Asia no Junshin explained
"Asia no Junshin" (Japanese: アジアの純真, lit. "Asia's Innocence" or "True Asia") is a song recorded by the Japanese pop rock duo Puffy, released in May 1996 as their debut single.[1] It was produced and composed by Tamio Okuda, with lyrics written by Yōsui Inoue.
Cover versions
- Yōsui Inoue and Tamio Okuda, composers of "Asia no Junshin" recorded the song on their collaborative album Shopping released in 1997.
- German band Gigantor covered the song on their 1999 album Back to the Rockets.
- The Ventures covered the song on their 2005 album J-Rock Summer Wind (Melodies in Memories). They sung an English version of it on their album An Illustrated History.
- Junko Ohashi recorded the song on her 2007 cover album Terra 2.
- MAX covered the song on their 2010 cover album Be MAX.
- Bahashishi covered the song on their 2011 album Luminescence.
Awards
Notes and References
- News: Sanneh . Kelefa . ROCK REVIEW; New Import From Japan That's Loaded With Sugar . NYTimes.com . 2002-07-23 . 2008-06-16.
- Web site: Highest position and charting weeks of "Asia no Junshin" by Puffy. Japanese. oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. June 21, 2010.
- Web site: Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Puffy. Japanese. December 30, 2007. June 21, 2010. https://archive.today/20071015121245/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/puffy.html. 2007-10-15. dead.
- Web site: (RIAJ - Statistics - Other Data - List of million-certified compact discs by year - 1996). Japanese. riaj.or.jp. Recording Industry Association of Japan. June 21, 2010.
- Web site: Japan Record Award. https://web.archive.org/web/20030124013709/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1996.htm. dead. 24 January 2003. 24 January 2003.
