The Chanels/Puffy -- Hurricane （ハリケーン）

With hurricane season now here, I thought it was as good a time as any to bring up this old Chanels classic which was released in May 1981. "Hurricane"was another doo-wop, Sha-Na-Na hit for the vocal group, their fourth straight Top 3 hit since they debuted in early 1980 with "Runaway". It got as high as No. 2 and later became the 29th-ranked song of the year.

Then, in February 2002, Puffy came out with their own version of the song, and with a short-but-sweet video to boot (although I could've done without the gag wind tunnel-in-the-mouth effects). The Puffy cover went up as far as No. 36 on the Oricon weeklies. The song, by the way, was written by Reiko Yukawa（湯川れい子）and composed by Daisuke Inoue（井上大輔）.

I am hoping that everyone will be keeping safe here and down in the States.