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Down Town (Sakamoto Maaya)
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- Artist
- Sakamoto Maaya
- Song
- DOWN TOWN
- Lyrics
- Ito Ginji
- Music
- Yamashita Taro
- Other Information
- Arrangement: Hattori Takayuki
- Sound Production: Hattori Takayuki
- Conductor: Hattori Takayuki
- Drums: Tsuruya Tomoo
- Bass: Watanabe Naoki
- Electric Guitar: Furukawa Masayoshi
- String: RUSH by TAKASHI KATO
- Alto Saxophone: Hirahara Makoto, Yoshinaga Hisashi
- Tenor Saxophone: Yoshida Osamu
- Baritone Saxophone: Tsuzurano Atsushi
- Trumpet: Nishimura Kouji, Sugasaka Masahiko, Yokoyama Hitoshi
- Trombone: Nakagawa Eijiro, Shishiuchi Kanade
- Bass Trombone: Yamashiro Junko
- Backing Vocals: Hiyama Kiyoshi, Kido Yasuhiro, Mitani Yasuhiro, Sakamoto Maaya
- Synthesizer programming: Kuriyama Yoshichika
- Recording & Mixing engineer: Yamada Nobumasa
- Assistant Engineer: Saito Chie, Kumate Tooru
- Recording Studios: STUDIO SOUND INN, VICTOR STUDIO
- Mixing Studio: amp'box
- Information
"DOWN TOWN" is a pop song recorded by Sakamoto Maaya. The song first appeared as the first A-side of Sakamoto's 18th single "DOWN TOWN / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" and was later featured on her seventh studio album You can't catch me as track #3. The song is a cover of the 1975 SUGAR BABE hit of the same name and was used as the opening theme for the anime Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru.
Disambiguation
There are three known versions of "DOWN TOWN" to be found in Sakamoto Maaya's discography. These versions are:
- DOWN TOWN
- Found on the "DOWN TOWN / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" single as track #1, the You can't catch me album as track #3, and the Single Collection+ Mitsubachi album as track #3. This is the main version set to the music video.
- DOWN TOWN -instrumental-
- Found on the "DOWN TOWN / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" single as track #3. This is the standard version without vocals.
- DOWN TOWN (Live Version)
- Found on the bonus CD of the "Buddy" single as track #3. This version is from her LIVE TOUR 2011 "You can't catch me" concert at Tokyo International Forum Hall A on June 3rd and 4th, 2011.
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