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''Handsome Boy'' is the 14th studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in 1990. The album contains the songs that were already known through the commercial tie-in with television programs or advertisements. Like "Gallery" which was recorded by Yoko Oginome and released as a single in June 1990, some of the materials were previously interpreted by other performers. Prior to the album, three songs were released as a single; "Yume Ne Mi", "Saigo no News", and "Shounen Jidai" which was co-written by Natsumi Hirai and has been one of his most well-known songs throughout Inoue's longtime career. It was initially featured on the theme song for an award-winning film adaptation of Fujiko Fujio (A)'s manga ''Childhood Days'' (based on Hyouzou Kashiwabara's novel ''Nagai Michi'').〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= allcinema (Movie & DVD Database) - the motion picture ''Childhood Days'' )〕 The song was gradually recognized through the TV ad of Sony Handycam which was aired during the following year. "Shounen Jidai" became his biggest hit single, peaking at #4 on the Japanese chart and selling more than 850,000 copies in total. In 1997, 3-inch CD single of the song was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, for shipments of over 1 million copies. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= List of the singles certified "Million" by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (1989-2009) )〕 Led by the success of a single "Shounen Jidai", the album ''Handsome Boy'' itself also gained favorable reaction, peaking at #2 on the Japanese Oricon chart and entering top-100 for over 10 months with sales of about 640,000 copies. ==Track listing== All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, unless otherwise noted #"Pi Po Pa" - 3:55 #"" - 3:35 #"" (Inoue, Yūji Kawashima) - 3:51 #"" - 3:55 #"" - 5:07 #"" (Inoue, Natsumi Hirai) - 3:21 #"" - 3:21 #"Tokyo" (Inoue, Hirai) - 3:56 #"" - 5:03 #"" (Inoue, Hirai) - 6:07 #"" (Inoue, Kawashima) - 4:22 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Handsome Boy (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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