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That was the last song by an artist from Japan to reach the US pop chart for 16 years, until the female duo Pink Lady had a top-40 hit in 1979 with its English-language song "Kiss in the Dark". [10] Internationally, the song is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 13 million copies worldwide. [11] [12]
Sakura Sakura" (さくら さくら, "Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms"), also known as "Sakura", is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan. [1]
Rofū Miki (1948) "Red Dragonfly" (Japanese: 赤とんぼ, Hepburn: Akatonbo) (also transliterated as Akatombo, Aka Tombo, Aka Tonbo, or Aka Tomba) is a famous Japanese children's song (dōyō) composed by Kōsaku Yamada in 1927, with lyrics from a 1921 poem by Rofū Miki.
The song is a duet, featuring the Japanese actress Michiko Namiki and the singer Noboru Kirishima and released in January 1946. It is considered the first hit song in Japan after World War II. [citation needed] "Soyokaze" (そよかぜ, Soft breeze) was released on October 11, 1945, and was the first movie produced after World War II in Japan ...
Gondola no Uta (ゴンドラの唄, "The Gondola Song") is a 1915 romantic ballad [1] that was popular in Taishō period Japan.Lyrics were written by Isamu Yoshii, melody by Shinpei Nakayama.
The song is well known in Asia and has been recorded by musicians into the 21st century in Taipei and Kuala Lumpur. [6] [7] In a national survey by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation in 1997, the song was voted 16th among the 100 greatest Japanese songs of all time. [8]
Songs with English-language lyrics originating in Japan. Pages in category "English-language Japanese songs" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
"Umi Yukaba" (海行かば) is a Japanese song whose lyrics are based on a chōka poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū (poem 4094), an eighth century anthology of Japanese poetry, set to music by Kiyoshi Nobutoki.