In all the kerfuffle of putting up my Author's Pick on Tanabata yesterday, I was also informed that July 7th 2025 was World Chocolate Day because it was apparently the day that chocolate had been introduced to Europe in the 16th century. Now, I don't quite consider myself a chocoholic anymore but I still like the sweet stuff whether it be in cookies, bars, drinks and the like. I've had chocolate beer and chocolate-covered potato chips as the more extreme examples but I'm perfectly at home munching down a Hershey's Kiss or a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (covered in chocolate, of course).
As such, although I'm a day late, I would like to commemorate World Chocolate Day with some of my own chocolate concoctions whether they be located in the song title or the artist name.
(1984) Chocolate Lips -- Day Dreamin'
(1990) Wink -- Meiji Chocolate Theme（明治チョコレート・テーマ）
(1999) Chocolat -- Uchuu no Tunnel（宇宙のトンネル）
(2007) Perfume -- Chocolate Disco （チョコレイト・ディスコ）
(2014) Leo Ieiri -- Chocolate（チョコレート）
I had no idea it was World Chocolate Day! I am going to make a note of this! This post is like the Hall of Fame of the most known songs about chocolate! With Wink and Perfume at the top. Actually, for the longest time, I had no idea that Wink recorded the Meiji Chocolate theme. I have heard it every year since the summer of 2001, without fail.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have known either if the article hadn't shown up on my news feed. That Meiji Chocolate theme has been the jingle that keeps on giving. I only hope that songwriter Taku Izumi had gotten her just royalties for it over the decades.
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