Roppongi Junjōha
{{Short description|1986 single by Yōko Oginome}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Roppongi Junjōha
| cover = Yoko Oginome - Roppongi Junjoha.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Yōko Oginome
| album = Non-Stopper: Yōko Oginome "The Beat" Special
| released = {{start date|1986|10|29}}
| language = Japanese
| English_title = Roppongi Pure-Heart Clique
| B-side = Romantic Odyssey
| recorded = 1986
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|dance-pop}}
| length = 3:29
| label = Victor
| writer = {{hlist|Masao Urino|Akihiro Yoshimi}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Dance Beat wa Yoake made
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Wangan Taiyōzoku
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{External music video
| typ = single
| header = Music video
| 1 = {{YouTube|9dPBWJmaFno|"Roppongi Junjōha"}}
}}
}}
{{nihongo|"Roppongi Junjōha"|六本木純情派||lit. "Roppongi Pure-Heart Clique"}} is the tenth single by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Written by Masao Urino and Akihiro Yoshimi, the single was released on October 29, 1986 by Victor Entertainment.{{cite web |url=https://www.stereo-records.com/detail.php?itemCd=82696 |title=荻野目洋子 / 六本木純情派 |website=Stereo Records |accessdate=2020-10-02}}
Background and release
"Roppongi Junjōha" peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's singles chart, making it Oginome's highest-charting single until "Sayonara no Kajitsutachi" hit No. 1 in 1987. It also sold over 261,000 copies.{{cite web |url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/oginome.html |title=荻野目洋子(シングル) |website=Yamachan Land |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524164721/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/oginome.html |language=Japanese |access-date=2021-07-05|archive-date=May 24, 2011 }} The song earned Oginome the Gold Award at the 29th Japan Record Awards, the Best Hit Song Award at the 1987 FNS Music Festival, and the Wired Music Award at the 20th Japan Cable Awards. Oginome performed the song on the 38th Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1986, making her second appearance on NHK's New Year's Eve special. In addition to Oginome's achievements for the song, songwriter Akihiro Yoshimi won the Outstanding Composer Award for this song at the 20th Japan Composition Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/kiji/2001/10/20/01.html |title=妊娠４カ月 荻野目洋子が入籍 |website=Sponichi Annex |date=October 20, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030404002416/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/kiji/2001/10/20/01.html |accessdate=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 4, 2003}}
The B-side, "Romantic Odyssey", was used as the theme song of the Famicom game {{nihongo|Ginga Denshō|銀河伝承||Galaxy Odyssey}}.
Oginome re-recorded the song in her 2014 cover album Dear Pop Singer.{{cite web |url=https://www.rising-pro.jp/artist/oginome/news/?nID=VFj5JEWV9f |title=荻野目洋子：ニューアルバムリリース記念：ミニライブ&ジャケットサイン会 開催決定！ |publisher=Rising Production |date=August 8, 2014 |accessdate=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918144240/https://www.rising-pro.jp/artist/oginome/news/?nID=VFj5JEWV9f |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 1986 single
| total_length =
| extra_column = Arrangement
| title1 = Roppongi Junjōha
| note1 = {{nihongo||六本木純情派||"Roppongi Pure-Heart Clique"}}
| lyrics1 = Masao Urino
| music1 = Akihiro Yoshimi
| extra1 = Hiroshi Shinkawa
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Romantic Odyssey
| note2 = {{nihongo||ロマンティック・オデッセイ|Romantikku Odessei}}
| lyrics2 = Hiromi Mori
| music2 = Ginji Itō
| extra2 = Itō
| length2 = 4:09
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2013 bonus tracks
| total_length =
| title3 = Roppongi Junjōha (Original Karaoke)
| note3 = {{nihongo||六本木純情派 (オリジナル・カラオケ)||"Roppongi Pure-Heart Clique (Original Karaoke)"}}
| length1 =
| title4 = Romantic Odyssey (Original Karaoke)
| note4 = {{nihongo||ロマンティック・オデッセイ (オリジナル・カラオケ)}}
| length4 =
}}
Charts
;Weekly charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1986) !Peak position |
| scope="row" |Oricon Weekly Singles Chart{{cite book|title=1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック|year=1997|publisher=Oricon|location=Tokyo|language=ja|isbn=4871310418|page=64}}
|3 |
|---|
| scope="row" |The Best Ten
|2 |
| scope="row" |Uta no Top Ten
|2 |
;Year-end charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1987) !Peak position |
| scope="row" |Oricon Year-End Chart
|36 |
|---|
| scope="row" |The Best Ten Year-End Chart
|54 |
Cover versions
- Priscilla Chan covered the song in Cantonese as "Tān, tān, tān" (貪、貪、貪, lit. "Greed, Greed, Greed") on her 1987 album Biàn biàn biàn (變變變, lit. Change, Change, Change).
- The Nolans covered the song in English as "Roppongi Street" on their 1991 album Tidal Wave (Samishii Nettaigyo).
- Ms. Ooja covered the song on her 2022 cover album Nagashi no Ooja 2: Vintage Song Covers.{{cite web |url=https://store.universal-music.co.jp/product/pdcs1930/ |title=流しのOOJA 2 ～VINTAGE SONG COVERS～【UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE限定盤】 |publisher=Universal Music Japan |access-date=2022-08-01}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A000306/VEATP-31426.html}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=c9fd5691-17c4-4ba1-b389-69a07226ecbf|name=Roppongi Junjōha|type=single}}
- {{Discogs release|id=8668110|name=Roppongi Junjōha|type=single}}
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