Slow Motion (Akina Nakamori song) explained

Slow Motion
Cover:	Akina Nakamori - Slow Motion.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Akina Nakamori
Album:	Prologue (Jomaku)
Language:	Japanese
B-Side:	Jōken Hansha
Recorded:	1982
Length:	4:07
Label:	Reprise Records
Composer:	Takao Kisugi
Lyricist:	Etsuko Kisugi
Producer:	Hirō Oda
Next Title:	Shōjo A
Next Year:	1982

is the debut single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Etsuko Kisugi and Takao Kisugi, the single was released on May 1, 1982 by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the first single from her debut studio album Prologue (Jomaku).^{[1] [2]}

Background

"Slow Motion" was recorded in Los Angeles, with the studio sessions filmed for the TV special, released in 1985.

The B-side is "Jōken Hansha", which was the lead song in Prologue (Jomaku).

Nakamori has re-recorded "Slow Motion" for the 1995 compilation True Album Akina 95 Best and the 2002 self-cover compilation Utahime Double Decade. In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine .^[3]

Chart performance

"Slow Motion" peaked at No. 30 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 174,000 copies.^{[4] [5]}

Awards

"Slow Motion" earned Nakamori the Newcomer Awards at the 1st Megalopolis Kayo Festival, the 15th All-Japan Wired Broadcasting Awards, and the 10th KBC Newcomer Song Music Festival.

Track listing

All music is arranged by Motoki Funayama.

Cover versions

• Takao Kisugi self-covered the song on his 1983 album Visitor.
• Ryuichi Kawamura covered the song on his 2006 cover album Evergreen ~Anata no Wasuremono~.
• Mika Orihara covered the song as the B-side of her 2007 single "Oririn Trance ~Heartful Voice~".
• Rie Kugimiya (as Mizore Shizuyuki) covered the song in the 2008 anime Rosario + Vampire.
• Acid Black Cherry covered the song on their 2008 cover album Recreation.
• Donna Fiore covered the song on her 2008 cover album Fiore.
• Sara Takatsuki covered the song on bump.y's cover compilation album Sweet Hits.
• Takeshi Tsuruno covered the song on his 2012 cover album Tsuruno Uta 2.
• Yūji Nakada covered the song on his 2014 cover album Song Composite.
• Hideaki Tokunaga covered the song on his 2015 cover album Vocalist 6.
• Magokoro Brothers covered the song on their 2016 cover album Pack to the Future.

Release history

Year	Format(s)	Serial number	Label(s)
1982	7inch LP	L-1600	Warner Pioneer	^[6]
1988	8cm CD, CT	10SL-130, 10L5-4040	Warner Pioneer	^[7]
1998	12cm CD	WPC6-8658	Warner Pioneer	^[8]
2008	Digital download	-	Warner Pioneer	^[9]
2014	Digital download - remaster	-	Warner Pioneer	^[10]
2022	7inch LP+BD	WPZL-31955/6	Warner Pioneer	^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 中森明菜『スローモーション』 . Idol.ne.jp . 2019-01-03 . 2021-10-04.
2. Web site: 中森明菜/スローモーション . SoundFinder . 2021-10-04.
3. Web site: CR中森明菜 歌姫伝説～恋も二度目なら～ . P-World . 2022-08-20.
4. Web site: スローモーション 中森明菜 . . 2021-10-04.
5. Web site: 中森明菜 . Yamachan Land . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524165617/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/akina.html . 2021-10-04. 2011-05-24 .
6. Web site: 7inchシングル スローモーション 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 / スローモーション(廃盤). suruga-ya.jp. Surugaya. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
8. Web site: 中森明菜 / スローモーション CD. WMJ. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
9. Web site: 中森明菜 / Slow Motion Digital Purchase-Archived. listen.jp. listen japan. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
10. Web site: スローモーション (+3) [2014 Remaster]]. mora.jp. Mora. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
11. Web site: 「スローモーション」＆「はじめまして」BOX（7inchピクチャー・レコード＋Blu-ray）【完全生産限定】. UMJ. October 31, 2023. Japanese.