Last Kiss
"Last Kiss" is a song released by Wayne Cochran in 1961 on the Gala label. It failed to do well on the charts. Cochran subsequently re-recorded his song for the King label in 1963. It was later revived by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, Pearl Jam and several international artists, including the Canadian group Wednesday, with varying degrees of success. The song was one of several teen tragedy songs from that period. The song's opening lyrics mirror the opening lyrics of Septimus Winner's "Der Deitcher's Dog".
The song's story
The singer borrows his father's car to take his beloved sweetheart out on a romantic date (on a rainy night). Coming across a stalled car in the road, the singer swerves to the right to avoid it, losing control and crashing violently in the process. The crash renders both the singer and his girlfriend unconscious. The singer later regains consciousness and finds several people at the scene of the accident, but was able to find his girlfriend, still lying unconscious. When the singer cradles his girlfriend lovingly in his arms, she regains partial consciousness, smiling and asking the singer to "hold me, darling, just a little while." The singer then gives his sweetheart what would be their "last romantic kiss" as she fades into death and enters the afterlife.
Last Kiss (Tanpopo song)
"Last Kiss" (ラストキッス) is the debut single of Morning Musume's first subgroup, Tanpopo. It was released on November 18, 1998, as an 8 cm CD under the Zetima Records with a catalog number, EPDE-1014. The song was later featured in the group's first album Tanpopo 1 (along with the album version of it) and in their second album All of Tanpopo. It was also featured as the first ending theme to the anime Sorcerous Stabber Orphen. It reached number two on the Japan Oricon charts.
In 2002, an English-language cover was recorded by Charlotte (from Soul II Soul) for the album Cover Morning Musume Hello! Project!.
Track listing
The lyricist and composer of the songs is Tsunku. "Last Kiss" was arranged by Takao Konishi, while the B-side song was arranged by Yuichi Takahashi, with the help of LH Project.
Musical personnel
Last Kiss (disambiguation)
"Last Kiss" is a 1961 romantic love song by Wayne Cochran, also covered by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, Pearl Jam, and others.
Last Kiss may also refer to:
Film
Music
Songs
See also
Last Kiss (Bonnie Pink song)
"Last Kiss" is Bonnie Pink's twenty-second single from the album Even So. The single was released under the Warner Music Japan label on April 7, 2004. Last Kiss was also used as the ending song of the anime Gantz.
