Fu-ji-tsu
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| Single by Shizuka Kudo | ||||
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| Released | June 1, 1988 | |||
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| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon | |||
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"Fu-ji-tsu" (stylized as "FU-JI-TSU") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo for her eponymous second studio album, Shizuka. It was released on June 1, 1988 through Pony Canyon as the album's leading single. The song was written by Miyuki Nakajima and composed and produced by Tsugutoshi Gotō. This collaboration with a respected singer-songwriter like Nakajima, as well as Kudo's overall shift in image, were seen as a catalyst for the end of the 1980s idol phenomenon, with Kudo's career path being regarded as the blueprint for the successful transition from idol to artist.
When Kudo's solo debut was in the works, she was asked by then-Pony Canyon music executive Yūzō Watanabe to chose which singer-songwriter, out of Yumi Matsutōya, Mariya Takeuchi and Miyuki Nakajima, she preferred. Kudo chose Nakajima, whom she was a big fan of. This story, which had been floated around at the time as a sort of urban legend of the music industry, actually took place and shortly thereafter Nakajima was writing songs for Kudo. "Fu-ji-tsu" marks the first collaboration between Nakajima and Tsugutoshi Gotō, who are often cited as the "golden duo" behind many of Kudo's hit singles.
The song was written by Miyuki Nakajima and Tsugutoshi Gotō. It is composed in the key of B minor and set to a tempo of 136 beats per minute. Kudo's vocals span from A3 to B4. The title of the song, which loosely translates to "Untruth", was written in roman letters because Nakajima felt that the kanji for "fujitsu" (不実) was too heavy for the then-18-year-old Kudo to be singing about. Hyphens were added to the title in order for the song not be confused with the IT company Fujitsu. Lyrically, the song describes the feelings of two former lovers who pretend not to know each other, or tell "untruths", in the presence of their new respective significant others.
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