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"Monday Mona Lisa Club"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Turning Point
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Adam and Eve Super Love"
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1979 (1979-09-09)
Genre
Length7:37
LabelVictor
Composer(s)Shunichi Tokura
Lyricist(s)Yū Aku
Producer(s)Robby Adcock
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Kiss in the Dark"
(1979)
"Monday Mona Lisa Club"
(1979)
"Do Your Best"
(1979)

"Monday Mona Lisa Club" (マンデー・モナリザ・クラブ, Mandē Mona Riza Kurabu) is the 15th single released by duo Pink Lady. The single was released only five days after their previous single "Kiss in the Dark".[1] The song's highest position on the Oricon chart was No. 14 and was the duo's last top 20 single in their career. The single sold 450,000 copies.[2]

The 12" single featured an extended remix of the song, which has subsequently been released on the 2006 "Pink Lady Platinum Box" as "Monday Mona Lisa Club - Special Disco Version".[3]

The song was produced by Robby Adcock, and was recorded in Los Angeles.[4]

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All lyrics are written by Yū Aku; all music is composed and arranged by Shunichi Tokura.

No.TitleLength
1."Monday Mona Lisa Club" (Mandē Mona Riza Kurabu (マンデー・モナリザ・クラブ))3:50
2."Adam and Eve Super Love" (Adamu to Ibu Sūpā Rabu (アダムとイブ・スーパーラブ))3:37

Chart positions

Charts (1979) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 14

Cover versions

  • The girl group MAX covered this song in the 2008 album AKU YU Vision Factory Compilation ~Writer Life 40th Anniversary~.[5]
  • The tribute group Pink Babies covered the song in their "UFO" single in 2017.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Pink Lady single overview & information". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. ^ "Pink Lady single sales". Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  3. ^ "Details on the Pink Lady Platinum Box". Retrieved 2012-10-17.
  4. ^ Billboard Magazine, July 1979. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  5. ^ "VISION FACTORY COMPILATION 〜阿久悠、作家生活40周年記念〜". Official Yū Aku Website. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  6. ^ "ピンク・ベイビーズ/UFO Type-A". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-02-08.