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"Chameleon Army"
Song
B-side"Dragon"

"Chameleon Army" (カメレオン・アーミー, Kamereon Ami) is Pink Lady's tenth single release, and their 9th number 1 hit on the Oricon charts.[1] The single sold approximately 1,250,000 copies,[2] and spent six weeks at the top of the Oricon charts. This was their last consecutive number one.

According to Oricon this was the 10th best selling single from 1979,[3] and charted for a total of 63 weeks a record which, to date in Japan, has not been broken.[4]

The song was featured on the Japanese music show The Best Ten, where it peaked at #4.

A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, Innovation, released in December 2010.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Shunichi Tokura, lyrics written by Yū Aku.

  1. "Chameleon Army" 3:55
  2. "Dragon" 4:30

Chart positions

Charts (1978) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 1

Cover versions

  • PUFFY released a cover of this song in 2009, for the pink Lady tribute album Bad Friends.

References

  1. ^ "List of the number-one hit singles on the Japanese Oricon Chart". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-10-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Billboard Magazine, March, 1979". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Annual Oricon Charts 1977-1980" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  4. ^ 音楽CD検定公式ガイドブック下巻. レコード検定協議会. p. 136.