Written by Kyoko Matsumiya(松宮恭子)and composed by Tadashige Matsui(松井忠重), Takada's 14th single isn't quite up there with the first two songs I mentioned, and the song itself only went as high as No. 22 on the Oricon weeklies. However, hearing the actual song on YouTube instead of the rushed and shortened Kohaku-orchestrated version has given me a bit more of a higher impression, and it stands out from the Latin of "Watashi wa Piano" and the ballad "Ai wa Imagination".
As for the title, there seemed to have been a bit of a Lego approach to coming up with song titles back then. "Namida no..." was a popular "brick" to use, and "jiruba" may have been a trendy word to use at a time when all those dancers in Harajuku were applying some of the old dances around that time.
Thanks J-Canuck for this 懐かしい post on 高田みづえ's 「涙のジルバ」. This is a pretty good song but I agree it's definitely not as great as her signature songs 「私はピアノ」, 「愛のイマジネーション」, 「ガラスの花」 and 「潮騒のメロディー」.
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