"Speed of Light" (Sixty Records EP 07R-03 and CD single 12D-1001; A&M dance maxi-single SP 12268) is a song originally composed for the OkinawanJ-popsinger-songwriterReimy by Americansinger-songwriter-actressDeborah Gibson and published by Creative Bloc Music, Ltd. and Deborah Ann's Music in 1987 (rights now administered by Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP)). Originally recorded for the soundtrack of the Nippon Televisionseriesa·ki·re·ta–DEKA (あきれた刑事, "The Exasperated Detective") (Atlantic Japan/Warner-Pioneer LP 32XD-901) and later included on the album SMOOTH TALK (Sixty Records LP #30D-1, originally released March 9, 1988 in Japan, reissued 1990 on Fun House Records as LP #WPCL-153), this track was produced and arranged by Trevor Veitch.
Reimy Horikawa - Lead Vocals
Michael Landau, Paul Jackson Jr., Trevor Veitch: Guitars
John Phillip: Synthesizers
Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
John Liotine, James Zavala, Sam Domingo: Horns
James Zavala: Harmonica
Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Phil Perry, Trevor Veitch: Background Vocals
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