Up to now, the three entries on "Kayo Kyoku Plus" for the unique pop duo dip in the pool have all been on their 1993 songs, so today's entry is their earliest one to date.
And it just happens to be a Christmas tune which was released as their fourth single in December 1987, "Miracle Play: Tenshi ga Furu Yoru" (The Night that the Angels Fell to Earth). Written by vocalist Miyako Koda（甲田益也子）and composed by her professional partner Tatsuji Kimura（木村達司）, it's a stately synthpop piece which seems to picture an old-fashioned toy shop with all of its wooden products including marching soldiers and hobby horses. Koda's lyrics also depict a wondrous phenomenon about to happen on Earth.
"Miracle Play" sounded very familiar to me and I was pondering about it for a bit before I learned that the song was used on Marui Department store commercials. Marui always had the classiest ads.
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