You're My Only Shinin' Star

"You're My Only Shinin' Star"
Single by Miho Nakayama
from the album Ballads
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Sherry"
ReleasedFebruary 17, 1988 (1988-02-17)
Recorded1987
GenreJ-pop
Length4:43
LabelKing Records
Songwriter(s)Toshiki Kadomatsu
Producer(s)Toshiki Kadomatsu
Miho Nakayama singles chronology
"Catch Me"
(1987)
"You're My Only Shinin' Star"
(1988)
"Mermaid"
(1988)
Audio sample
"You're My Only Shinin' Star"

"You're My Only Shinin' Star" is a song recorded by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama, from her third studio album Summer Breeze (1986). It was re-recorded two years later and released as her 10th single by King Records on February 17, 1988; this version was included in her 1989 compilation album Ballads. The album version of the song is featured on the TBS drama series Mama wa Idol (ママはアイドル, 1987),[1] starring Nakayama herself.[2] "You're My Only Shinin' Star" was one of the fifteen recipients of the Gold Prize at the 30th Japan Record Awards and was nominated for the Japan Record Award.[3]

  1. ^ "歌手デビュー30周年を記念した、中山美穂スペシャル・プレミアム・ボックスが完成". Musicman-Net. May 26, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "【アイドル・プレイバック】"ミポリン"中山美穂、デビュー30周年 栄光と挫折". T-Site. May 26, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "活動〜日本レコード大賞〜【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】". Retrieved March 21, 2018.