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Memory Seishun no Hikari
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Memory Seishun no Hikari
| cover = Morning_Musume_-_Seishun.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Morning Musume
| album = Second Morning
| released = February 10, 1999 (JP)
| recorded = 1999
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = J-pop
| length = 19:57 (8 cm CD)
25:30 (12 cm CD)
| label = Zetima
| writer = Tsunku
Producer = Tsunku
| producer =
| prev_title = Daite Hold on Me!
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Manatsu no Ksen
| next_year = 1999
| misc =
}}
is the fourth single from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on February 10, 1999 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 410,850 copies, and reached number two on the Oricon Charts. In 2004, it was re-released as part of the 'Early Single Box' and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. Lead vocals of this single were Natsumi Abe and Asuka Fukuda. Prior to this singles release, on January 17, 1999, Fukuda shocked viewers of the television show 'Asayan' with her decision to "graduate" from Morning Musume and continue with her studies.
"Never Forget", one of the coupling tracks on the single, is often traditionally sung by band members at their graduation concerts and/or final TV appearances with the group, prior to embarking on solo careers or new groups.
Track listing
All songs written by Tsunku.
8 cm CD
# – 5:05# "Happy Night" – 5:13
# "Never Forget" – 4:35
# "Memory Seishun no Hikari (Instrumental)" – 5:04
12 cm CD ('Early Single Box' and individual release)
# "Memory Seishun no Hikari" – 5:05# "Happy Night" – 5:12
# "Never Forget" – 4:37
# "Memory Seishun no Hikari (Instrumental)" – 5:05
# "Memory Seishun no Hikari (Instrumental)" – 5:10
Members at the time of single
* 1st generation: Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe, Asuka Fukuda
* 2nd generation: Kei Yasuda, Mari Yaguchi, Sayaka Ichii
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