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"Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ"
Single by Scatman John
Released23 March 1996
Genre
Length22:43
LabelRCA Records
Producer(s)Tsugutoshi Goto
Scatman John singles chronology
"Only You"
(1996) 		"Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ"
(1996) 		"Pripri Scat"
(1996)

"Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (Rōmaji: "Kirei" meaning "beautiful") is a Scatman John single, recorded in Japan with Japanese backing musicians and released there as a tie-in to a cosmetics commercial. The song was his highest-charting single in Japan, reaching no. 16. The song is based on a series of catchy loops of party lyrics. The B-side is a solo piano cover of the Elvis Presley song "Love Me Tender", dubbed the "L.A. Unplugged Mix".

The commercials feature a slightly different mix of the track and feature Scatman speaking Japanese and promoting the product in a variety of situations, interacting with the Japanese performers. There were 4 different commercials in total, the 2nd and 4th being slight variations on the 1st and 3rd.

There was also a music video for this track. It begins with Scatman producing a bunch of flowers like a magic trick, and goes on to show Scatman riding around in a circle on a miniature trike. Later shots show Scatman dancing in a CGI kitchen and in what looks like a cellar. Unlike all other Scatman John music videos, it was never officially uploaded to Youtube, though a few unofficial uploads exist.

Single track listing

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All lyrics are written by John Larkin and Brian Adler; all music is composed by Tsugutoshi Goto [ja], except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (Radio Edit)  3:59
2."Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (All Night Long Mix)  5:32
3."Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (Karaoke)  3:57
4."Scatman (Ski Ba Dop Ba Dop Bop)" (Extended Radio)
  • Larkin
  • Antonio Nunzio Catania
  • Larkin
  • Catania
5:11
5."Love Me Tender" (L.A. Unplugged Mix)Ken DarbyGeorge R. Poulton4:04

Personnel

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  • Keyboard, producer: Tsugutoshi Goto
  • Synthesizer: Mituji Horikawa
  • Electric guitar: Masaki Suzukawa
  • Keyboard: Haruo Togasi [ja]
  • Chorus: Mai Yamane
  • Recorded by Masahiko Kokubo
  • Mixed by Yosinori Kaji
  • Cover design by Akihiro Ijima

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1996) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[1] 16

References

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  1. ^ "SU SU SU SUPERキ・レ・イ - スキャットマン・ジョン", Oricon, retrieved July 23, 2024
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