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"Do Your Best" (ドゥー・ユア・ベスト, Dū Yua Besuto) is the 16th single of duo Pink Lady, released on December 5, 1979. The song was originally chosen to be the theme song for the Japanese teams at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but Japan became one of 66 countries to boycott the games following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, thus affecting the song's sales.[1][2] This was the duo's first single not to reach the top 20 in Japan.

"Do Your Best"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album Pink Lady
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Itoshi no New Orleans"
Released	December 5, 1979 (1979-12-05)
Genre	J-pop disco
Length	7:50
Label	Victor
Composer(s)	Shunichi Tokura
Lyricist(s)	Shizuka Ijūin
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Monday Mona Lisa Club" (1979) "Do Your Best" (1979) "Ai Giri Giri" (1980)

The song sold 300,000 copies.[3]

A re-recorded version of the song was included on the 2-disc greatest hits release, INNOVATION, released in December 2010.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

Chart positions

Charts (1979)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	36

Cover versions

• The tribute group Pink Babies covered "Itoshi no New Orleans" in their "UFO" Type-C single in 2017.[4]

References

External links

• "Do Your Best" at MusicBrainz
• "Do Your Best" at Discogs

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