Tattoo (Akina Nakamori song)

"Tattoo"
Single by Akina Nakamori
from the album Best II
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Le Poison"
ReleasedMay 18, 1988 (1988-05-18)
Recorded1988
Genre
Length3:57
LabelReprise Records
Composer(s)Anri Sekine
Lyricist(s)Yuri Moriko
Akina Nakamori singles chronology
"Al-Mauj"
(1988) 		"Tattoo"
(1988) 		"I Missed the Shock"
(1988)
Music videos
"Tattoo" (Live) on YouTube

"Tattoo" (タトゥー, Tatū) is the 21st single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Yuri Moriko and Anri Sekine, the single was released on May 18, 1988, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the fifth single from her fourth compilation album Best II.[1][2]

Background

"Tattoo" was used by Orient Watch Co. for their "Orient Clock You" commercial featuring Nakamori.[2]

Nakamori has re-recorded "Tattoo" for the 1995 compilation True Album Akina 95 Best and the 2002 self-cover compilation Utahime Double Decade. In 2024, Nakamori re-recorded the song twice - in July with subtitle "Jazz" and in November in funky style released as a duet promotional single with Shingo Katori.

Chart performance

"Tattoo" became Nakamori's 19th No. 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 296,800 copies.[3][4]

Track listing

Original release
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Tattoo"Yuri MorikoAnri SekineEurox3:57
2."Le Poison" (Lu Puazon (小悪魔（ル・プアゾン）))Keiko AsōMasatoshi NishimuraJun Miyake3:50
Total length:7:47
1998 reissue bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
3."Tattoo" (Live Version)MorikoSekine 

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[3] 1

Release history

Year Format(s) Serial number Label(s) Ref.
1988 7inch LP, 8cm CD, CT L-1757, 10SL-13, 10L5-4060 Warner Pioneer [5]
1998 12cm CD WPC6-8678 Warner Pioneer [6]
2008 Digital download - Warner Pioneer [7]
2014 Digital download - remaster - Warner Pioneer [8]

References

  1. ^ "中森明菜(なかもりあきな)ディスコグラフィ". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  2. ^ a b "本人はチャート１位にこだわっていなかった　連続首位記録は１６作で途切れるも…自分の考えを譲らなかった２２枚目のシングル". Zakzak. Sankei Shimbun. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  3. ^ a b "TATTOO | 中森明菜". Oricon. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  4. ^ "中森明菜". Yamachan Land. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  5. ^ "7inchシングル TATTOO 中森明菜". hmv.co.jp (in Japanese). HMV Japan. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "中森明菜 / TATTOO CD" (in Japanese). WMJ. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  7. ^ "中森明菜 / TATTOO Digital Purchase-Archived". listen.jp (in Japanese). listen japan. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  8. ^ "TATTOO (+3) [2014 Remaster]". mora.jp (in Japanese). Mora. Retrieved October 31, 2023.