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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Godiego -- Beautiful Name



"Beautiful Name" (English title: Every Child Has A Beautiful Name) was one of five Godiegoゴダイゴ)songs that ended up on Oricon's Top 100 of 1979. Beautiful Harvest, I must say. This song is perhaps the most kid-friendly of those five in terms of its happy-go-lucky arrangement, and almost cries for everyone to start swaying and joining hands in mutual harmony.

The song had English and Japanese lyrics. Yoko Narahashi(奈良橋陽子) took care of the English side while Akira Ito(伊藤アキラ) wrote the Japanese words, and lead vocal Yukihide Takekawa(タケカワユキヒデ) composed it. After its release in April 1979, it peaked at No. 2. Only Judy Ongg's "Miserarete"魅せられて)kept it from the top spot. As I said, for the year, "Beautiful Name" came in 4th out of the Godiego hit sweepstakes, ending up in the 19th position behind "Gandhara"(No. 6), "Galaxy Express 999"(No. 14) and "Monkey Magic"(No. 17). One other song, "Haruka na Tabi e"はるかな旅へ....On A Distant Trip)finished in the 90th position.



"Beautiful Name" has been covered in a number of Asian languages such as Chinese and Korean. But here's the Nepalese version of it done by the band itself.

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