Sayonara no Ocean

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"Sayonara no Ocean"
Sayonara no Ocean cover.jpg
Single by Kiyotaka Sugiyama
from the album Beyond...
LanguageJapanese
English title"Goodbye Ocean"
B-side"Shadow"
ReleasedMay 28, 1986 (1986-05-28)
GenrePop
Length4:52
Label
Songwriter(s)Akira Otsu
Producer(s)Kiyotaka Sugiyama
Kiyotaka Sugiyama singles chronology
"Sayonara no Ocean"
(1986) 		"Saigo no Holy Night"
(1986)

"Sayonara no Ocean" (Japanese: さよならのオーシャン; translated as "Goodbye Ocean") is the first single by Kiyotaka Sugiyama, released by VAP and Embark on May 28, 1986. The single charted at #4 on the Oricon chart, selling 203,000 copies.[1]

Background and soundtrack appearances[]

  • At the end of 1985, Kiyotaka Sugiyama and his band, Kiyotaka Sugiyama & Omega Tribe, had broken up after the completion of their last album, First Finale. Sugiyama became a solo artist, with "Sayonara no Ocean" being his first single as a solo artist.
  • Sugiyama himself made his first appearance in music programs such as TBS TV series The Best Ten, Nippon TV series Uta no Top Ten, and Fuji TV series Yorunohittosutajio.
  • The album Beyond... includes a short version of the track called "Ocean."
  • It was aired as a CF song for Dydo Drinco's "DyDo Jonian Coffee," starring Sugiyama himself.
  • It was re-released as a 8 cm single on February 21, 1988.

Track listing[]

Single[]

Side A/B
No.TitleLyricsArrangementLength
1."Sayonara no Ocean" (さよならのオーシャン)Akira OtsuJun Sato4:52
2."Shadow"Keiko AsōMakoto Matsushita4:33

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Hits of the World". Billboard. Jun 28, 1986. p. 68. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. July 5, 1986. p. 69. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. July 12, 1986. p. 66. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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