Coffee Rumba

"Coffee Rumba" (コーヒー・ルンバ, Kōhī Runba) is a song by Japanese singer Sachiko Nishida, released as the double A-side of her second single "Yokubō no Blues" by Polydor Records in August 1961. It is a Japanese-language cover of the Venezuelan song "Moliendo Café".[1]

"Coffee Rumba"
Single by Sachiko Nishida
LanguageJapanese
A-side"Yokubō no Blues"
ReleasedAugust 1961 (1961-08)
Recorded1961
GenreKayōkyoku
LabelPolydor Records
Songwriter(s)
  • José Manzo Perroni
  • Seiji Nakazawa
Sachiko Nishida singles chronology
"Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki/Yogiri no Terebi-tō"
(1960)		 "Coffee Rumba" / "Yokubō no Blues"
(1961)		 "Keiji Monogatari"
(1961)
Alternative cover
2001 maxi-single cover

Background and release

Originally written by José Manzo Perroni, "Moliendo Café" was first adapted in Japanese by Seiji Nakazawa and recorded by Sachiko Nishida in 1961. Nishida performed the song on the 12th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen that year.[2][3][1]

"Coffee Rumba" was reissued in November 1975; this time with "Yokubō no Blues" as the B-side. The song was re-released as a CD maxi-single by Polydor on March 7, 2001 to celebrate its 40th anniversary.[4][5]

Track listing
1961 single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Yokubō no Blues" (Yokubō no Burūsu (欲望のブルース, lit. "Blues of Desire"))Seiji NakazawaPeter MoesserYoshihiko Kawakami 
2."Coffee Rumba" (Kōhī Runba (コーヒー・ルンバ))NakazawaJosé Manzo PerroniKawakami 
1975 single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Coffee Rumba"NakazawaPerroniKawakami 
2."Yokubō no Blues"NakazawaPeter MoesserKawakami 
2001 maxi-single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Coffee Rumba"NakazawaPerroniKawakami 
2."Kurenai Hotel" (Kurenai Hoteru (くれないホテル, lit. "The Hotel That Can't Be Lost"))Jun HashimaKyōhei TsutsumiTsutsumi 
3."Hajimete no Machi de" ((初めての街で, lit. "In the City for the First Time"))Rokusuke EiHachidai NakamuraAkira Inoue 
4."Acacia no Ame ga Yamu Toki" (Akashia no Ame ga Yamu Toki (アカシアの雨がやむとき, lit. "When the Acacia Rain Stops Falling"))Kaoru MizukiHideyuki FujiwaraFujiwara 

Yōko Oginome version
"Coffee Rumba"
Single by YO+CO
from the album Ryūkō Kashu
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Starship"
ReleasedMay 8, 1992 (1992-05-08)
Recorded1992
Genre
Length4:39
LabelVictor
Songwriter(s)
  • José Manzo Perroni
  • Seiji Nakazawa
Producer(s)Keisuke Tsukimitsu
YO+CO singles chronology
"Steal Your Love"
(1992)		 "Coffee Rumba"
(1992)		 "Romantic ni Aishite"
(1992)
Music video
"Coffee Rumba" on YouTube

"Coffee Rumba" was covered by Yōko Oginome (under the pseudonym "YO+CO") as her 25th single, released on May 8, 1992 by Victor Entertainment. The song was used by DyDo Drinco Inc. for their DyDo Blend Coffee commercial. Oginome was not familiar with the song until DyDo Drinco approached her to record it. The single peaked at No. 35 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 171,000 copies, becoming her last single to sell over six figures.[6][7] Oginome performed the song on the 43rd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen that year.[8]

In 1993, "Coffee Rumba" replaced "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" as the insert song in "Binbō-ka no Hitobito" (貧乏家の人々, "The Poor People"), a recurring sketch segment in the Fuji TV variety show Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage desu (とんねるずのみなさんのおかげです, The Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone). In the segment, Oginome and the Tunnels (Takaaki Ishibashi and Noritake Kinashi) would dance to the first verse of the song before ending with the line "Let's dance".[9]

Oginome re-recorded the song in her 2014 cover album Dear Pop Singer.[10]

Track listing

All music is arranged by Yukio Sugai, Kōichi Kaminaga, and Ryujin Inoue.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Coffee Rumba" (Kōhī Runba (コーヒー・ルンバ))Seiji NakazawaJosé Manzo Perroni4:39
2."Starship"Tadashi IshikawaTarō Fukada5:57
3."Coffee Rumba" (Original Karaoke)  4:38
4."Starship" (Original Karaoke)  5:58

Charts
Chart positions for "Coffee Rumba"
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[11] 35

Yōsui Inoue version
"Coffee Rumba"
Single by Yōsui Inoue
from the album United Cover
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Hoshi no Flamenco
  • Domino
  • Tabibito yo"
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2001 (2001-01-24)
Recorded2000
Genre
LabelFor Life
Songwriter(s)
  • José Manzo Perroni
  • Seiji Nakazawa
Yōsui Inoue singles chronology
"Teenager"
(1998)		 "Coffee Rumba"
(2001)		 "Hana no Kubikazari"
(2001)

Yōsui Inoue released his version of "Coffee Rumba" on January 24, 2001 as part of his cover album United Cover.[1] The single peaked at No. 19 on Oricon's singles chart.[12][13]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Coffee Rumba" (Kōhī Runba (コーヒー・ルンバ))Seiji NakazawaJosé Manzo Perroni 
2."Hoshi no Flamenco" (Hoshi no Furamenko (星のフラメンコ, lit. "Flamenco of the Stars"))Kuranosuke HamaguchiHamaguchi 
3."Domino" ((ドミノ))J. PlanteL. Ferrari 
4."Tabibito yo" ((旅人よ, lit. "Traveler"))Tokiko IwataniYūzō Kayama 

Charts
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[13] 19

Other cover versions
  • The Peanuts covered the song in 1962, but with different lyrics by Takashi Otowa.[1]
  • Antonio Kuga recorded two parody versions of the song: "Kusuri Rumba" (1971) and "Kusuri Rumba Part 2" (1982).
  • Yuri Ōsawa and Kurumi Kobato recorded the parody song "Māhjong Furotsuki Osake Rumba" in 1978. Michiyo Sako covered this parody version in 1997.
  • Izumi Kobayashi covered the song in 1982 for her album Nuts, Nuts, Nuts; it was later included on the 2019 compilation album Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR and Boogie 1976–1986.
  • Yuri Kunizane covered the song in 1991.
  • Logic System covered the song on their 1992 album Space Polyphony.
  • Gorō Tani and Gorō Shō recorded the parody song "Yasai Rumba" in 1993.
  • Kobucha Band recorded the parody song "Kobucha Rumba" in 1999.
  • Shizuka Kudo covered the song on her 2002 cover album Shōwa no Kaidan Vol. 1.
  • Pink Jam Princess covered the song in 2006.
  • Tomiko Van covered the song on her 2007 cover album Voice: Cover You with Love.
  • Ai Nishida covered the song on her 2019 cover album Island Songs ~Watashi no Suki na Ai no Uta~.
  • Jirō Atsumi covered the song on his 2019 album Shin Enka-shi ~Uta to Guitar to Percussion~.

References
  1. "Moliendo Cafe (コーヒー・ルンバ)". Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. "12th Kōhaku Uta Gassen History". NHK. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. ""Moliendo Café" ("Grinding Coffee")". Globe Moon. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. "コーヒー・ルンバ | 西田佐知子". Billboard Japan. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  5. "コーヒー・ルンバ | 西田佐知子". Oricon. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  6. "コーヒー・ルンバ | YO+CO". Oricon. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. "荻野目洋子(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  8. "43rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen History". NHK. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  9. "荻野目洋子が語る、"歌って踊れるアイドル"の30年「物事に立ち向かう姿勢を大切にしてきた」". Real Sound. August 27, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  10. "荻野目洋子：ニューアルバムリリース記念：ミニライブ&ジャケットサイン会 開催決定！". Rising Production. August 8, 2014. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  11. 1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. p. 64. ISBN 4871310418.
  12. "コーヒー・ルンバ". Yōsui Inoue. Camp Corporation. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  13. "コーヒー・ルンバ | 井上陽水". Oricon. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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