Kaze no Lonely Way

"Kaze no Lonely Way" (Japanese: 風のLonely Way) is the fifth single by Kiyotaka Sugiyama, released by VAP and Embark on January 13, 1988. The single reached #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart for 1987, giving Sugiyama his third #1 spot since "Shade," released a year prior.[1]

"Kaze no Lonely Way"
Single by Kiyotaka Sugiyama
from the album The Ballads With Love
B-side	"Mugon no Dialogue"
Released	January 13, 1988 (1988-01-13)
Genre	Pop
Label	VAP, Embark
Composer(s)	Kiyotaka Sugiyama
Lyricist(s)	Shun Taguchi
Producer(s)	Kiyotaka Sugiyama
Kiyotaka Sugiyama singles chronology
"Shade" (1987) "Kaze no Lonely Way" (1988) "Boku no Ude no Naka de" (1988)

Background

The song was used as the sixth generation ending theme of the TV series Tuesday Suspense Theatre. In addition to the song ending in the program, the instrumental version was played on the screen at the end of the program.

It ranked in the TBS television series "The Best Ten" on January 28, 1988, and made a live appearance on this program for the first time in about a year since "Saigo no Holy Night" in 1987. It was on "The Top Ten" of 6 weeks in a row, the highest ranking second place (the same year February 4 recorded (during this time of first place a-second 517 times) Hikaru Genji's "Glass no Jūdai" and Akina Nakamori's "Al-Mauj"). At the time of this program rank-in, those songs of the title moderator, Kenji Matsushita to "the wind in there was to have been" and also wrong call twice.

Track listing

Side A/B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Kaze no Lonely Way" (風のLonely Way)	Shun Taguchi	Kiyotaka Sugiyama	Tetsusi Hayashi
2.	"Mugon no Dialogue" (無言のDialogue)	Kumiko Aoki	Tetsuji Hayashi	Tetsuji Hayashi

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1988) Peak position Oricon[1] 1 The Best Ten 2 The Top Ten 2

Year-end charts Chart (1988) Peak position Oricon 40 The Best Ten 36 The Top Ten 28

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved June 25, 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)