Namaiki

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"Namaiki"
Single by Miho Nakayama
from the album After School
LanguageJapanese
English titleSaucy
B-side"U"
ReleasedOctober 1, 1985 (1985-10-01)
Recorded1985
Genre
LabelKing Records
Composer(s)Kyōhei Tsutsumi
Lyricist(s)Takashi Matsumoto
Miho Nakayama singles chronology
"C"
(1985)
"Namaiki"
(1985)
"Be-Bop High School"
(1985)

"Namaiki" (生意気, lit. "Saucy") is the second single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written by Takashi Matsumoto and Kyōhei Tsutsumi, the single was released on October 1, 1985, by King Records.[1][2][3]

Background and release[edit]

"Namaiki" was written by Matsumoto as a tale of heartbreak, depicting a girl travelling to a foreign country to heal from her emotional wounds.[1]

"Namaiki" peaked at No. 8 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 114,000 copies, becoming Nakayama's first top-10 hit.[4][5]

Track listing[edit]

7" single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Namaiki" ((生意気, "Saucy"))Takashi MatsumotoKyōhei TsutsumiMotoki Funayama 
2."U"Yūho IwasatoMio IwasatoMitsuo Hagita 

Charts[edit]

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[6] 8
The Best Ten 11
The Top Ten 10

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "中山美穂『生意気』". Idol.ne.jp. January 3, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 / 生意気 [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "生意気 | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "生意気 | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "中山美穂(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  6. ^ 1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. ISBN 4871310418.

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