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Turn Japanese
EP by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2001
RecordedMotor Studios, San Francisco
GenrePunk rock
Length13:02
LabelPizza of Death
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes chronology
Are a Drag
(1999)
Turn Japanese
(2001)
Blow in the Wind
(2001)

Turn Japanese is an EP released by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on February 21, 2001 by Japanese label Pizza of Death Records.[1] The EP is made up of covers of songs from the 1960s and 1970s.

The majority of the songs were previously released, with "The Boxer", "You've Got a Friend" and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" each originally appearing on 7" singles (Garf, In Your Barkalounger and Elton respectively) in 1999. All three later appeared on Have Another Ball. "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times Are A-Changing" were both unreleased at the time, with the former appearing a month later on the album Blow in the Wind and both appearing on the Bob 7" later in the year. "The Times Are A-Changing" also later appeared on the compilation album Happy Meals Volume 3.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."The Times They Are A-Changin'"Bob DylanBob Dylan2:09
2."The Boxer"Paul SimonSimon & Garfunkel2:49
3."You've Got a Friend"Carole KingCarole King / James Taylor2:35
4."Blowin' in the Wind"Bob DylanBob Dylan1:44
5."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"Elton John, Bernie TaupinElton John3:49

References

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  1. ^ "TURN JAPANESE". Pizza of Death Records. Retrieved 2014-02-25.