# Pop Tune

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Pop Tune
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Shonen Knife](/source/Shonen_Knife)
| cover      = Pop Tune Shonen Knife.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 6, 2012
| recorded   = March 2012
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Pop-punk](/source/Pop-punk)
| length     =
| label      = [P-Vine](/source/P-Vine), [Good Charamel](/source/Good_Charamel_Records), [Damnably](/source/Damnably_(UK_Label))
| producer   = [Naoko Yamano](/source/Naoko_Yamano)
| prev_title = [Osaka Ramones](/source/Osaka_Ramones)
| prev_year  = 2011
| next_title = [Overdrive](/source/Overdrive_(Shonen_Knife_album))
| next_year  = 2014
}}

'''''Pop Tune''''' is the 18th [studio album](/source/studio_album) by [pop-punk](/source/pop-punk) trio [Shonen Knife](/source/Shonen_Knife).<ref>{{Citation |title=Pop Tune - Shonen Knife {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pop-tune-mw0002360549 |language=en |access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref> It was released in Japan on June 6, 2012, and in early June in the U.S., U.K., and Europe. Along with lead guitar and main vocalist [Naoko](/source/Naoko_Yamano), the group's bassist, [Ritsuko](/source/Ritsuko_Taneda), provides the lead vocals for the song "Sunshine" and drummer [Emi](/source/Emi_Morimoto) is the lead vocalist for the song "Psychedelic Life". "Osaka Rock City" was used as the theme song for the 2013 [Japan](/source/Japan)ese film ''[Soul Flower Train](/source/Soul_Flower_Train)''.<ref>Soul Flower Train (2013) IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3162406/</ref><ref>NEW SHONEN KNIFE album "PopTune" out worldwide in June !!!! https://goodcharamel.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-shonen-knife-album-poptune-out.html</ref>

== Track listing ==

# "Welcome to the Rock Club"
# "Pop Tune"
# "Osaka Rock City"
# "All You Can Eat"
# "Paper Clip"
# "Psychedelic Life"
# "Mr. J"
# "Ghost Train"
# "Sunshine"
# "Move On"

== Personnel ==
*[Naoko Yamano](/source/Naoko_Yamano) - guitar, vocals
*[Ritsuko Taneda](/source/Ritsuko_Taneda) - bass, backing vocals
*Emi Morimoto - drums, backing vocals

== References ==
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Category:2012 albums
Category:Shonen Knife albums
Category:P-Vine Records albums

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