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Sayonara Tokyo

"Sayonara Tokyo"
Bonnie Tyler - Sayonara Tokyo artwork.jpg
Single by Bonnie Tyler
B-side "Gonna Get Better"
Released 1981
Format 7" single
Recorded 1981
Genre Pop
Length 4:18
Label RVC Records
Writer(s) Bill Cruthchfield, Kintaro Nakamura
Producer(s) Eiki Uchida
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"Goodbye to the Island"
(1980)
"Sayonara Tokyo"
(1981)
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
(1983)

"Sayonara Tokyo" is a song recorded by Bonnie Tyler. It was released as a standalone single, and the last release from Tyler's RCA Records contract before her signing with CBS Records in the following year. It was written by songwriters Bill Cruthchfield and Kintaro Nakamura, and produced by Eiki Uchida. The song was exclusively released in Japan, and has never been released in CD format.

Tyler recorded her vocals for the song on 1 August 1981 at JAM Studio in London.

"Sayonara Tokyo" was released as a single in Japan in 1981. The song was also featured on Tyler's Japanese compilation album Best. released by RCA Records. Tyler then left the recording scene for over a year before having international success with her Jim Steinman collaboration.

The B-Side is "Gonna Get Better", written by Tyler and her brother Paul Hopkins.

7" single


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