Twin Memories

Twin Memories (ツイン・メモリーズ, Tsuin memorīzu) is the third studio album by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on December 1, 1989. It features the No. 1 singles "Samishii Nettaigyo" and "One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)". Also included in the album are Japanese-language covers of Bobby Caldwell's "Special to Me", Paul Gurvitz's "I Never Stopped Loving You", REO Speedwagon's "In Your Letter", Shocking Blue's "Never Marry a Railroad Man", Kool & the Gang's "Joanna", and John Lennon's "Oh My Love". "Special to Me" was released as a promotional single in 2018 to celebrate the duo's 30th anniversary.^[1][2]

Twin Memories
Studio album by Wink
Released	December 1, 1989 (1989-12-01)
Recorded	1989
Genre	J-pop dance-pop
Length	43:12
Language	Japanese
Label	Polystar
Producer	Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink chronology
Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete (1989) Twin Memories (1989) Wink First Live Shining Star (1990)
Singles from Twin Memories
"Samishii Nettaigyo" Released: July 5, 1989 (1989-07-05) "One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)" Released: November 1, 1989 (1989-11-01) "Special to Me" Released: April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)

The album peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 454,000 copies.^[3][4] It was also certified Platinum by the RIAJ.^[5]

Track listing

All music is arranged by Motoki Funayama, except where indicated.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Oh My Love (Introduction)"	Sayako Morimoto	John Lennon Yoko Ono	Satoshi Kadokura	0:32
2.	"One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel) [Remix]" ((One Night In Heaven 〜真夜中のエンジェル〜, "One Night in Heaven ~Midnight Angel~"))	Takashi Matsumoto	Steve Lironi Dan Navarro		5:04
3.	"Special to Me"	Neko Oikawa	Deborah F. Shane Robert Hunter Caldwell Marsha A. Radcliffe		3:39
4.	"Shining Star"	Matsumoto	Masaya Ozeki		4:33
5.	"Sayonara Chīsana Crybaby" (Sayonara Chīsana Kuraibeibī (さよなら 小さなCrybaby, "Goodbye Little Crybaby"))	Keiko	Hitoshi Haba		4:47
6.	"Aishiteru (Never Stopped Loving You)" ((愛してる 〜Never Stopped Loving You〜, "I Love You ~Never Stopped Loving You~"))	Oikawa	Paul Gurvitz		5:06
7.	"In Your Letter"	Morimoto	Gary Richrath	Takao Sugiyama	3:22
8.	"Yakan Hikō (Never Marry a Railroad Man)" ((夜間飛行 〜Never Marry A Railroad Man〜, "Night Flight ~Never Marry a Railroad Man~"))	Morimoto	Robbie van Leeuwen	Sugiyama	4:14
9.	"Joanna"	Oikawa	Robert Earl Bell Ronald Nathan Bell James Bonnefond George Melvin Brown James "J.T." Taylor Claydes Charles Smith Clifford Adams Curtis "Fitz" Williams		4:11
10.	"Samishii Nettaigyo [Remix]" ((淋しい熱帯魚, "Lonely Tropical Fish"))	Oikawa	Ozeki		5:05
11.	"Oh My Love"	Morimoto	Lennon Ono	Kadokura	2:39
Total length:					43:12

2018 bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
12.	"Senaka made 500 Miles" (Senaka made Gohyaku Mairu (背中まで500マイル, "500 Miles and Back"))	Oikawa	Hedy West	Funayama	3:41
13.	"Cat-Walk Dancing"	Matsumoto	Haba	Funayama	4:13

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	2

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[5]	Platinum	400,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Wink(ういんく)ディスコグラフィ". Idol.ne.jp. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
2. "Twin Memories | WINK ウインク". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
3. "Twin Memories | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
4. . Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
5. "Japanese certifications – Wink – Twin Memories-" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-21. Select 1989年12月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• Official website
• Twin Memories at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Twin Memories at Discogs (list of releases)