Do Your Best

"Do Your Best" (ドゥー・ユア・ベスト, Dū Yua Besuto) is the 16th single of duo Pink Lady, released on December 5, 1979. The song was originally chosen to be the theme song for the Japanese teams at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but Japan became one of 66 countries to boycott the games following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, thus affecting the song's sales.[1][2] This was the duo's first single not to reach the top 20 in Japan.

"Do Your Best"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Pink Lady
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Itoshi no New Orleans"
ReleasedDecember 5, 1979 (1979-12-05)
Genre
Length7:50
LabelVictor
Composer(s)Shunichi Tokura
Lyricist(s)Shizuka Ijūin
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Monday Mona Lisa Club"
(1979)		 "Do Your Best"
(1979)		 "Ai Giri Giri"
(1980)

The song sold 300,000 copies.[3]

A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, INNOVATION, released in December 2010.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All lyrics are written by Shizuka Ijūin; all music is composed by Shunichi Tokura.

No.TitleArrangementLength
1."Do Your Best"Akira Inoue4:07
2."Itoshi no New Orleans" (Itoshi no Nyū Orinzu (愛しのニューオリンズ, "Lovely New Orleans"))Shunichi Tokura3:43

Chart positions
Charts (1979) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 36

Cover versions
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References
  1. "Pink Lady single overview & information". Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  2. "Billboard Magazine, December, 1979". Billboard.
  3. "Pink Lady single sales". Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  4. "ピンク・ベイビーズ/UFO Type-C". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
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