Do Your Best
1979 song performed by Pink Lady
"Do Your Best" | ||||
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Single by Pink Lady | ||||
from the album Pink Lady | ||||
Language | Japanese | |||
B-side | "Itoshi no New Orleans" | |||
Released | December 5, 1979 (1979-12-05) | |||
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Length | 7:50 | |||
Label | Victor | |||
Composer(s) | Shunichi Tokura | |||
Lyricist(s) | Shizuka Ijūin | |||
Pink Lady singles chronology | ||||
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"Do Your Best" (ドゥー・ユア・ベスト, Dū Yua Besuto) is the 16th single of duo Pink Lady, released on December 5, 1979. The song was originally chosen to be the theme song for the Japanese teams at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but Japan became one of 66 countries to boycott the games following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, thus affecting the song's sales.[1][2] This was the duo's first single not to reach the top 20 in Japan.
The song sold 300,000 copies.[3]
A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, INNOVATION, released in December 2010.
Track listing (7" vinyl)
All lyrics are written by Shizuka Ijūin; all music is composed by Shunichi Tokura
No. | Title | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Do Your Best" | Akira Inoue | 4:07 |
2. | "Itoshi no New Orleans" (Itoshi no Nyū Orinzu (愛しのニューオリンズ, "Lovely New Orleans")) | Shunichi Tokura | 3:43 |
Chart positions
Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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Japanese Oricon Singles Chart | 36 |
Cover versions
- The tribute group Pink Babies covered "Itoshi no New Orleans" in their "UFO" Type-C single in 2017.[4]
References
External links
- "Do Your Best" at MusicBrainz
- "Do Your Best" at Discogs
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