<P> The single was a great success in many countries, including Switzerland, Germany and Sweden . It was also the group's only UK Top 75 hit, getting to No. 8 on the UK Singles chart . The song also reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play in December 1984 . </P> <P> The title comes from the phrase "Big in Japan", which was used to describe Western bands who are popular with Japanese audiences while garnering little attention in their home country . </P> <P> In 1986, Marian Gold recalled that he "bought an album of an unknown British band named Big in Japan . As you know, there's a considerable musical market in Japan . If you wanted to become famous, what you should do was to form a hard rock group and then release an album over there; it would definitely sell well...so the story went...The statement fitted well to my storyline about a couple of drug addicted lovers and moreover provided the title for the prospective song ." </P> <P> The video was directed by Yello's Dieter Meier . </P>

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