- Source: Sand Beige (Sabaku e)
"Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" (SAND BEIGE -砂漠へ-, Sando Beiji -Sabaku e-, lit. "Sand Beige (To the Desert)") is the 12th single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Eiko Kyo and Takashi Tsushimi, the single was released on June 19, 1985, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the lead single from her second compilation album Best.
Background
The theme of "Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" is a farewell trip, with the lyrics based on travel photos and tour guide books that Nakamori collected over the years. The foreign lyrics written in katakana are in Egyptian Arabic. The jacket photo was taken in Manila.
Nakamori has re-recorded "Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" for the 2002 self-cover compilation Utahime Double Decade.
Chart performance
"Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" became Nakamori's ninth No. 1 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 460,700 copies.
Track listing
All music is arranged by Akira Inoue.
Charts
Release history
References
External links
Official website
"Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
"Sand Beige (Sabaku e)" at Discogs (list of releases)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sand Beige (Sabaku e)
- Akina Nakamori
- Best (Akina Nakamori album)
- Ballad Best 25th Anniversary Selection
- List of Oricon number-one singles of 1985
- Akina Nakamori singles discography
- Akaitori Nigeta
- Solitude (Akina Nakamori song)
- Utahime Double Decade
