Nanpasen Explained

Nanpasen
Cover:	Akina Nakamori - Nanpasen.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Akina Nakamori
Album:	Best II
Language:	Japanese
English Title:	Shipwreck
B-Side:	Koiji
Recorded:	1987
Length:	4:28
Label:	Reprise Records
Prev Title:	Blonde
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Al-Mauj
Next Year:	1988

is the 19th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Tokiko Kato, the single was released on September 30, 1987, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the third single from her fourth compilation album Best II.^{[1] [2]}

Background

"Nanpasen" was originally recorded by Kato on her 1984 album . Three years later, she requested Nakamori to sing the song on her 22nd birthday on a live TV performance.^[2] Nakamori also performed the song on the 38th Kōhaku Uta Gassen, making her fifth appearance on NHK's New Year's Eve special.^[3]

Kato re-recorded "Nanpasen" on her 1991 compilation Tokiko Best and her 2001 compilation My Best Album Tokiko Today. Nakamori has re-recorded the song for the 1995 compilation True Album Akina 95 Best and her 2007 compilation Ballad Best: 25th Anniversary Selection.

Chart performance

"Nanpasen" became Nakamori's 17th No. 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 413,000 copies.^{[4] [5]}

Cover versions

• Anita Mui covered the song in Cantonese as "Wúrén yuàn ài wǒ" (無人願愛我, "No One Wants to Love Me") on her 1988 album Mèng lǐ gòng zuì (夢裡共酔, In the Dream).
• Yolinda Yan covered the song in Cantonese on her 1988 album Wú bàn de wǔ (無伴的舞, Unaccompanied Dance).
• Kaori Momoi covered the song on her 1993 cover album More Standard.
• Tomomi Kahara covered the song on her 2014 cover album Memories 2: Kahara All Time Covers. It was featured in the Takashi Miike film Over Your Dead Body.
• Aya Shimazu covered the song on her 2017 cover album Singer 4.
• Kousuke Atari covered the song on his 2019 album Kanasha.
• Ms. Ooja covered the song on her 2020 cover album Nagashi Ooja: Vintage Song Covers.
• Okayu covered the song on her 2021 cover album Okayu Uta: Cover Songs.
• Crazy Ken Band covered the song on their 2021 cover album Sukinanda yo.
• Fuyumi Sakamoto covered the song on her 2021 cover album Love Emotion.

Release history

Year	Format(s)	Serial number	Label(s)
1987	7inch LP	L-1755	Warner Pioneer	^[6]
1988	8cm CD, CT	10SL-149, 10L5-4058	Warner Pioneer	^[7]
1998	12cm CD	WPC6-8676	Warner Pioneer	^[8]
2008	Digital download	-	Warner Pioneer	^[9]
2014	Digital download - remaster	-	Warner Pioneer	^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 中森明菜(なかもりあきな)ディスコグラフィ . Idol.ne.jp . 2022-08-22.
2. Web site: 曲を提供した加藤登紀子が受けた３０年以上忘れられない衝撃　通算１９枚目のシングル「難破船」 . Zakzak . . 2022-04-12 . 2022-08-22.
3. Web site: 38th Kōhaku Uta Gassen History . . 2022-08-22.
4. Web site: 難破船 中森明菜 . . 2022-08-22.
5. Web site: 中森明菜 . Yamachan Land . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524165617/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/akina.html . 2022-08-22. 2011-05-24.
6. Web site: 7inchシングル 難破船 中森明菜 . hmv.co.jp. HMV Japan. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
7. Web site: シングルCD　中森明菜 / 難破船 (廃盤). suruga-ya.jp. surugaya. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
8. Web site: 中森明菜 / 難破船 CD. WMJ. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
9. Web site: 中森明菜 / 難破船 Digital Purchase-Archived. listen.jp. listen japan. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
10. Web site: 難破船 (+3) [2014 Remaster]]. mora.jp. Mora. October 31, 2023. Japanese.