is the debut single by Japanese music trio Candies. Written by Michio Yamagami and Kōichi Morita, the single was released on September 1, 1973. It features

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(at that time known by her nickname "Sue") as the main vocalist from the three. Japanese musical duo

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had a song with the same name, though the songs are not related. The song peaked at No. 36 on

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's singles chart and sold over 81,000 copies.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Michio Yamagami; all music is written by Kōichi Morita; all music is arranged by Kōji Ryūzaki.

Chart positions

Cover versions

* Singapore boy band Black Dog Bone covered the song in Malaysian as "Telatah Si Bujang" in 1977, with Malaysian translation by Haron Abdulmajid. *

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covered the song in her 2000 album ''Best Selection''. *

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covered the song as the B-side of their 2006 single "Hatsukoi no Kakera". * Rolly covered the song in his 2012 album ''Glamorous Rolly ~ Glam Kayō o Utau''. * C@n-dols covered the song as the B-side of their 2013 single "Toshishita no Otoko no Ko".

References

External links

* * 1973 debut singles 1973 songs Songs in Japanese Candies (group) songs Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles Songs written by Koichi Morita (songwriter) {{1970s-single-stub