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"Speed of Light" (Sixty Records EP 07R-03 and CD single 12D-1001; A&M dance maxi-single SP 12268) is a song originally composed for the Okinawan J-pop singer-songwriter Reimy by American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson and published by Creative Bloc Music, Ltd. and Deborah Ann's Music in 1987 (rights now administered by Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP)). Originally recorded for the soundtrack of the Nippon Television series a·ki·re·ta–DEKA (あきれた刑事, "The Exasperated Detective") (Atlantic Japan/Warner-Pioneer LP 32XD-901) and later included on the album SMOOTH TALK (Sixty Records LP #30D-1, originally released March 9, 1988 in Japan, reissued 1990 on Fun House Records as LP #WPCL-153), this track was produced and arranged by Trevor Veitch.
This track also appears on the A&M Records soundtrack album Arthur 2: On the Rocks (A&M LP/CS 3916).[1]
In 2005, the prototype of this song (as written and produced by Gibson) was released as a track on the Golden Egg compilation album Memory Lane, Volume 2.
Personnel edit
Reimy Horikawa - Lead Vocals
Michael Landau, Paul Jackson Jr., Trevor Veitch: Guitars
John Phillip: Synthesizers
Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
John Liotine, James Zavala, Sam Domingo: Horns
James Zavala: Harmonica
Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Phil Perry, Trevor Veitch: Background Vocals
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(See also Akireta-Deka (soundtrack album))
Track listing (Sixty CD #12D-1001) edit
"Speed of Light"
- (Club Mix/7:49)
- (Emu Dub/5:06)
Track listing (A&M SP 12268) edit
"PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE"
"Speed of Light"
- (Club Mix/7:49)
- (Emu Dub/5:06)
- (New York Mix/11:05)[3]
(Deborah Gibson) Music Sales Corp., ASCAP