Japan • Life in Tokyo • Promo • 1979

Japan • Life in Tokyo • Promo • 1979 • The classic promo video for Life in Tokyo, cleaned up and synced to a contemporary audio remaster, of the original 7” single cut. • Life in Tokyo was in one sense perhaps just a throwaway disco pop song. But in hindsight it represents the start of the great leap forward for Japan, which quickly led to the recording of the Quiet life album just a few months later. It was a one-off collaboration with disco producer Giorgio Moroder, who also co-wrote the song with David Sylvian. Moroder was red hot at the time having produced I Feel Love and other ground-breaking disco hits for Donna Summer, and other artists in that era. Life in Tokyo failed to chart on its original April 1979 release. • There is no official upload of the Life in Tokyo promo, and it seems that there is no existing good quality version online. The video source material at my disposal wasn’t great, but I did the best I could with it. Th