Carmen '77

{{Infobox song

| name = Carmen '77

| cover = Carmen '77.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Pink Lady

| album = Best Hits Album (1977)

| language = Japanese

| English_title =

| B-side = Pipe no Kaijin

| released = {{Start date|1977|03|10}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|kayōkyoku|disco}}

| length = 6:25

| label = Victor

| composer = Shunichi Tokura

| lyricist = Yū Aku

| producer = Hisahiko Iida

| prev_title = S.O.S.

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Nagisa no Sindbad

| next_year = 1977

}}

{{nihongo4|"Carmen '77"|カルメン'77|Karumen Nana-jū Nana}} is Pink Lady's third single release in Japan. Inspired by the novella Carmen, the song was written by Yū Aku and Shunichi Tokura, and was released on March 10, 1977. The single sold in excess of 1,100,000 copies, and reached the number-one position on the Oricon charts in April 1977, and maintained its place at number one for five weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~hbr/JP1_e.htm|title= List of the number-one hit singles on the Japanese Oricon Chart|accessdate=2008-10-13}} It also reached the number-one position on the Japanese Music Labo charts.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=USMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT88|title=Billboard Magazine, April, 1977 |magazine=Billboard|date=30 April 1977 }}

The song's dance choreography incorporates elements of flamenco and European marionette theatre. Traditionally, Mie and Kei wore white dresses decorated with roses while performing this song.{{cite web |url=http://www.bunbun.ne.jp/~tetsu/pl_dance3.htm |title=Let's Dance! Carmen '77 |website=Viva! Pink Lady |accessdate=2020-03-28}}

According to Oricon it was the seventh best selling single from 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.early-times.com/Siryoukan/data/oricon-77-80.html|title= Annual Oricon Charts 1977-1980|language=Japanese|accessdate=2011-10-25}}

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