Summer Night Town

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サマーナイトタウン (English: Summer Night Town) is the second single of the Hello! Project group Morning Musume. It was released on 1998-05-27 on a 8 cm CD on the zetima label with catalog number EPDE-1003.

On 2004-12-15 this single was rereleased on a 12 cm CD with an extra track as part of the Morning Musume EARLY SINGLE BOX (Catalog number EPCE-5322) and this version was released again individually on 2005-03-02 with catalog number EPCE-5314.

This is the first single from Morning Musume to feature the second generation members, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, and Ichii Sayaka.

Coconuts Musume covered the single in English as a second A-side for their debut single, Halation Summer / Summer Night Town (English Version). It was also covered by Morning Musume Otome Gumi on their single Yuujou ~Kokoro no Busu niwa Naranee!~.

Contents 1 Credits 2 Members at time of original release 3 Original CD track listing 4 Rereleased CD track listing 5 TV performances 6 Concert performances 7 Oricon Rank and Sales 8 External links 8.1 Purchase

Credits

• Lyrics: Tsunku
• Composer: Tsunku
• Arrangement: Maejima Yasuaki

Members at time of original release

• 1st gen: Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Fukuda Asuka
• 2nd gen: Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ichii Sayaka

Original CD track listing

1. サマーナイトタウン
2. A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
3. サマーナイトタウン (Instrumental)

Rereleased CD track listing

1. サマーナイトタウン
2. A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
3. サマーナイトタウン (Instrumental)
4. サマーナイトタウン　(First Live Version)

TV performances

• 1998-05-24 ASAYAN
• 1998-05-29 Music Station
• 1998-06-02 Utaban
• 1998-06-12 Music Station
• 1998-07-14 Utaban
• 2000-05-28 Hello! Morning Episode 008
• 2000-08-06 Hello! Morning Episode 018 (Last Phrase Karaoke Battle)

Concert performances

• Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kohkaido
• Hello! Project Happy New Year '99
• Morning Musume Memory Seishun no Hikari
• Hello! Project '99
• Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000
• Morning Musume First Live at Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~
• Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2002 Haru "Love Is Alive!" (English Version by Coconuts Musume)
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 "15nin de Non Stop!" (by Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa, Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, and Tanaka Reina)
• Morning Musume Otome Gumi Hatsukouen ~Otomechikku~ (by Morning Musume Otome Gumi)
• Abe Natsumi First Concert Tour 2004 ~Anata Iro~ (by Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, and Yasuda Kei, as part of a medley)
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004 "The Best of Japan Natsu ~ Aki '04" (by Iida, Ishikawa, Yoshizawa, Konno, and Fujimoto, as part of a medley)
• Nochiura Natsumi Concert Tour 2005 Haru "Triangle Energy" (by Goto Maki and Matsuura Aya)
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu~

Oricon Rank and Sales

Week	Chart Date	Chart Period	Week Rank	Sales	Cumulative Sales	Comment
1	1998.06.08	1998.05.25~1998.05.31	4	86,670	86,670
2	1998.06.15	1998.06.01~1998.06.07	7	49,560	136,230
3	1998.06.22	1998.06.08~1998.06.14	4	51,620	187,850
4	1998.06.29	1998.06.15~1998.06.21	4	44,020	231,870
5	1998.07.06	1998.06.22~1998.06.28	6	37,200	269,070
6	1998.07.13	1998.06.29~1998.07.05	11	36,470	305,540
7	1998.07.20	1998.07.06~1998.07.12	14	30,060	335,600
8	1998.07.27	1998.07.13~1998.07.19	17	22,260	357,860
9	1998.08.03	1998.07.20~1998.07.26	32	14,890	372,750
10	1998.08.10	1998.07.27~1998.08.02	36	8,630	381,380
11	1998.08.17	1998.08.03~1998.08.09	42	7,490	388,870
12	1998.08.24	1998.08.10~1998.08.16	41	6,820	395,690
13	1998.08.31	1998.08.17~1998.08.23	49	5,300	400,990
14	1998.09.07	1998.08.24~1998.08.30	70	3,720	404,710
15	1998.09.14	1998.08.31~1998.09.06	72	3,010	407,720
16	1998.09.21	1998.09.07~1998.09.13	82	2,730	410,450
17	1998.09.28	1998.09.14~1998.09.20	74	3,320	413,770
18	1998.10.05	1998.09.21~1998.09.27	83	3,560	417,330

Total sales: 417,330

External links

• Up-Front Works: Morning Musume discography entry
• projecthello.com: Summer Night Town lyrics
• projecthello.com: A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98 lyrics

Purchase

• Original edition Amazon JP
• Rereleased edition Amazon JP, CDJapan

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