Tango Noir Explained

Tango Noir
Cover:	Akina Nakamori - Tango Noir.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Akina Nakamori
Album:	CD'87
Language:	Japanese
B-Side:	Milonguita
Recorded:	1986
Length:	4:08
Label:	Reprise Records
Composer:	Takashi Tsushimi
Lyricist:	Kayoko Fuyumori
Prev Title:	Nonfiction Ecstasy
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Blonde
Next Year:	1987

is the 17th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Kayoko Fuyumori and Takashi Tsushimi, the single was released on February 4, 1987, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the fourth single from her third compilation album CD'87.^{[1] [2]}

The single became Nakamori's 15th No. 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 358,100 copies.^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

All music is arranged by Satoshi Nakamura

Release history

Year	Format(s)	Serial number	Label(s)
1987	7inch LP	L-1753	Warner Pioneer	^[5]
1988	8cm CD, CT	10SL-147, 10L5-4056	Warner Pioneer	^[6]
1998	12cm CD	WPC6-8672	Warner Pioneer	^[7]
2008	Digital download	-	Warner Pioneer	^[8]
2014	Digital download - remaster	-	Warner Pioneer	^[9]

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: 中森明菜/TANGO NOIR . SoundFinder . 2022-08-22.
3. Web site: TANGO NOIR 中森明菜 . . 2022-08-22.
4. 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.
5. Web site: 7inchシングル Tango Noir 中森明菜 . hmv.co.jp. HMV Japan. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
6. Web site: シングルCD　中森明菜 / Tango Noir (廃盤). suruga-ya.jp. surugaya. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
7. Web site: 中森明菜 / Tango Noir CD. WMJ. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
8. Web site: 中森明菜 / Tango Noir Digital Purchase-Archived. listen.jp. listen japan. October 31, 2023. Japanese.
9. Web site: Tango Noir (+3) [2014 Remaster]]. mora.jp. Mora. October 31, 2023. Japanese.