Big in Japan (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Big in Japan


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Artist = Alphaville
Album = Forever Young
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Released = 1984
Format = 7" single
12" maxi
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 3:52
Label = WEA
Writer = Bernhard Lloyd
Marian Gold
Frank Mertens
Producer = Orlando
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This single = "Big in Japan"
(1984)
Next single = "Sounds Like a Melody"
(1984)
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"Big in Japan" is the debut single of the band Alphaville. It was released as a single from their 1984 album "Forever Young".

The single achieved a great success in many countries, including Switzerland, Germany and Sweden where it reached #1. The song peaked also at #1 on Hot Dance Club Play in December 1984.

Track listings

; 7" single
# "Big in Japan" — 3:52
# "Seeds" — 3:15

; 12" maxi
# "Big in Japan" — 3:52
# "Seeds" — 3:15

; 12" maxi
# "Big in Japan" (extended remix) — 7:25
# "Big in Japan" (extended instrumental) — 6:10

Certifications

Cover versions

* A dance cover of the song was recorded by singer Kim Ono in 1995.
* Sandra Cretu covered the song under the title "Japan ist weit".
* Swedish melodic metal Band Embraced did a cover of "Big in Japan" on their 1998 album "Amorous Anathema".
* The song was covered by the group Demimonde on their album "Equalterms".
*In 2000, Guano Apes also covered the song in their second full-length album, "Don't Give Me Names".
* Spanish singer Jose Galisteo, a contestant in the fifth season of the Spanish reality television series "Operación Triunfo", covered the song for his 2007 debut album "Remember".
* In 2008, Norwegian singer Ane Brun has done her very own version of the song "Big in Japan". The song was recorded to be part of the soundtrack for the Swedish tv-documentary "Stor i Japan" on TV6.

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