Summer Night Town

Summer Night Town (サマーナイトタウン) is the 2nd single by Morning Musume. It was released on May 27, 1998 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 417,330 copies.

In 2004 It was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD.

This single was also the debut of the second generation members Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, and Ichii Sayaka. "Summer Night Town" ranked as the #58 single for 1998.

Tracklist
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Original Edition

 * 1) Summer Night Town
 * 2) A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
 * 3) Summer Night Town (Instrumental)

Re-release Edition

 * 1) Summer Night Town
 * 2) A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
 * 3) Summer Night Town (Instrumental)
 * 4) Summer Night Town (First Live Version)

Featured Members

 * 1st gen: Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Fukuda Asuka
 * 2nd gen (Debut): Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ichii Sayaka

TV Performances

 * 1998-05-24 ASAYAN
 * 1998-05-29 Music Station
 * 1998-06-02 Utaban
 * 1998-06-12 Music Station
 * 1998-07-14 Utaban
 * 2000-05-28 Hello! Morning Episode 008
 * 2000-08-06 Hello! Morning Episode 018 (Last Phrase Karaoke Battle)

Concert Performances

 * 1) Summer Night Town
 * 2) *First Concert Hello!
 * 3) *Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kohkaido
 * 4) *Hello! Project Happy New Year '99
 * 5) *Morning Musume Memory ~Seishun no Hikari~ 1999.4.18
 * 6) *Hello! Project '99
 * 7) *Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000
 * 8) *Morning Musume First Live at Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~
 * 9) *Hello! Project 2000 Atsumare! Summer Party
 * 10) *Hello! Project 2001 Sugoizo! 21seiki
 * 11) *Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
 * 12) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 "15nin de NON STOP!" - Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa, Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, and Tanaka Reina
 * 13) *2003~4nen Morning Musume Otome Gumi Hatsukouen ~Otomechikku~
 * 14) *Morning Musume Concert Tour "The BEST of Japan Natsu ~ Aki '04"
 * 15) *Abe Natsumi First Concert Tour 2004 ~Anata Iro~  (part of a medley) - Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei
 * 16) *Nochiura Natsumi Concert Tour 2005 Spring Triangle Energy
 * 17) *TYPE-Y 2007 BIRTHDAY LIVE Mahou no Pressure! Kotoshi mo Yarimasu Special ~Live Ato, Yotei wo Irenaide Kudasai~
 * 18) *Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu!!~
 * 19) *Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2013 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
 * 20) A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
 * 21) *TBA

Single Information

 * Summer Night Town
 * Lyrics & Music: Tsunku
 * Arrangement, Keyboards, and Programming: Maejima Yasuaki
 * Electric Guitar: Inaba Masahiro
 * Percussion: Gen Ogimi
 * Main Vocals: Abe Natsumi, Ishiguro Aya, Fukuda Asuka
 * Sub Vocals: Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori
 * A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
 * Lyrics & Music: Tsunku
 * Arrangement: Takahashi Yuichi
 * Main Vocal: Abe Natsumi
 * Sub Vocals: Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya, Iida Kaori

Single
Total Reported Sales: 417,330*

Cover Versions

 * Coconuts Musume recorded an English version as the B-side for their debut single Halation Summer.
 * Another English version was recorded by Debbie French for the album Cover Morning Musume!.
 * Morning Musume Otome Gumi recorded their version of the song as a B-side for their single Yuujou ~Kokoro no Busu ni wa Naranee!~.

Trivia

 * This is the second Morning Musume single with an English name. The first one being Morning Coffee
 * 1st Generation Member Abe Natsumi gives a comment about the single on Youtube.
 * This is the second single where Nakazawa Yuko was leader of Morning Musume.
 * This is the first Morning Musume single to be released under the zetima label.