Anata ni Muchū

"Anata ni Muchū"
"Anata ni Muchū"
Single by Candies
from the album Anata ni Muchū: Uchiki na Candies
Language	Japanese
English title	Crazy for You
B-side	"Namida Sō"
Released	September 1, 1973
Recorded	1973
Genre	Kayōkyoku; teen pop;
Length	3:13
Label	CBS Sony
Composer(s)	Kōichi Morita
Lyricist(s)	Michio Yamagami
Producer(s)	Sumio Matsuzaki; Masatoshi Sakai;
Candies singles chronology

"Anata ni Muchū" (あなたに夢中, "Crazy for You") is the debut single by Japanese music trio Candies. Written by Michio Yamagami and Kōichi Morita, the single was released on September 1, 1973. It features Yoshiko Tanaka (at that time known by her nickname "Sue") as the main vocalist from the three.^[1]

Japanese musical duo The Peanuts had a song with the same name, though the songs are not related.

The song peaked at No. 36 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 81,000 copies.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Michio Yamagami; all music is written by Kōichi Morita; all music is arranged by Kōji Ryūzaki.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anata ni Muchū" ((あなたに夢中, "Crazy For You"))	3:13
2.	"Namida Sō" ((なみだ草, "Grass Tears"))	2:49

Chart positions

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	36

Cover versions

Singapore boy band Black Dog Bone covered the song in Malaysian as "Telatah Si Bujang" in 1977, with Malaysian translation by Haron Abdulmajid.
Chisa Yokoyama covered the song in her 2000 album Best Selection.
The Possible covered the song as the B-side of their 2006 single "Hatsukoi no Kakera".
Rolly covered the song in his 2012 album Glamorous Rolly ~ Glam Kayō o Utau.
C@n-dols covered the song as the B-side of their 2013 single "Toshishita no Otoko no Ko".

References

^ "Candies Discography". Idol.ne.jp. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Candies" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

External links

"Anata ni Muchū" at MusicBrainz
"Anata ni Muchū" at Discogs

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[1] "Candies Discography". Idol.ne.jp. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-09.

[PLEP-2] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Candies" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

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