50/50 (song)

"50/50"
"50/50"
Single by Miho Nakayama
from the album Collection
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Nanamena Ai wo Yurushite"
Released	July 7, 1987
Recorded	1987
Genre	J-pop; dance-pop;
Length	4:01
Label	King Records
Composer(s)	Tetsuya Komuro
Lyricist(s)	Shun Taguchi
Miho Nakayama singles chronology

"50/50" (フィフティー・フィフティー, Fifutī Fifutī) is the 10th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written by Shun Taguchi and Tetsuya Komuro, the single was released on July 7, 1987, by King Records.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Background and release

"50/50" was Nakayama's second collaboration with composer Komuro, after "Jingi Aishite Moraimasu". The lyrics were by Taguchi, who wrote three of Yoko Minamino's No. 1 hits. The song was arranged with Caribbean elements; most notably the use of steelpans.^[1]

"50/50" peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 211,000 copies.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

7" single
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"50/50"	Shun Taguchi	Tetsuya Komuro	Motoki Funayama
2.	"Nanamena Ai wo Yurushite" ((斜めな愛を許して, "Forgive the Diagonal Love"))	Mami Ayukawa	Ayukawa	Shirō Sagisu

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart^[6]	2
The Best Ten	2
Uta no Top Ten	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Oricon Year-End Chart^[6]	23
The Best Ten Year-End Chart	12
Uta no Top Ten Year-End Chart	14

References

External links

Official website
"50/50" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
"50/50" at Discogs (list of releases)

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