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]
"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]
"Slow Motion" peaked at No. 30 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 174,000 copies.[4] [5]
"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.
All music is arranged by Motoki Funayama.
Year | Format(s) | Serial number | Label(s) | |
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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] |