Gakuen Tengoku
Gakuen Tengoku (学園天国, School Heaven) is the fifth single by Japanese pop group Finger 5, released on March 1974. The single sold over 1.05 million copies. Overview. "Gakuen Tengoku" is the lead single from their studio album ""Second Album"". The highest it got on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart was number two. The theme of the song is school life. The song is about a main character wanting to sit next to the girl he likes during seating arrangement. In the beginning of the song, the shout "Are You Ready?!" was spoken by Akira Tamamoto, the fourth son  of the Tamamoto siblings. The second shout "Hey Hey Hey..." was based on Gary U.S. Bonds song "New Orleans". In baseball, Konan High School & Akashi Commercial High School used the melody of the song as one of their cheering songs. In popular culture. The first cover of this song was in 1988, Kyoko Koizumi covered the song in her studio album "Natsumero" and was made into a single in 1989. The single would reach at number three on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. It was used as the ending theme for the 1989 Japanese drama series "Aishiatteru Kai!". In 2006 , a cover by Wonder☆5 was used as the ending theme for the anime "Twin Princess of Wonder Planet Gyu!". A musical ensemble of the song was featured in the anime Sound! Euphonium. In 2022, a cover by Rie Takahashi was used as the ending theme for episode six of "Teasing Master Takagi-san" season three. Around 27 seconds in the credits, the caption "ヤングの祭典" (Young Festival) can be seen on the blackboard which is a direct reference to the caption for the 3rd Tokyo Music Festival (Silver Canary Award category) held in May 16, 1974 at Hibiya Public  Hall in which the group also performed and competed live.