50/50 (song)

"50/50"
Single by Miho Nakayama
from the album Collection
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Nanamena Ai wo Yurushite"
ReleasedJuly 7, 1987 (1987-07-07)
Recorded1987
Genre
Length4:01
LabelKing Records
Composer(s)Tetsuya Komuro
Lyricist(s)Shun Taguchi
Miho Nakayama singles chronology
"Hade!!!"
(1987) 		"50/50"
(1987) 		"Catch Me"
(1987)

"50/50" (フィフティー・フィフティー, Fifutī Fifutī) is the 10th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written by Shun Taguchi and Tetsuya Komuro, the single was released on July 7, 1987, by King Records.[1][2][3]

Background and release

"50/50" was Nakayama's second collaboration with composer Komuro, after "Jingi Aishite Moraimasu". The lyrics were by Taguchi, who wrote three of Yoko Minamino's No. 1 hits. The song was arranged with Caribbean elements; most notably the use of steelpans.[1]

"50/50" peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 211,000 copies.[4][5]

Track listing

7" single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."50/50"Shun TaguchiTetsuya KomuroMotoki Funayama 
2."Nanamena Ai wo Yurushite" ((斜めな愛を許して, "Forgive the Diagonal Love"))Mami AyukawaAyukawaShirō Sagisu 

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[6] 2
The Best Ten 2
Uta no Top Ten 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Oricon Year-End Chart[6] 23
The Best Ten Year-End Chart 12
Uta no Top Ten Year-End Chart 14

References

  1. ^ a b "中山美穂『50/50』". Idol.ne.jp. January 3, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 / 50 / 50(フィフティー・フィフティー) [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "50/50(フィフティー・フィフティー) | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "50/50 | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "中山美穂(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  6. ^ a b 1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. ISBN 4871310418.