UFO (Pink Lady song)

"UFO"

Single by Pink Lady

B-side

"Lady X"

Released

December 5, 1977

Genre

J-pop, kayōkyoku, Disco

Length

3:15

Label

JVC

Pink Lady singles chronology

"Wanted"
(1977)

"UFO"
(1977)

"Southpaw"
(1978)

"UFO" is Pink Lady's sixth single release, released on December 5, 1977. With a total of 1,950,000 sales, this single was their highest grossing ever,^[1] and spent ten weeks at the top of the Japanese singles chart. Although it was released in December 1977, It was voted best song from 1978 in the Japanese music program The Best Ten.

They won the 20th edition of the Japan Record Award with this song.

According to Oricon, this was the best selling single from 1978.^[2]

"UFO" is also featured in the video game Just Dance Wii.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Shunichi Tokura, lyrics written by Yū Aku.

"UFO" 3:15
"Lady X" 2:45

Chart positions

Charts (1977)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	1

Cover versions

Japanese girl group Morning Musume recorded a cover of UFO for their cover album Cover You.
Female music group MAX recorded a cover version of this song in 1997.
Mari Natsuki and Anna Tsuchiya recorded UFO for a Pink Lady/Yū Aku tribute album called Bad Friends in 2009.
Melon Kinenbi covered this song in the TV series "Uta Doki!"
FEMM (duo) released their cover of UFO in 2014 on iTunes within their digital EP "Astroboy".

Pink Lady

Singles	"Pepper Keibu" "S.O.S." "Carmen '77" "Nagisa no Sindbad" "Wanted" "UFO" "Southpaw" "Monster" "Tomei Ningen" "Chameleon Army" "Zipang" "Pink Typhoon" "Nami Nori Pirates" "Kiss in the Dark" "Monday Mona Lisa Club" "Do Your Best" "Ai Giri Giri" "Sekai Eiyuu Shi" "Utakata" "Remember" "Last Pretender" "OH!" "Fushigi Love" "Pink Eyed Soul" "Terebi ga Kita Hi"

Studio albums	Pepper Keibu Hoshi kara Kita Futari Magical Musical Tour Kiss in the Dark We Are Sexy Turning Point Suspense

Live albums	Challenge Concert Summer Fire '77 Bye Bye Carnival America! America! America! '78 Jumping Summer Carnival Live in Budokan Sayonara Pink Lady

Compilations	Pink Lady no Katsudou Ooutsushin Pink Lady Pink Lady Best Selection Pink Lady Twin Best Innovation

Related articles	Pink Lady Mitsuyo Nemoto Keiko Masuda

References

↑ "List of the number-one hit singles on the Japanese Oricon Chart". Retrieved 2008-10-13.
↑ "Annual Oricon Charts 1977-1980" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-25.

Preceded by "Wakareuta" by Miyuki Nakajima	Japanese Oricon Singles Chart number-one single February 20, 1978	Succeeded by "Canada Kara no Tegami" (ja) by Masaaki Hirao (ja) & Yōko Hatanaka (ja)

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