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Jukkai (1984)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Jukkai (1984)
| cover = Akina Nakamori - Jukkai (1984).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Akina Nakamori
| album = Possibility
| language = Japanese
| English_title = Ten Commandments (1984)
| B-side = Kore kara Naturally
| released =
| recorded = 1984
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 3:36
| label = Reprise Records
| composer = Masayoshi Takanaka
| lyricist = Masao Urino|
| producer = Yz Shimada
| prev_title = Southern Wind
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa
| next_year = 1984
| misc =
}}
is the ninth single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Masao Urino and Masayoshi Takanaka, the single was released on July 25, 1984 by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the second single from her sixth studio album 'Possibility'.
Background
The B-side "Kore kara Naturally" was featured in the compilation albums 'Complete Single Collection: First Ten Years' and 'Mou Hitori no Akina'.
Earlier live and TV performances of the song were known for Nakamori's black outfit and backwards bend.
Nakamori performed the song on the 35th 'Khaku Uta Gassen', making her second appearance on NHK's New Year's Eve special.
Nakamori has re-recorded "Jukkai (1984)" for the 2006 compilation 'Best Finger 25th Anniversary Selection'. In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine .
Chart performance
"Jukkai (1984)" sold 611,500 copies and became Nakamori's fifth No. 1 hit on Oricon's singles chart and was ranked No. 6 in Oricon's 1984 year-ending chart. It also hit No. 1 on The Best Ten's singles chart and landed on No. 8 on The Best Ten's 1984 year-ending chart.
Awards
The song earned Nakamori her first Grand Prix at the Nippon Television Music Festival in 1984.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Personnel
* Akina Nakamori vocals
* Masayoshi Takanaka guitar, keyboard, synthesizer
* Ken Yajima guitar
* Haruo Togashi keyboard
* Joe Strings string orchestra
* Eve backing vocals
Cover versions
* Jacky Cheung recorded a Cantonese version of the song titled "Guk Ngoi Yan" (; "Foreigner") in his 1985 album 'Smile'.
* Maika Misaki covered the song in her 2012 album '10 Carat'.
* Romi Park covered the song in her 2013 compilation single "Twinkle Voice ~Goe no Okuri mono~".
* Noriko Shiina covered the song in her 2013 compilation single "King of Pops".
References
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