Roman Hikō

"Roman Hikō"
Single by Kome Kome Club
from the album Komeguny
Released	April 8, 1990 (1990-04-08)
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	4:08
Songwriter(s)	Kome Kome Club
Producer(s)	Kome Kome Club
Kome Kome Club singles chronology
"'Funk Fujiyama'" (1989) "Roman Hikō" (1990) "'Shake Hip!'" (1990)

"Roman Hikō" (浪漫飛行, lit. "Romantic Flight") is a Japanese song by Kome Kome Club released on April 8, 1990. It was included in their 1987 album Komeguny. Originally conceptualized as a song for a hypothetical airline commercial, the hypothetical became reality in 1990 as Japan Airlines adopted the song for their television advertisement.[1] It peaked at number one on the Oricon chart. In the Oricon yearly chart of 1990, it became the second best-selling song in Japan behind "Odoru Pompokolin."[2] In 2007, Kome Kome Club released the remix version of the song in their album komedia.jp.

Cover versions

On April 23, 2003, Psycho le Cému released a cover of this song.

In 2010, hip-hop unit Halcali also covered the song, reworking it into a tropical ska tune. The song was also the image theme song for Sony's Cyber-shot camera. In the same year, Debbie Gibson covered it in English in her Japan-only album Ms. Vocalist.

In 2017, duo FEMM released a cover for their album "80s/90s J-POP REVIVAL", and released it as part of the double single "Sotsugyō / Roman Hikō" (卒業 / 浪漫飛行).

On August 9, 2023, a tribute album dedicated to the song was released, featuring reinterpretations of the song by artists including Gospellers, Shoko Nakagawa, Razor Ramon RG, Houshou Marine, Anly, and Yusuke.[3]

References

1. "全曲「浪漫飛行」！ 米米CLUBを愛する11組のアーティストによる、前代未聞のトリビュートアルバムが発売決定". THE FIRST TIMES (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-10.
2. "1990年 シングル年間TOP100" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
3. "『浪漫飛行 トリビュートアルバム』全参加アーティスト、曲順、ジャケットアートワーク解禁". THE FIRST TIMES (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-10.