Monday Mona Lisa Club

"Monday Mona Lisa Club"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Turning Point
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Adam and Eve Super Love"
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1979 (1979-09-09)
Recorded1979
Studio
Genre
Length7:37
LabelVictor
Composer(s)Shunichi Tokura
Lyricist(s)Yū Aku
Producer(s)Robby Adcock
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Kiss in the Dark"
(1979) 		"Monday Mona Lisa Club"
(1979) 		"Do Your Best"
(1979)

"Monday Mona Lisa Club" (マンデー・モナリザ・クラブ, Mandē Mona Riza Kurabu) is the 15th single by Japanese duo Pink Lady, released only five days after their previous single "Kiss in the Dark".[1] The song was produced by Robby Adcock, and was recorded in Los Angeles.[2]

The 12" single featured an extended remix of the song, which has subsequently been released on the 2006 "Pink Lady Platinum Box" as "Monday Mona Lisa Club - Special Disco Version".[3]

The single peaked at No. 14 on Oricon's singles chart and was the duo's last top 20 single in their career. It sold 450,000 copies.[4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Yū Aku; all music is composed by Shunichi Tokura.

7" vinyl
No.TitleArrangementLength
1."Monday Mona Lisa Club" (Mandē Mona Riza Kurabu (マンデー・モナリザ・クラブ))
  • Robby Adcock
  • Charles Merriam
3:50
2."Adam and Eve Super Love" (Adamu to Ibu Sūpā Rabu (アダムとイブ・スーパーラブ))Tokura3:37
12" vinyl
No.TitleArrangementLength
1."Monday Mona Lisa Club"
  • Adcock
  • Merriam
3:50
2."Monday Mona Lisa Club" (Special Disco Version)
  • Adcock
  • Merriam
 

Personnel

  • Mie and Kei – vocals
  • Steven Hines – keyboard
  • Jay Tobin – synthesizer
  • Randy Mitchell – guitar
  • David Shields – bass
  • Alvin Taylor – drums
  • Adam Rundolph – percussion
  • Charles Merriam – backing vocals
  • Tricia Jones – backing vocals
  • Kathryn Ward – backing vocals

Chart positions

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 14

Cover versions

  • The girl group MAX covered this song in the 2008 album AKU YU Vision Factory Compilation ~Writer Life 40th Anniversary~.[5]
  • The tribute group Pink Babies covered the song in their "UFO" single in 2017.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pink Lady single overview & information". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. ^ Billboard Magazine, July 1979. 28 July 1979. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  3. ^ "Details on the Pink Lady Platinum Box". Retrieved 2012-10-17.
  4. ^ "Pink Lady single sales". Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  5. ^ "VISION FACTORY COMPILATION 〜阿久悠、作家生活40周年記念〜". Official Yū Aku Website. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  6. ^ "ピンク・ベイビーズ/UFO Type-A". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-02-08.