Roman Hikō Explained

Roman Hikō
Type:single
Artist:Kome Kome Club
Album:Komeguny
Genre:Pop, pop rock
Length:4:08
Producer:Kome Kome Club
Prev Title:'Funk Fujiyama'
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:'Shake Hip!'
Next Year:1990

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . 2023-08-10 . THE FIRST TIMES . ja.
  2. Web site: 1990年 シングル年間TOP100. Japanese. 2008-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816225742/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1990.html. 2016-08-16. dead.
  3. Web site: 『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 . 2023-08-10 . THE FIRST TIMES . ja.