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Taeko Ohnuki — 4:00 A.M.

Mignonne · 1978

Label: RCA/RVC · Genre: City Pop / Jazz Fusion · From: Tokyo, East Asia

4:00 A.M. became Taeko Ohnuki's most famous track and one of the earliest recognisably City Pop songs — a late-night mood piece of extraordinary delicacy, with Ohnuki's voice floating above layered keyboards and understated percussion. Mignonne, released in 1978, is her most consistent album: ten songs with no filler, produced with Juzo Seo and featuring contributions from Haruomi Hosono, Tatsuro Yamashita, and Yukihiro Takahashi.

Did you know: 4:00 A.M. has accumulated over 147 million streams on Spotify as of 2026 — an astonishing figure for a 1978 Japanese pop song. Its international discovery came almost entirely through the City Pop algorithmic wave of the 2010s, decades after its recording.

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