Heart no Ace ga Detekonai

1975 single by Candies

"Heart no Ace ga Detekonai"

Single by Candies

from the album Haru Ichiban

Language

Japanese

English title

Show the Ace of Hearts

B-side

"Fuyu no Mado"

Released

December 5, 1975 (1975-12-05)

Recorded

1975

Genre

kayōkyoku
teen pop

Length

3:06

Label

CBS Sony

Composer(s)

Kōichi Morita

Lyricist(s)

Machiko Ryū

Producer(s)

Sumio Matsuzaki
Masatoshi Sakai

Candies singles chronology

"Sono Ki ni Sasenaide"
(1975)

"Heart no Ace ga Detekonai"
(1975)

"Haru Ichiban"
(1976)

"Heart no Ace Ga Detekonai" (ハートのエースが出てこない, Hāto no Ēsu ga Detekonai, "Show the Ace of Hearts") is the eighth single by Japanese music trio Candies. Written by Machiko Ryū and Kōichi Morita, the single was released on December 5, 1975.^[1]

The song peaked at No. 11 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 172,000 copies.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Machiko Ryū; all music is written by Kōichi Morita; all music is arranged by Kōji Ryūzaki.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heart no Ace ga Detekonai" (Hāto no Ēsu ga Detekonai (ハートのエースが出てこない, "Show the Ace of Hearts"))	3:06
2.	"Fuyu no Mado" ((冬の窓, "The Window of Winter"))	3:14

Chart positions

Charts (1975)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	11

Cover versions

The Nolans covered the song in English as "Ace of Hearts" in their 1991 album Tidal Wave (Samishii Nettaigyo).
Yukana Nogami, Mayumi Iizuka, and Yuri Shiratori covered the song as the second ending theme of the 1995 anime OVA series Hyper Doll.^[3]
The Cover Song Dolls covered the song in their 2007 self-titled debut album.
ManaKana covered the song in their 2009 album Futari Uta 2.

References

^ "Candies Discography". Idol.ne.jp. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Candies" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
^ "楽勝！ハイパードール音楽篇". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-03-12.