Today's playlist. This 9th installment features "CHA-CHA-CHA."
I purchased it at my favorite record store in Shimokitazawa, "Flash Disc Ranch."
This is a record store I've been frequenting since shortly after I started living in Setagaya. The point card, which is valid as long as the store exists, has a popular, crazy system where if you collect 50 stamps, you get half off any number of records under 15,000 yen.
Shimokitazawa is a place where I suddenly feel like getting off the train on my way home on the Odakyu Line.
Whenever I get off at Shimokita, I always stop here, buy a few records, and head home.
I've been doing this for about 5 years now.
"CHA CHA CHA" or "CHA-CHA-CHA" is a single by the Italian dance group Finzy Kontini. It is an Italo disco track inspired by the cha-cha-cha dance. The song was released as a single in Italy and France in 1985, and in Japan in 1986, where it reached number 14 on the Oricon Singles Chart and spent nine consecutive weeks at number 1 on the Western music charts. Since Akemi Ishii covered this song in 1986, it has also been covered by various other artists.
According to the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) in 1987, this song ranked first for the year and received the JASRAC International Award in 1988. Akemi Ishii's cover version, released by CBS/Sony in 1986, was adopted as the theme song for the TBS drama series "Danjo 7-nin Natsu Monogatari." This song topped the Oricon Singles Chart and won the New Artist Award at the 28th Japan Record Awards. Hiro Tsunoda was responsible for the intro and chorus, and some of the lyrics were changed from Japanese to English.
At WAITER-U, we not only select camping gear but also music, books, and movies.
We also create playlists on Spotify, so please feel free to listen to them in your car on your way to a camping trip.
