Hataraku Otoko

23rd Single / Stereo

Ki/oon KSCL 1073

Released November 22, 2006

Highest Chart Ranking: #41
Weeks on Chart: 3

Track Listing

1. Hataraku Otoko (words & music: Tamio Okuda) (3:42)
2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (words & music: John Lennon & Paul McCartney) (3:38)
3. Don't Bring Me Down (words & music: Jeff Lynne) (4:07)

Notes:

• "Hataraku Otoko" - a cover of an old Tamio Okuda song initially recorded by his band Unicorn - was recorded for use as the opening theme to the anime Hataraki Man.
• The remaining two tracks on the disc are also cover versions of other artists' songs; "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" was initally recorded by the Beatles and released on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, while "Don't Bring Me Down" (a sort-of template for Puffy's own "Asia no Junshin") was originally recorded and released by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in 1979.
• Puffy's version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" originally appeared on the John Lennon tribute album Happy Birthday, John in 2005.
• Moyoko Anno - the artist who created the Hataraki Man manga on which the anime is based (and who is married to famous anime director Hideaki Anno) - was responsible for the cover illustration.
• First pressings of the CD came with a picture-label disc.

Other

• Larger Image of Album Cover
• Image of First Pressing CD
• Hataraku Otoko / PUFFY at CDJapan
• Hataraku Otoko at YesAsia
• Hataraku Otoko at Amazon.co.jp