Reiko (song)

"Reiko"
"Reiko"
Single by Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe featuring Joey McCoy
A-side	"Reiko" ; "Reiko (English Version)"
B-side	"Wind Cage (Fūsoku-kei)" ; "Reiko (Original Version)"
Released	November 10, 1988
Recorded	Pop
Label	VAP
Producer(s)	Koichi Fujita
Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe featuring Joey McCoy singles chronology

"Reiko" (レイコ) is the third single by Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe featuring American singer Joey McCoy. The single was released on November 10, 1988 by VAP and charted at No. 15 on the Oricon charts.

Background[]

In 1987, guitarist Mitsuya Kurokawa left the band 1986 Omega Tribe due to health issues, leaving vocalist Carlos Toshiki, guitarist Shinji Takashima, and keyboardist Toshitsugu Nishihara as the remaining members of the band. In 1988, they changed their name to Carlos Tishiki & Omega Tribe and released their first album Down Town Mystery. Joey McCoy, an American, was brought in as a backing vocalist for the album. With the absence of Kurokawa, McCoy joined the nand in 1988 with the release of "Reiko," serving as the lead vocalist of the song.^[1]^[2]^[3] The song was arranged by Hiroshi Shinkawa and Jerry Hey. The B-side, "Wind Cage," was sung by Toshiki.

An English-translated version was also released, translated by Michael McFadden.

For the first time, a photo of all the members of the group was used for the jacket, the tonly other time being for their third album, Bad Girl.

Track listing[]

Original version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Reiko"	Chinfa Kan	Tsunehiro Izumi, Hiroshi Shinkawa	Hiroshi Shinkawa, Jerry Hey
2.	"Wind Gauge 〜Fūsoku-kei〜"	Shun Taguchi	Tetsuji Hayashi	Hiroshi Shinkawa

English version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Reiko (English Version)"	Chinfa Kan, Michael McFadden (translation)	Tsunehiro Izumi, Hiroshi Shinkawa	Hiroshi Shinkawa, Jerry Hey
2.	"Reiko (Original Version)"	Chinfa Kan	Tsunehiro Izumi, Hiroshi Shinkawa	Hiroshi Shinkawa, Jerry Hey

Charts[]

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Oricon	15

References[]

^ Nyansuke (February 16, 2016). "「REIKO」 featuring ジョイ・マッコイカルロストシキ＆オメガトライブ". Amebo (in Japanese).
^ "ディスコグラフィー". 記憶の記録 LIBRARY (in Japanese).
^ "Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe Featuring Joey McCoy – Reiko (1988)". Naver (in Korean). November 2, 2018.

[1] Nyansuke (February 16, 2016). "「REIKO」 featuring ジョイ・マッコイカルロストシキ＆オメガトライブ". Amebo (in Japanese).

[2] "ディスコグラフィー". 記憶の記録 LIBRARY (in Japanese).

[3] "Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe Featuring Joey McCoy – Reiko (1988)". Naver (in Korean). November 2, 2018.

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