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"Kita Wing" (北ウイング, Kita Uingu, lit. "North Wing") is the seventh single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Chinfa Kan and Tetsuji Hayashi, the single was released on January 1, 1984, by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the lead single from her fifth studio album Anniversary.[1][2]

"Kita Wing"
Single by Akina Nakamori
from the album Anniversary
Language	Japanese
English title	North Wing
B-side	Namida no Katachi no Earring (First release) Refrain (Second release)
Released	January 1, 1984 (1984-01-01) (First release) December 15, 1984 (1984-12-15) (Second release)
Recorded	1983
Genre	J-pop kayōkyoku
Length	4:39
Label	Reprise Records
Composer(s)	Tetsuji Hayashi
Lyricist(s)	Chinfa Kan
Producer(s)	Yūzō Shimada
Akina Nakamori singles chronology
"Kinku" (1983) "Kita Wing" (1984) "Southern Wind" (1984)
Music videos
"Kita Wing" (Live) on YouTube

Background

Nakamori approached songwriters Kan and Hayashi after listening to Omega Tribe's 1983 single "Summer Suspicion". During the songwriting process, proposed titles included "Midnight Flight" (ミッドナイトフライト, Middonaito Furaito) and "Yakan Hikō" (夜間飛行, lit. "Night Flight") before Nakamori settled with "Kita Wing", which she revealed was influenced by Yumi Matsutoya's "Chuo Freeway" (中央フリーウェイ, Chūō Furīuei). "Kita Wing" refers to the north wing of Narita International Airport's Terminal 1, with the lyrics referencing Japan Airlines Flight 401 flying to London Heathrow Airport via Anchorage.[3][4]

Nakamori, Kan, and Hayashi collaborated again on a sequel song titled "Dramatic Airport (Kita Wing Part II)" (ドラマティック・エアポート -北ウイング Part II-), which was featured on Nakamori's sixth studio album Possibility.

Nakamori has re-recorded "Kita Wing" for the 2002 self-cover compilation Utahime Double Decade and the 2006 compilation Best Finger 25th Anniversary Selection. In 2010, she re-recorded the song for the pachinko machine CR Nakamori Akina: Utahime Densetsu ~Koi Moni Dome nara~ (CR中森明菜・歌姫伝説〜恋も二度目なら〜, CR Akina Nakamori: Utahime Legend ~If Love Is For the Second Time~).[5]

Chart performance

"Kita Wing" peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's weekly singles chart and sold over 614,200 copies.[6][7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chinfa Kan, except where indicated; all music is composed and arranged by Tetsuji Hayashi.

Charts

Chart (1984)[6]	Peak position
Japan (Oricon)	2

Cover versions

• Kream covered the song on their 1996 album Time Machine ni Onegai.
• Chinephile covered the song on their 2003 cover album Kayomania.
• Akiko Matsumoto covered the song on her 2013 compilation album King of Pops 2.
• Penicillin covered the song as the B-side of their 2014 single "Sol".
• Sora Amamiya covered the song on her 2021 cover album Covers: Sora Amamiya Favorite Songs.

References

External links

• Official website
• "Kita Wing" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• "Kita Wing" at Discogs (list of releases)

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