Sexy Music

"Sexy Music"
"Sexy Music"
Single by Wink
from the album Velvet
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Ichiban Kanashii Bara"
Released	28 March 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	J-pop; dance-pop;
Length	3:43
Label	Polystar
Composer(s)	Ben Findon; Mike Myers; Bob Puzey;
Lyricist(s)	Neko Oikawa
Producer(s)	Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink singles chronology
Music video
	"Sexy Music" on YouTube

"Sexy Music"
"Sexy Music"
Single by The Nolans
from the album Making Waves
B-side	"Don't Make Waves"
Released	21 March 1981
Recorded	1980
Genre	Disco
Length	3:42
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Ben Findon; Mike Myers; Bob Puzey;
Producer(s)	Ben Findon
The Nolans singles chronology
Music video
	"Sexy Music" (Audio) on YouTube

"Sexy Music" (セクシー・ミュージック, Sekushī Myūjikku) 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^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ben Findon, Mike Myers, and Bob Puzey

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sexy Music"	3:42
2.	"Don't Make Waves"	3:42

Charts and sales

Year	Chart	Position	Sales
1981	Japanese Oricon Singles Chart (top 100)	7	270,000+^[2]

Wink version

"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.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa

No.	Title	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Sexy Music"	Ben Findon Mike Myers Bob Puzey	Satoshi Kadokura	3:42
2.	"Ichiban Kanashii Bara" ((いちばん哀しい薔薇, "The Saddest Rose"))	Kisaburō Suzuki	Motoki Funayama	4:24

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart^[4]	24

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[6]	Gold	200,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other cover versions

In 1981, the song was covered and re-lyriced by Taiwanese singer Frankie Kao (高凌風, Gāo Língfēng) as "A Fire in Winter" (冬天裡的一把火, Dōngtiānli de Yì Bǎ Huŏ), which was later covered, with much more success, by Fei Xiang (費翔, Fèi Xiáng). 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 (큐빅) for their 2003 album "In The Groove".

References

^ "セクシー・ミュージック | ノーランズ". Oricon. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese chart archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - The Nolans" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ 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,
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sexy Music | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "Wink(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Japanese single certifications – Wink – Sexy Music" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 22 July 2021. Select 1990年4月 on the drop-down menu