Pink Typhoon

"Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" (ピンク・タイフーン (In the Navy), Pinku Taifūn (In za Nebī)) is Pink Lady's twelfth single, released in May 1979. It peaked at number six on the Oricon charts[1] and number five on the Japanese Music Labo chart.[2] It was the duo's first single to not be written by Shunichi Tokura and Yū Aku.

"Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)"
Single by Pink Lady
from the album UFO/Southpaw
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Hello Mr. Monkey (Live)"
Released	May 1, 1979 (1979-05-01)
Genre	J-pop disco
Length	4:10
Label	Victor
Composer(s)	Jacques Morali Henri Belolo Victor Willis
Lyricist(s)	Tomoko Okada
Producer(s)	Hisahiko Iida
Pink Lady singles chronology
"Zipangu" (1979) "Pink Typhoon (In the Navy)" (1979) "Nami Nori Pirates" (1979)

The song is a cover of the Village People's "In the Navy," but with rewritten Japanese lyrics that have nothing to do with the original content of the song. In the song's chorus the lines "In the navy" have been replaced with "Pink Lady", and "They want you as a new recruit" with "I want you, you want Mie/I want you, you want Kei" (referring to group members Mie and Kei). In the same year, singer Teppei Shibuya released his cover version of "In the Navy" as "Young Sailor Man (In the Navy)" (ヤング・セーラーマン (IN THE NAVY), Yangu Sērā Man (In za Nebī)) in his cover album of the same name.[3]

According to Billboard, the original and Pink Lady cover versions were pitted against each other by record company Victor.[4]

The song was also featured on the Japanese music show The Best Ten, where it peaked at No. 6.[5]

The single sold approximately 700,000 copies.[6]

The B-side is a cover of the song "Hello Mr. Monkey" by disco group Arabesque, taken from the duo's 1978 live album '78 Jumping Summer Carnival.