As I mentioned in my first posting of a Junko Sakurada（桜田淳子）song, the September 1981 single "This Is A 'Boogie'", that song was my introduction to her with all of its jazzy pizzazz.
Well, the previous 35th single from June that year is "Misty", and certainly from the single's cover, she was looking rather coyly kittenish and leggy in the pink outfit. This song which was written by Kazuko Kobayashi（小林和子）, composed by Yuuichiro Oda（小田裕一郎）and arranged by Masaaki Omura（大村雅朗）is quite different in that it sounds like a New Wave aidoru number with the synths and the wailing nostalgic electric guitar. Plus, Sakurada takes on a breathy and just-as-kittenish vocal approach.
For her live performances of "Misty", she was able to sport a tight shocking pink leotard which probably had fans lollygagging; it was an outfit that Sakurada had requested herself, inspired by Olivia Newton-John's concert costume. A few weeks following its release in early June 1981, Sakurada even pulled off a June 26th campaign called "Junko’s Airwave Takeover: Misty Day" during which she blitzed the television airwaves from morning to night with appearances, presumably in that shocking pink. Her peak No. 53 ranking on Oricon would mark the final time that Sakurada would chart in terms of her singles.
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