,560 | 136,230 | |
| 3 | 1998.06.22 | 1998.06.08~1998.06.14 | 4 | 51,620 | 187,850 | |
| 4 | 1998.06.29 | 1998.06.15~1998.06.21 | 4 | 44,020 | 231,870 | |
| 5 | 1998.07.06 | 1998.06.22~1998.06.28 | 6 | 37,200 | 269,070 | |
| 6 | 1998.07.13 | 1998.06.29~1998.07.05 | 11 | 36,470 | 305,540 | |
| 7 | 1998.07.20 | 1998.07.06~1998.07.12 | 14 | 30,060 | 335,600 | |
| 8 | 1998.07.27 | 1998.07.13~1998.07.19 | 17 | 22,260 | 357,860 | |
| 9 | 1998.08.03 | 1998.07.20~1998.07.26 | 32 | 14,890 | 372,750 | |
| 10 | 1998.08.10 | 1998.07.27~1998.08.02 | 36 | 8,630 | 381,380 | |
| 11 | 1998.08.17 | 1998.08.03~1998.08.09 | 42 | 7,490 | 388,870 | |
| 12 | 1998.08.24 | 1998.08.10~1998.08.16 | 41 | 6,820 | 395,690 | |
| 13 | 1998.08.31 | 1998.08.17~1998.08.23 | 49 | 5,300 | 400,990 | |
| 14 | 1998.09.07 | 1998.08.24~1998.08.30 | 70 | 3,720 | 404,710 | |
| 15 | 1998.09.14 | 1998.08.31~1998.09.06 | 72 | 3,010 | 407,720 | |
| 16 | 1998.09.21 | 1998.09.07~1998.09.13 | 82 | 2,730 | 410,450 | |
| 17 | 1998.09.28 | 1998.09.14~1998.09.20 | 74 | 3,320 | 413,770 | |
| 18 | 1998.10.05 | 1998.09.21~1998.09.27 | 83 | 3,560 | 417,330 |
Total sales: 417,330
External links
- Up-Front Works: Morning Musume discography entry
- projecthello.com: Summer Night Town lyrics
- projecthello.com: A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98 lyrics
