is Japanese singer Shiina Ringo

Shiina Ringo

, known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer-songwriter, music composer and music producer. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen.She describes herself as ""....

's 2nd single and it was released on September 9, 1998.
The distributor is Toshiba EMI / EAST WORLD.

Outline

M1 is the song which Shiina Ringo wrote imagining Kabuki-cho before she actually visited there.

M2 is a cover of Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

's song. However, she referred to Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Lee Hoffs is an American vocalist, guitarist and actress. She is best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles.-Early life:...

 version.

M3 is the songs in which she recorded Kabukicho no Joou and Marunouci Sadistic in the style of singing to her own guitar accompaniment.
She actually sang in outdoor at first.
Since it didn’t sound like reality, she re-recorded it in studio

Studio

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 and added sound effects, such as footsteps and noises of bustle.

Track listing

1. ""

   from Muzai Moratorium

   Muzai Moratorium

   is Shiina Ringo's first album, released on February 24, 1999 by Toshiba EMI. The album debuted at #1 and has sold over 919,000 copies.- Outline :Shiina Ringo composed nearly all the songs on this album in her teenage years, prior to her major label debut...

   
   

2. "Unconditional Love"

   Cyndi Lauper

   Cyndi Lauper

   Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

   
    cover, partial Susanna Hoffs

   Susanna Hoffs

   Susanna Lee Hoffs is an American vocalist, guitarist and actress. She is best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles.-Early life:...

   
    cover.

3. ""

Commentary

• Track 1&3 are words and music by Shiina Ringo.
• Track 2 is words and music by Cyndi Lauper
  Cyndi Lauper
  Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
  
  , Tom Kelly
  Tom Kelly (musician)
  Thomas F. Kelly is an American musician, best known for his songwriting partnership with Billy Steinberg. Steinberg and Kelly co-wrote numerous hit songs for popular music artists, including five number-one singles on the Billboard Top 100 chart in the 1980s....
  
  , Billy Steinberg
  Billy Steinberg
  William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...
  
   (Japanese translation is Shiina Ringo).
• All songs are arranged by Kameda Seiji.

Personnel

Kabukichō no Joō

• • Vocals, Drums, Whistle
    Whistle
    A whistle or call is a simple aerophone, an instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means...
    
    : 椎名林檎 Shiina Ringo
  • Electric Guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
    
    , Acoustic Guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
    
    : 西川進 Susumu Nishikawa
  • Electric Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
    
    , Handclap: 亀田誠治 Seiji Kameda
    Seiji Kameda
    is a Japanese music producer, arranger and bass guitarist.He is currently the bassist in Ringo Shiina's band, "Tokyo Jihen".- Biography :He was born in New York city, and went back to Japan at one year after birth....
    
    

Unconditional Love

• Vocals: 椎名林檎 Shiina Ringo
• The Strings
  String section
  The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
  
  : 金原千恵子グループ Chieko Kinbara Group
• Bell & Loops: 亀田誠治 Seiji Kameda
• Synthesizer Programming: 北城浩志 Hiroshi Kitashiro