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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.
Apparently, this was originally going to be the A-side and another song the B-side, but it was changed at the last minute. I can't imagine "Valentine's Kiss" not being released. That being said, I can see why this song was almost chosen as the lead, it's very catchy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information. I can imagine that it was a pretty close 1 and 2 for which song got the A-side gig. Perhaps the producers could have gone for a double-A-side.
DeleteA double-A-side would have been cool!
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