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"Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album UFO/Southpaw
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Hello Mr. Monkey (Live)"
Released	May 1, 1979 (1979-05-01)
Genre	J-pop disco
Length	4:10
Label	Victor
Composer(s)	Jacques Morali Henri Belolo Victor Willis
Lyricist(s)	Tomoko Okada
Producer(s)	Hisahiko Iida
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Zipangu" (1979) "Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" (1979) "Nami Nori Pirates" (1979)

"Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" is Pink Lady's twelfth single, released in May 1979. It peaked at number six on the Oricon charts and number five on the Japanese Music Labo chart. It was the duo's first single to not be written by Shunichi Tokura and Yū Aku.

The song is a cover of the Village People's "In the Navy", but with rewritten Japanese lyrics that have nothing to do with the original content of the song. In the song's chorus the lines "In the navy" have been replaced with "Pink Lady", and "They want you as a new recruit" with "I want you, you want Mie/I want you, you want Kei" (referring to group members Mie and Kei). The same year, singer Teppei Shibuya released his cover version of "In the Navy" as "Young Sailor Man (In The Navy)" in his cover album of the same name.

According to Billboard, the original and Pink Lady cover versions were pitted against each other by record company Victor.

The song was also featured on the Japanese music show The Best Ten, where it peaked at No. 6.

The single sold approximately 700,000 copies.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

Chart positions

See also

• 1979 in Japanese music

References

1. "Pink Lady singles". Retrieved August 8, 2009.
2. ^ "Billboard Magazine, June 30, 1979. "Billboard Hits of the World"". Billboard. June 30, 1979. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
3. "ヤング・セーラーマン (In The Navy)" (in Japanese). Nippon Columbia. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
4. "Billboard Magazine, May 12, 1979. "Navy" Cover Conflict Breaks Out in Japan". Billboard. May 12, 1979. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
5. Yamada, Osamuji (2008). The Best Ten. Sony Magazine. ISBN 978-4789733724.
6. "Pink Lady single sales". pinklady.gooside.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

External links

• "Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" at MusicBrainz
• "Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" at Discogs

• 1979 singles
• 1979 songs
• 1979 in Japanese music
• Pink Lady (band) songs
• Songs in Japanese
• Songs written by Jacques Morali
• Songs written by Henri Belolo
• Songs written by Victor Willis
• Victor Entertainment singles
• Village People