Soyokaze no Kuchizuke

"Soyokaze no Kuchizuke"
"Soyokaze no Kuchizuke"
Single by Candies
from the album Abunai Doyōbi: Candies no Sekai
Language	Japanese
English title	Kiss of the Gentle Breeze
B-side	Sakurasō no Kanashimi (LP); Hagureta Kobato (EP)
Released	January 21, 1974
Recorded	1973
Genre	kayōkyoku; teen pop;
Length	3:09
Label	CBS Sony
Composer(s)	Kōichi Morita
Lyricist(s)	Michio Yamagami
Producer(s)	Sumio Matsuzaki; Masatoshi Sakai;
Candies singles chronology

"Soyokaze no Kuchizuke" (そよ風のくちづけ, "Kiss of the Gentle Breeze") is the second single by Japanese music trio Candies. Written by Michio Yamagami and Kōichi Morita, the single was released on January 21, 1974. It is the third track on their second album Abunai Doyōbi: Candies no Sekai, with a different mix.^[1]

The song peaked at No. 39 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 63,000 copies.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Michio Yamagami; all music is written by Kōichi Morita, except where indicated; all music is arranged by Yūsuke Hoguchi, except where indicated.

7-inch LP
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Soyokaze no Kuchizuke" ((そよ風のくちづけ, "Kiss of the Gentle Breeze"))	3:09
2.	"Sakurasō no Kanashimi" ((桜草のかなしみ, "Sad Primrose"))	2:52

7-inch EP
No.	Title	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Soyokaze no Kuchizuke" ((そよ風のくちづけ, "Kiss of the Gentle Breeze"))			3:09
2.	"Hagureta Kobato" ((はぐれた小鳩, "Peeled Kobato"))
3.	"Anata ni Muchū" ((あなたに夢中, "Crazy For You"))			3:13
4.	"Candies" (Kyandīzu (キャンディーズ))	Hiroshi Miyagawa	Miyagawa	2:45

Chart positions

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	39

Cover versions

The Possible covered the song as the B-side of their 2007 single "Shushoku = Gohan no Uta".

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

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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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