Su Su Su Super Ki Re i
"Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (Rōmaji: "Kirei" meaning "beautiful") is a Scatman John single, recorded in Japan with Japanese backing musicians and released there as a tie-in to a cosmetics commercial. The song was his highest-charting single in Japan, reaching no. 16. The song is based on a series of catchy loops of party lyrics. The B-side is a solo piano cover of the Elvis Presley song "Love Me Tender", dubbed the "L.A. Unplugged Mix".
| "Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" | ||||
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| Single by Scatman John | ||||
| Released | 23 March 1996 | |||
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| Length | 22:43 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer(s) | Tsugutoshi Goto | |||
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The commercials feature a slightly different mix of the track and feature Scatman speaking Japanese and promoting the product in a variety of situations, interacting with the Japanese performers. There were 4 different commercials in total, the 2nd and 4th being slight variations on the 1st and 3rd.
There was also a music video for this track. It begins with Scatman producing a bunch of flowers like a magic trick, and goes on to show Scatman riding around in a circle on a miniature trike. Later shots show Scatman dancing in a CGI kitchen and in what looks like a cellar.
Single track listing
- "Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" [Radio Edit] (3:59)
- "Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" [All Night Long Mix] (5:32)
- "Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" [Karaoke] (3:57)
- "Scatman (Ski Ba Dop Ba Dop Bop)" [Extended Radio] (5:11)
- "Love Me Tender" [L.A. Unplugged Mix] (4:04)
Personnel
- Keyboard: Tsugutoshi Goto
- Synthesizer: Mituji Horikawa
- Electric guitar: Masaki Suzukawa
- Keyboard: Haruo Togasi
- Chorus: Mai Yamane
- Produced by Tsugutoshi Goto
- Recorded by Masahiko Kokubo
- Mixed by Yosinori Kaji
- Cover design by Akihiro Ijima