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Sony
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Sony was released on February 18, 1986 by Columbia as a part of the album This Is Big Audio Dynamite
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1986
LabelColumbia
LanguageEnglish
BPM119
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

On the Ginza Strip the 100th building on the 100th floor
Dream team life enhancing behind the 100th door
Sukiyaki carried me to this place
Have to harikari if ever I lose face
Western girls at Lexington Queen
Are the prettiest girls I've ever seen
I'd gladly part with hard-earned yen
Just so I could be with them
Chain smoking at the Singalong Bar
Wedged into the subway car
Heat up some more rice wine
Somebody just jumped on the line
Robots have run amok on the factory floor
Been 20 years at Sony, and I can see 20 more
Hi-tech sex, wireless sets, samurai
Western ways, baseball games, apple pie
Though some will say we imitate
Produce the goods at a cheaper rate
Faster too, reduced in size
Our ingenuity's realised
I had to grab a massage cab
I left my briefcase at the lab
Godzilla ate the bullet train now
Won't see Kyoto ever again now
Papa jumped the gun back in '41
Following the flag of the rising sun
When Tojo did the mojo, he was downed in flame
U.S. destroyer and kamikaze plane
The West don't learn from history
Doomed to repeat it endlessly
We put the past onto Fuji
And we erase it totally, yeah
Soon we'll be known as Great Japan
Just like they do in Great Britain
Spelt microchip and solid state
The things that made this country great, now
Sony
Sony
Written by: Don Letts, Mick Jones

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