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Last Pretender

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"Last Pretender"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Pink Lady
LanguageJapanese
B-side"AMENIC (Gyakukaiten no Cinema)"
ReleasedJanuary 21, 1981 (1981-01-21)
Genre
Length3:40
LabelVictor
Songwriter(s)Shigesato Itoi
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Remember (Fame)"
(1980)
"Last Pretender"
(1981)
"OH!"
(1981)

"Last Pretender" (ラスト・プリテンダー, Rasuto Puritendā) is Pink Lady's 21st single, released on January 21, 1981. The single failed to be a hit, peaking at 85 in the Oricon charts.[1] It was never promoted on television, nor was it ever performed live by the duo.

The song sold 100,000 copies.[2]

In 2018, the song was performed live for the first time by Mie during her "Ura Pink 2" (裏ピンク2, Ura Pinku Tsū, "Back to Pink 2") show at Blues Alley Japan.[3]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Shigesato Itoi

No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Last Pretender"Yukihiro TakahashiYukihiro Takahashi3:40
2."AMENIC (Gyakukaiten no Cinema)" ((AMENIC(逆回転のシネマ), "Amenic (Counter-clockwise Cinema)"))Shigeru UmebayashiEX 

Charts

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Chart (1981) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 85

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pink Lady single overview & information". Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  2. ^ "Pink Lady single sales". Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  3. ^ MHO Artist Co. Ltd. (July 21, 2018). Last Pretender/未唯mie・裏ピンク2. YouTube. Retrieved March 4, 2020.[dead YouTube link]
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