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Namaiki

1985 single by Miho Nakayama

"Namaiki"

Single by Miho Nakayama

from the album After School

Language

Japanese

English title

Saucy

B-side

"U"

Released

October 1, 1985 (1985-10-01)

Recorded

1985

Genre

J-pop
kayōkyoku
synth-pop
teen pop

Label

King Records

Composer(s)

Kyōhei Tsutsumi

Lyricist(s)

Takashi Matsumoto

Miho Nakayama singles chronology

"C"
(1985)

"Namaiki"
(1985)

"Be-Bop High School"
(1985)

"Namaiki" (生意気, lit. "Saucy") is the second single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written by Takashi Matsumoto and Kyōhei Tsutsumi, the single was released on October 1, 1985, by King Records.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Background and release

"Namaiki" was written by Matsumoto as a tale of heartbreak, depicting a girl travelling to a foreign country to heal from her emotional wounds.^[1]

"Namaiki" peaked at No. 8 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 114,000 copies, becoming Nakayama's first top-10 hit.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

7" single
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Namaiki" ((生意気, "Saucy"))	Takashi Matsumoto	Kyōhei Tsutsumi	Motoki Funayama
2.	"U"	Yūho Iwasato	Mio Iwasato	Mitsuo Hagita

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart^[6]	8
The Best Ten	11
The Top Ten	10

References

^ ^a ^b "中山美穂『生意気』". Idol.ne.jp. January 3, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ "中山美穂 / 生意気 [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ "生意気 | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ "生意気 | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ "中山美穂(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ 1968-1997 オリコンチャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. ISBN 4871310418.