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"Tokyo Joe"
SinglebyBryan Ferry
from the album In Your Mind
ReleasedMay 1977
Recorded1977
Genre
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Bryan Ferry
Producer(s)
Bryan Ferry singles chronology
"This Is Tomorrow"
(1977)
"Tokyo Joe"
(1977)
"What Goes On"
(1978)

Tokyo Joe is a song by Bryan Ferry, the lead vocalist for Roxy Music. It was released as the second single from his fourth solo studio album and the first consisting entirely of original songs, In Your Mind, in May 1977, being Ferry's eleventh single. The single features the non-album track, "She's Leaving Home" as the B-side, which was originally recorded for the Beatles tribute album All This and World War II (1976).

Background[edit]

"Tokyo Joe", is about Ferry's fascination with cinema, it celebrates 'femme-fatale', inspired by the song "Shanghai Lil" sung by James Cagney in the Hollywood musical, Shanghai Express released in 1932.[1]

Personnel[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[2]
1997 release
Platinum 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Roxy Music - Singles - on". Vivaroxymusic.com. 1977-05-10. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  • ^ "Japanese single certifications – Bryan Ferry – Tokio Joe" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 26 December 2020. Select 1997年5on the drop-down menu
  • External links[edit]


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