Kiyomi Suzuki with Rats & Star -- TAXI

Along with "Lonely Chaplin" , Kiyomi Suzuki（鈴木聖美） released another single from her album, "WOMAN" in November 1987 as her 3rd single. "TAXI" is this bluesy ballad that I often heard at karaoke, and I can imagine if there had been a music video done of this song, it would've taken place appropriately in a Tokyo cab as it wound its way around Shinjuku or Roppongi in the wee hours.

Unlike "Lonely Chaplin", Kiyomi Suzuki has more of a lead role here than in her duet with her brother, Masayuki. Rats & Star this time are more in the backup role. But Kiyomi can more than hold her own in her solo. The song went no higher than 75 on Oricon, but I think for those fans of the more adult contemporary side of Japanese music, this fits the bill quite nicely on a Saturday night. Fumiko Okada and Daisuke Inoue（岡田ふみ子・井上大輔）were behind the creation of the song.