Berryz Kobo Version
| "Dschinghis Khan" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Berryz Kobo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album 5 (Five) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Darling I LOVE YOU" (Berryz Kobo ver.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | March 12, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD+DVD single, CD single, Single V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | J-pop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Piccolo Town | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Bernd Meinunger, Iori Yamamoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Tsunku | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Japanese girl idol group Berryz Kobo also released a cover of the song, albeit with toned-down lyrics, which do not make mention to the more explicit details pertaining to war, rape or the consumption of alcoholic beverages found in the 1979 original.
This single release marks the group's first cover song to be slotted as an a-side in a single. There are two versions to this single, a limited edition with a DVD (PKCP-5112~3) and a regular edition (PKCP-5114 – first pressing containing a photo card and a ticket for a raffle to attend an event promoting the single).
The song was used as the main song to the group's musical, Dschinghis Khan ~Wa ga Tsurugi, Netsu Suna wo Some yo~ (ジンギスカン～わが剣、熱砂を染めよ～?), running through January 2008.
The single debuted at number 4 in the Oricon Daily Singles Chart and ranked 5th for the week.
It is also Berryz' highest selling single to date.
In 2009, the single was released in Thailand. It became one of the top songs of the year, ranking 26th in the Channel V Thailand's Asian Top 50 Year-End Chart of 2009.
Read more about this topic: Dschinghis Khan (song)
Famous quotes containing the word version:
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