Futari no Natsu Monogatari - Never Ending Summer (Japanese: ふたりの夏物語 Never Ending Summer, English: "Two Summer Stories - Never Ending Summer"), also known as Futari no Natsu Monogatari (Japanese: ふたりの夏物語, English: "Two Summer Stories") is the fifth single by Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe, released by VAP on March 6, 1985.
Background
The single, which became the band's highest charting single, was completed in three days, according to Tetsuji Hayashi. At that time, Hayashi was busy with the work of producing music for all artists, but the tie-up of Omega Tribe's Japan Airlines TV-CM was decided, and it was a situation where he could not complete the composition one day early. After that, a person Hayashi knew gave him the advertising slogan, "Only you, kimi ni sasayaku, futari no natsu monogatari!" (Japanese: Only you 君にささやくふたりの夏物語; translation: "Only you, whisper to you, two summer stories"). Hayashi started to write the song alongside Chinfa Kang, and it was completed in one day.[2]
When the song was completed in a total of two days in this way, the members, who were currently on a national tour at the time, sewed up between the tours and returned to Tokyo to complete the recording. Hayashi said on his own website, "I don't know because the song I finished in just three days became Omega's biggest hit." In addition, Kiyotaka Sugiyama said, "is a rush construction undertaking, Kyushu from Tokyo of the airplane was remember the lyrics in " telling when it appeared on the program.
Chart performance
The single was the band's biggest hit, selling 380,000 copies and peaking at the #5 position on the Oricon charts.[3] The song was featured on The Best Ten and on The Top Ten, but since the band had disbanded at the end of 1985, the song did not appear in the program at the end of the year.
Soundtrack appearances
The song was used as Japan Airlines's JALPAK '85 image song.
The song was included in the album Another Summer, but was remixed in the album. Another remix was included in the greatest hits album Omega Tribe Groove by Eiji Uchinuma and Mizuo Miura.
On July 13, 1985, Fuji TV broadcast Live Aid, and showed off the song.
On June 18, 2014 , this song was ranked 10th in the "popular love song chosen by people over 50" in the Nippon TV program, 1番ソングSHOW.
Track listing
Single
Side A/B
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Arrangement
Length
1.
"Futari no Natsu Monogatari - Never Ending Summer" (ふたりの夏物語 Never Ending Summer)
