is the 21st single by

Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese popular culture, Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting, dancing, and modeling. Idol ...

duo

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. Written by

Yasushi Akimoto is a Japanese record producer, lyricist, and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, ma ...

and James Shimoji, the single was released on May 25, 1994, by Polystar Records.

Background and release

"Twinkle Twinkle" was used by Tokyo City Keiba for its "Twinkle Race" commercials. The B-side, "Tasty", was used by

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for their commercial featuring Wink. "Twinkle Twinkle" peaked at No. 28 on the

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's weekly charts and sold over 74,000 copies.

Track listing

Chart positions

;Weekly charts ;Year-end charts

Twinkle Twinkle 2017

To promote Tokyo City Keiba's "Twinkle Race 2017", former Wink member

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collaborated with the comedy duo Oriental Radio to release a new recording of "Twinkle Twinkle" as a

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on June 28, 2017. The song features additional rap lyrics by Mitsuhiro Fukada and arrangement by DJ Juvenile. The music video stars fashion model Rola and Oriental Radio.

Track listing

References

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