track listing original pressing us pressing personnel haruomi hosono : bass , electronics , keyboards , arrangements ryuichi sakamoto : keyboards , electronics , percussion , orchestration yukihiro takahashi : vocals , drums , percussion , electronics hideki matsutake : microcomposer programming chris mosdell : lyrics shunichi hashimoto : vocal on '' simoon '' masayoshi takanaka : electric guitar on '' cosmic surfin '' and '' la femme chinoise '' tomoko nunoi : additional vocals on '' la femme chinoise '' ( credited as '' sexy voice '' ) minako yoshida : vocals on '' tong poo '' ( us version ) chart positions computer game / firecracker the song '' firecracker '' was released as a single in japan in 1978 and in the united states and united kingdom in 1979 , becoming a major b hit in the united states .