Sayuri Kokusho -- Koi wa Ring Ring Ring（恋はRing Ring Ring）

From Nevit Dilmen via Wikimedia Commons

 

Continuing on the Valentine's Day theme from the previous article and also sifting through those old B-sides, I did find something from Sayuri Kokusho's（国生さゆり）classic February 1986 single "Valentine Kiss" (バレンタイン・キッス) via JTM's write-up on the song all the way back in 2013.

As cute as "Valentine Kiss" is, the B-side "Koi wa Ring Ring Ring" (Love is Ring Ring Ring) is more of a frantic sugar-high as a young lass is trying her darndest to contact her beau on the phone but he's too busy talking to someone else. Who could that someone be? Stress levels and conspiracy theories abound like bunnies! As with "Valentine Kiss", "Koi wa Ring Ring Ring" was written by Yasushi Akimoto（秋元康）and arranged by Jun Sato（佐藤準）, but this time, the melody was provided by Hideya Nakazaki（中崎英也）who gave a fine illustration of how the lass was going out of her mind with the rock guitar, the sparkly synths and the rapid-fire percussion.

The song is also available on Kokusho's 1st album "Pep Talk" which was released in July 1986. It hit No. 2 on Oricon.