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.

Contents 1 Tracklist 1.1 Original Edition 1.2 Re-release Edition 2 Featured Members 3 TV Performances 4 Concert Performances 5 Song Information 6 Oricon Chart Positions 6.1 Single 7 Trivia 8 External Links

Tracklist Edit

Original EditionEdit

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

Re-release EditionEdit

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

Featured Members Edit

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

TV Performances Edit

• 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 PerformancesEdit

1. Summer Night Town
   • First Concert Hello!
   • Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kohkaido
   • Hello! Project Happy New Year '99
   • Morning Musume Memory ~Seishun no Hikari~ 1999.4.18
   • Hello! Project '99
   • Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000
   • Morning Musume First Live at Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~
   • Hello! Project 2000 Atsumare! Summer Party
   • Hello! Project 2001 Sugoizo! 21seiki
   • Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
   • 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
   • 2003~4nen Morning Musume Otome Gumi Hatsukouen ~Otomechikku~
   • Abe Natsumi First Concert Tour 2004 ~Anata Iro~ (part of a medley) - Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei
   • Nochiura Natsumi Concert Tour 2005 Spring Triangle Energy 
   • TYPE-Y 2007 BIRTHDAY LIVE Mahou no Pressure! Kotoshi mo Yarimasu Special ~Live Ato, Yotei wo Irenaide Kudasai~
   • Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu!!~

Song InformationEdit

1. Summer Night Town
   • Lyrics & Music: Tsunku
   • Arrangement, Keyboards, and Programming: Maejima Yasuaki
   • Electric Guitar: Inaba Masahiro
   • Percussion: Gen Ogimi
2. A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98
   • Lyrics & Music: Tsunku
   • Arrangement: Takahashi Yuichi

Oricon Chart Positions Edit

SingleEdit

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	86,670
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	49,560
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	51,620
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	44,020
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	37,200
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	36,470
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	30,060
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	22,260
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	14,890
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	8,630
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	7,490
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	6,820
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	5,300
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70	3,720
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	3,010
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	82	2,730
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	3,320
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	83	3,560

Total Reported Sales: 417,330*

TriviaEdit

• 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.

External LinksEdit

• Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
• Wikipedia: Japanese, English
• Lyrics: Summer Night Town, A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98

Morning Musume
Members	6th Gen: Michishige Sayumi (L), 9th Gen: Fukumura Mizuki (SL), Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon 10th Gen: Iikubo Haruna (SL), Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka 11th Gen: Oda Sakura
Former Members	1st Gen: Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Fukuda Asuka 2nd Gen: Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ichii Sayaka 3rd Gen: Goto Maki 4th Gen: Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, Kago Ai 5th Gen: Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa 6th Gen: Fujimoto Miki, Kamei Eri, Tanaka Reina 7th Gen: Kusumi Koharu 8th Gen: Mitsui Aika, Junjun, Linlin
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