is the 13th single by Japanese entertainer

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. Written by

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and

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, the single was released on July 11, 1988, by King Records.

Background and release

"Mermaid" marked the beginning of Nakayama's collaboration with songwriters Kan and Cindy, which lasted until "

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" (though Cindy sporadically continued to co-write songs with Nakayama throughout the 1990s). The song was used as the opening theme of the TBS drama series , which starred Nakayama. The jacket cover is a painting of Nakayama in a bikini by

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; this artwork was also used on her album ''

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''. "Mermaid" became Nakayama's third consecutive No. 1 on

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's weekly singles chart and sold over 365,000 copies, becoming her biggest-selling single until " Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." in 1991.

Track listing

Personnel

* Miho Nakayama – vocals * Rod Antoon – keyboards, backing vocals (1) * Takao Sugiyama – synthesizer, drum programming (2) * Shinji Shiotsugu – guitar (1) * Ichirō Hada – guitar (2) *

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– bass synthesizer (2) *

– backing vocals (1) * Amazons – backing vocals (2)

Charts

Weekly charts Year-end charts

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1988 singles 1988 songs Songs in Japanese Japanese television drama theme songs Miho Nakayama songs Songs with lyrics by Chinfa Kan King Records (Japan) singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles