After 70 articles related to Mariya Takeuchi(竹内まりや), I'm surprised that I had yet to cover this one since although I could never remember the title, the melody has been very familiar to me.
It sounds oh-so-sweet but actually the lyrics are about a woman's imminent arrival at the point of no return in terms of an affair that she is about to kick off with a friend on a dark, stormy night. Perhaps that's why I kinda find the cover for the single somewhat sinister with Mariya wearing that red outfit and a slightly devilish grin. Temptations, temptations...
Not surprisingly, "Koi no Arashi" was used as the theme song for a TBS drama "Tonari no Onna"(となりの女...The Woman Next Door) which dealt with the same topic. It peaked at No. 20 on Oricon and was also placed as a track on her 7th album "Request" from August 1987 and on her second BEST compilation "Impressions" from July 1994.
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