is a song by

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idol group

Morning Musume , formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as , is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most to ...

, released as their second single on May 27, 1998 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 417,330 copies. In 2004 It was re-released as part of the

Early Single Box ''Early Single Box'' is the first box set compilation from J-pop idol group Morning Musume, and was released December 15, 2004. It contains their first eight singles in their entirety, each on a separate disc with an additional bonus track each. ...

and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. Lead vocals of this single was

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. This single was also the debut of the "Second Generation"

members

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and

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, as well as the group's first single to be released under

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and distributed through

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's sub label

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, as One Up Music (Zetima's former name) had ended its distribution deal with

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and adopted its current name after the release of the group's previous single " Morning Coffee". Distribution rights for Zetima's catalog would be given to Sony for this single, Morning Musume's first album " First Time" and all of the

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label's subsequent releases.

Track listing

All songs written by

Tsunku , known professionally as , is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q. As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Co ...

8 cm CD

# – 3:49 # A Memory of Summer '98 – 3:58 # – 3:47

12 cm CD (''Early Single Box'' and individual release)

# # A Memory of Summer '98 # #

Members at time of single

*1st generation:

Yuko Nakazawa is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is also a member of Japanese pop group Dream Morning Musume. Biography Yuko Nakazawa was born in Ky ...

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*2nd generation :

Oricon Rank and Sales

External links

Summer Night Town
entry on the Up-Front Works official website Morning Musume songs Zetima Records singles 1998 singles Songs written by Tsunku Song recordings produced by Tsunku 1998 songs {{Hello!Project-stub