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| Released | October 12, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | March–June, 2011 | |||
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| Length | 40:51 | |||
| Label | Heinz | |||
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1969 is a collaborative studio album by American band Pink Martini and Japanese singer Saori Yuki, released in Japan on October 12, 2011, by EMI Music Japan and in the United States on November 1, 2011, by Heinz Records. [1] [2]
As of October 2013, the album had sold over 500,000 copies in Japan. [3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original artist [4] | Length |
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| 1. | "Yuuzuki (Evening Moon)" | Rei Nakanishi | Miki Takahashi | Jun Mayuzumi (1968) | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Mayonaka no Bossa Nova (Midnight Bossa Nova)" | Jun Hashimoto | Kyohei Tsutumi | Hide to Rosanna (1969) | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Du soleil plein les yeux (Eyes Full of Sun)" | Catherine Desage | Francis Lai | Francis Lai et Severine (1970) | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Puff, the Magic Dragon" | Akira Nogami (Japanese version, for Japan TV series Okā-san to Isshoc. 1969) | Leonard Lipton, Peter Yarrow | Peter, Paul & Mary (1963) | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Ii janaino Shiawase naraba (It's Okay if I'm Happy)" | Tokiko Iwatani | Taku Izumi | Naomi Sagara (1969) | 3:34 |
| 6. | "Blue Light Yokohama" | Jun Hashimoto | Kyohei Tsutsumi | Ayumi Ishida (1968) | 2:50 |
| 7. | "Yoake no Scat (Melody for a New Dawn)" | Michio Yamagami | Taku Izumi | Saori Yuki (1969) | 3:16 |
| 8. | "Mas que Nada" | Fumio Nagata (Japanese version) | Jorge Ben | Astrud Gilberto (1969) | 2:34 |
| 9. | "Is That All There Is?" | Tadashi Nagai, Rena Connor, Yoshio Kurosaki, Thomas M. Lauderdale, Camellia Nieh, Satomi Sano, Masumi and Stephen Timson, and Mas Yatabe. [4] | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Peggy Lee (1969) | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Watashi mo Anata to Naite Ii? (Consolation)" | Go Misawa | Go Misawa | Mieko Kaneda (1969) | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Wasuretainoni (I Want To Forget You, But...)" | Larry Kolber ("I Love How You Love Me") Terunobo Okuyama (Japanese) | Barry Mann | Moko, Beaver & Olive (1969) after The Paris Sisters (1961) | 2:53 |
| 12. | "Kisetsu no Ashioto (Footsteps of the Seasons)" | Yasushi Akimoto | Hitoshi Haba | New song | 3:47 |
| Total length: | 40:51 | ||||
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Japan (RIAJ) [12] | Platinum | 250,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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