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"Zipangu"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album UFO/Southpaw
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Jiken ga Okitara Bell ga Naru"
Released	March 9, 1979 (1979-03-09)
Genre	J-pop kayōkyoku disco
Length	7:30
Label	Victor
Composer(s)	Shunichi Tokura
Lyricist(s)	Yū Aku
Producer(s)	Hisahiko Iida
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Chameleon Army" (1978) "Zipangu" (1979) "Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" (1979)

"Zipangu" (ジパング, Jipangu) is Pink Lady's 11th single. Peaking at number 4 on the Oricon charts, it was the duo's first single since "Pepper Keibu" in 1976 to not reach number 1. It also reached number 2 on the Japanese Music Labo charts. The single sold over a million copies.

The title, Zipangu, refers to the accounts of Marco Polo on Japan.

The song was featured on the Japanese music show The Best Ten, where it peaked at #7.

A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, INNOVATION, released in December 2010.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All tracks composed by Shunichi Tokura, lyrics written by Yū Aku.

Chart positions

Cover versions

• Sue Cream Sue of Kome Kome Club recorded a cover version for the 2009 Pink Lady/Yū Aku tribute album Bad Friends.
• The tribute group Pink Babies covered the song in their "Nagisa no Sindbad" Type-A single in 2016.

See also

• 1979 in Japanese music

References

1. "Pink Lady singles". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
2. ^ "Billboard Magazine, April 28, 1979". Billboard. 28 April 1979.
3. "Billboard Magazine, March 1979". Billboard. 31 March 1979.
4. "Billboard Magazine, May 26 1979". Billboard. 26 May 1979.
5. Yamada, Osamuji (2008). The Best Ten. ソニー・マガジンズ. ISBN 978-4789733724.

External links

• "Zipangu" at MusicBrainz
• "Zipangu" at Discogs

• 1979 singles
• 1979 songs
• 1979 in Japanese music
• Pink Lady (band) songs
• Songs in Japanese
• Songs about Japan
• Songs with lyrics by Yū Aku
• Songs with music by Shunichi Tokura
• Victor Entertainment singles