RetroPanda
Mon, 03/07/2023 - 12:08
Released in December 12, 1980, this is his debut song and his highest selling song; it reached #1 in Oricon chart with 1,047,000 sales. At the end of the next year, it was ranked #3 in Oricon yearly chart (*third highest selling song in 1981).
This song was used as OST in his movie with Tanokin Trio
His live performances:
^ in "Yoru no Hit Studio"
^ appear in "The Best Ten" for the first time
^ in "The Best Ten" that had their own ranking system different from Oricon chart, this song was ranked #1
^ in "The Best Ten" with Kuroyanagi Tetsuko and other presenters acted as backing vocal
^ in "Let's Go Young"
^ in "Let's Go Young" again
in 2007
Matchy singing this song in 2010
Song Interpretation:
I can't find any official explanation of what is "sneaker blues", so I'll just interpret it myself. There's a scene of him running in his sneakers, so maybe to him, his footsteps sound like blues music that reflect his sadness of breaking up with his girlfriend.