Nagisa no Sindbad

"Nagisa no Sindbad"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Best Hits Album (1977)
LanguageJapanese
English titleSindbad of the Beach
B-side"Papaya Gundan"
ReleasedJune 10, 1977 (1977-06-10)
Genre
Length6:25
LabelVictor
Composer(s)Shunichi Tokura
Lyricist(s)Yū Aku
Producer(s)Hisahiko Iida
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Carmen '77"
(1977)
"Nagisa no Sindbad"
(1977)
"Wanted (Shimei Tehai)"
(1977)

"Nagisa no Sindbad" (渚のシンドバッド, Nagisa no Shindobaddo, lit. "Sindbad of the Beach") is Pink Lady's fourth single release, released on June 10, 1977, with a total of 1,450,000 sales, This single stayed at the number-one spot for eight weeks.[1]

According to Oricon, this was the best selling single of 1977.[2]

The song's dance choreography uses a beach motif, with emphasis on swimming and surfing.[3]

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

  1. ^ "List of the number-one hit singles on the Japanese Oricon Chart". Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  2. ^ "Annual Oricon Charts 1977-1980" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ^ "Let's Dance! Nagisa no Sindbad". Viva! Pink Lady. Retrieved 2020-03-28.