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{{Infobox song

| name = Sexy Music

| cover = The Nolans - Sexy Music.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Nolans

| album = Making Waves

| B-side = Don't Make Waves

| released =

| recorded = 1980

| studio =

| genre = Disco

| length = 3:42

| label = Epic

| writer =

| producer = Ben Findon

| prev_title = Who's Gonna Rock You

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Attention to Me

| next_year = 1981

| misc =

}}

is a single by Irish female vocal group The Nolans, from their 1980 album 'Making Waves'. Released exclusively in Japan by Epic Records on March 21, 1981, the single was a commercial success, selling over 270,000 copies. The song also made the Nolans the first European act to win the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Music Festival

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Wink version



{{Infobox song

| name = Sexy Music

| cover = Wink - Sexy Music.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Wink

| album = Velvet

| language = Japanese

| B-side = Ichiban Kanashii Bara

| released =

| recorded = 1989

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 3:43

| label = Polystar

| composer =

| lyricist = Neko Oikawa

| producer = Haruo Mizuhashi

| prev_title = One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)

| next_year = 1990

| misc =

}}

"Sexy Music" was covered in Japanese by the idol duo Wink. Released on 28 March 1990 by Polystar Records, it was their seventh single, with Japanese lyrics written by Neko Oikawa.Eye-ai: A Magazine on Japanese Culture and Entertainment -1992 179-201 p22 "A collection of 16 of their singles such as "Ai ga Tomaranai," "One Night Heaven," "Sabishi Nettaigyo," "Sexy Music," "Namida wo Misenai de" and "Sugar Baby Love." "Quiet Life" Takeuchi Mariya AMTM-4141,

The single became the duo's fifth and final No. 1 on Oricon's singles chart. It sold over 329,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.

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In 1981, the song was covered and re-lyriced by Taiwanese singer Frankie Kao (, 'Go Lngfng') as "A Fire in Winter" (, 'Dngtinli de Y B Hu'), which was later covered, with much more success, by Fei Xiang (, 'Fi Xing'). Having had some success prior, he reached superstar status almost overnight when in 1987, he performed this song in CCTV's new year gala. The song became an instant hit in Mainland China.

The song was also covered in Korean by the South Korean band Q. Big () for their 2003 album "In The Groove".

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