What you're looking at above is the view from the automated Yurikamome transit line in Tokyo beginning from Shimbashi Station. Quite a lot of folks have probably seen it in action on YouTube since night footage has been included in those City Pop videos. I've been on it many times before to head over to Odaiba.
Perhaps the thumbnail isn't the most appropriate for this song titled "Chikatetsu Fantasia" (Subway Fantasia) by the short-lived aidoru duo Cupid（キューピット）since the Yurikamome operates above ground. But anyways, from what I could scrounge from their J-Wiki and "idol.ne.jp" entries, they were twin sisters Emiko and Yumiko Izumiyama（泉山恵美子・泉山由美子）from Shizuoka Prefecture. Called Emi and Yumi (hmmm...sounds familiar), they made their debut in 1978 and released five singles up to the end of 1979.
"Chikatetsu Fantasia" was their 3rd single from April 1979 with Akira Ito（伊藤アキラ）on lyrics and Mitsuo Hagita（萩田光雄）handling both melody and arrangement. It's quite the spirited aidoru tune with warp-speed strings and an intriguing guitar plucking away, although those lyrics relate the sad story of romantic heartbreak at a subway station. Also notable is that the Izumiyama sisters sang in a slightly lower register.
Speaking of that debut, Cupid's first single was "Ai no Duet" (Duet of Love) released in September 1978. If that song sounds similar to you, I guess "Grease" is the word. It's a cover version of "You're the One That I Want" originally performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John for the cinematic adaptation of the musical. Tsuzuru Nakasato（中里綴）wrote the Japanese lyrics over John Farrar's original melody. The song was used for a lotion commercial.
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