Natsu ga Kita! (song)

"Natsu ga Kita!"
Single by Candies
from the album Natsu ga Kita!
Language	Japanese
English title	Summer Has Come!
B-side	"Gokigen Ikaga"
Released	May 31, 1976 (1976-05-31)
Recorded	1976
Genre	J-pop kayōkyoku
Length	3:14
Label	CBS Sony
Songwriter(s)	Yūsuke Hoguchi
Producer(s)	Sumio Matsuzaki Masatoshi Sakai
Candies singles chronology
"Haru Ichiban" (1976) "Natsu ga Kita!" (1976) "Heart Dorobō" (1976)

"Natsu ga Kita!" (夏が来た!, "Summer Has Come!") is the tenth single release by Japanese music trio Candies. Written by Yūsuke Hoguchi, the single was released on May 31, 1976. It was Hoguchi's last single written for the trio.[1][2]

The song peaked at No. 5 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 176,000 copies.[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Natsu ga Kita!" ((夏が来た!, "Summer Has Come!"))	Yūsuke Hoguchi	Hoguchi	Hoguchi	3:14
2.	"Gokigen Ikaga" ((ご機嫌いかが, "How Are You"))	Yukinojō Mori	Kōji Makaino	Makaino	3:06

Chart positions

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	5

References

1. "Candies Discography". Idol.ne.jp. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
2. Yūsuke Hoguchi - Vision Becoming Reality　4　"Separation from Candies" "別れ". Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2010-01-12. (Japanese)
3. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Candies" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

External links

• "Natsu ga Kita!" at Discogs