Su Su Su Super Ki Re i
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| "Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" | ||||
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| Single by Scatman John | ||||
| Released | 23 March 1996 | |||
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| Length | 22:43 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer(s) | Tsugutoshi Goto | |||
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"Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (Rōmaji: "Kirei" meaning "beautiful") is a Scatman John single, recorded in Japan with Japanese backing musicians and released there as a tie-in to a cosmetics commercial. The song was his highest-charting single in Japan, reaching no. 16. The song is based on a series of catchy loops of party lyrics. The B-side is a solo piano cover of the Elvis Presley song "Love Me Tender", dubbed the "L.A. Unplugged Mix".
The commercials feature a slightly different mix of the track and feature Scatman speaking Japanese and promoting the product in a variety of situations, interacting with the Japanese performers. There were 4 different commercials in total, the 2nd and 4th being slight variations on the 1st and 3rd.
There was also a music video for this track. It begins with Scatman producing a bunch of flowers like a magic trick, and goes on to show Scatman riding around in a circle on a miniature trike. Later shots show Scatman dancing in a CGI kitchen and in what looks like a cellar. Unlike all other Scatman John music videos, it was never officially uploaded to Youtube, though a few unofficial uploads exist.
Single track listing[edit]
All lyrics are written by John Larkin and Brian Adler; all music is composed by Tsugutoshi Goto, except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (Radio Edit) | 3:59 | ||
| 2. | "Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (All Night Long Mix) | 5:32 | ||
| 3. | "Su Su Su Super キ・レ・イ" (Karaoke) | 3:57 | ||
| 4. | "Scatman (Ski Ba Dop Ba Dop Bop)" (Extended Radio) |
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| 5:11 |
| 5. | "Love Me Tender" (L.A. Unplugged Mix) | Ken Darby | George R. Poulton | 4:04 |
Personnel[edit]
- Keyboard, producer: Tsugutoshi Goto
- Synthesizer: Mituji Horikawa
- Electric guitar: Masaki Suzukawa
- Keyboard: Haruo Togasi
- Chorus: Mai Yamane
- Recorded by Masahiko Kokubo
- Mixed by Yosinori Kaji
- Cover design by Akihiro Ijima
