Kiss in the Dark (Pink Lady song)


is the 14th single released in Japan, and the first single released in the United States, by Japanese duo Pink Lady. The song was recorded for their debut American album Pink Lady. The duo debuted the song in May 1979 on a Leif Garrett TV special. The song's peak position in Japan on the Oricon chart was 19, and on the American Billboard charts was 37. This was also the first release of the duo in to fail to make the top 10 in Japan. In addition to the all-English version of the song which was a hit in the U.S., Pink Lady also recorded a bilingual version for the album We Are Sexy, with the chorus in English and the verses in Japanese. The B-side of the single is a cover of The Left Banke's "Walk Away Renée".
Pink Lady became the first Japanese recording act to chart in America since Kyu Sakamoto 16 years earlier, and the first to have a hit sung in English, as Sakamoto's hit had been sung in Japanese. Coincidentally, "Kiss in the Dark" had been released a year before A Taste of Honey's Twice As Sweet album came out, which featured their cover of "Sukiyaki" that became a hit in the U.S.
In Japan, the single sold 350,000 copies.
A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, Innovation, released in December 2010.

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