| "銀河鉄道999 The Galaxy Express 999" | ||||
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| Single by Godiego | ||||
| B-side | "Taking Off!" | |||
| Released | July 1, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Nippon Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Yoko Narahashi, Michio Yamagami, Yukihide Takekawa, Mickie Yoshino | |||
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Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999, Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain) is a song by Japanese rock band Godiego, released as their 11th single. The song was used as the theme song for the 1979 film adaptation of the manga of the same name. The song was composed by Godiego vocalist Yukihide Takekawa and arranged by Godiego keyboardist Mickie Yoshino. Like many Godiego songs, it is both in Japanese and English; the English lyrics were written by Yōko Narahashi and the Japanese lyrics were written by Keisuke Yamakawa. The song reached #2 on the Oricon charts and was the #1 song on The Best Ten for seven weeks.
To differentiate it from the theme song of the anime which has the same name in Japanese, it is often referred to by its English title which is stylized as "THE GALAXY EXPRESS 999".