Forbidden Colours (song)

This article is about the song. For the novel, see Forbidden Colors. For the concept in color theory, see Impossible colors.
"Forbidden Colours"
Single by David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto
from the album Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence O.S.T
B-side"The Seed and the Sower" (by Sakamoto)
Released24 June 1983 (1983-06-24)[1]
Recorded1983
Genre
Length4:42
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Ryuichi Sakamoto (music)
David Sylvian (lyrics)
Producer(s)Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto singles chronology
"Riot in Lagos"
(1983) 		"Forbidden Colours"
(1983) 		"Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"
(1983)
David Sylvian singles chronology
"Bamboo Houses"
(1982) 		"Forbidden Colours"
(1983) 		"Red Guitar"
(1984)

"Forbidden Colours" is a 1983 song by David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The song is the vocal version of the theme from the Nagisa Oshima film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. It appears on the film's soundtrack album and was released as a single on Virgin Records in 1983 (the second collaborative single release by Sylvian and Sakamoto, following 1982's "Bamboo Houses").[2][3]

  1. ^ "Turn on". Record Mirror: 8. 18 June 1983. Retrieved 15 December 2020 – via flickr.com.
  2. ^ "davidsylvian.net". 2021-04-01.
  3. ^ "allmusic.com". AllMusic. 2021-04-01.