Merry Merry

Merry Merry (メリー・メリー, Merī Merī) is the tenth studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on December 5, 1989, it is a Christmas-themed album, featuring five song covers, two original songs written by Nakayama (under the pseudonym "Mizuho Kitayama"), and an instrumental version of her 1988 song "Long Distance to the Heaven". It is also the first album that Nakayama produced herself. A limited edition release included a 20-page hardcover storybook adaptation of "Long Distance to the Heaven".^[1][2][3]

Merry Merry
Studio album by Miho Nakayama
Released	December 5, 1989 (1989-12-05)
Recorded	1989
Genre	J-pop Christmas
Length	34:26
Language	English Japanese
Label	King Records
Producer	Miho Nakayama Akira Fukuzumi
Miho Nakayama chronology
Hide 'n' Seek (1989) Merry Merry (1989) All for You (1990)
Alternate cover
Limited Edition cover

The album peaked at No. 9 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 110,000 copies.^[4][5]

Track listing

All music is arranged by Kazuo Ōtani.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Some Day at Christmas"	Ron Miller Bryan Wells	3:39
2.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	4:54
3.	"Without You"	Mizuho Kitayama	5:38
4.	"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"	Tommie Connor	2:37
5.	"Say Love Me"	Kitayama	5:56
6.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Hugh Martin Ralph Blane	4:52
7.	"Silent Night, Holy Night"	Franz Xaver Gruber John F. Young	3:19
8.	"Long Distance to the Heaven" (Instrumental Version for the Short Story)	Kitayama	3:31
Total length:			34:26

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4]	9