Ongaku Cafe (The ’90s): trf – Samui Yoru Dakara… (December 1993)

A fantastic single from TRF!

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GROUP: trf

TITLE: 寒い夜だから… (Samui Yoru Dakara…)

CATALOG #: AVCD-31102

Release Date: December 16, 1993)

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1. 寒い夜だから…
2. 寒い夜だから… (INSTRUMENTAL)
3. 寒い夜だから… (ALTERNATIVE MIX)

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Reviewed for the TRF 15th Anniversary Interview feature back in 2008

I suppose that “Samui Yoru Dakara…” (which translates to “Because it’s a cold night…”) could be looked as the group’s first slow jam despite being a mid-tempo CD single.

Where the group was seen a major dance group, this song would show viewers on television that YU-KI was a competent vocalist and that her voice could venture into different musical areas.

The song became the first CD single to break the top 10 on the Oricon Charts debuting at #8.

Interesting fact is that this song continued to stay on the Oricon top 100 over a year later (#84 on Oct. 25, 1995).

The song would also have several versions with an English (Euro-House) version featured on Hyper Mix III album and a Winter Version.

The song would also feature TRF singing a reggae style version titled “HOT SUMMER NIGHT” from their album “BRAND NEW TOMORROW”.

As for the music video for “Samui Yoru Dakara…”, two versions were shot.  The earliest promotional video of this song featured the group in New York.

Overall, a fantastic single from TRF!

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