is a song composed and written by Japanese rock singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist Ringo Sheena. It was recorded for her debut album Muzai Moratorium in 1999. Background Ringo Sheena released her debut single "Kōfukuron" in May 1998, followed by "Kabukichō no Joō" in September. Her third in January 1999, "Koko de Kiss Shite.", became a hit, being certified platinum for 200,000 copies shipped to stores by the RIAJ. This was followed by her debut album Muzai Moratorium in February 1999, an album that was wildly successful, selling over 1,000,000 copies since its release. A small section of the song was first released on the "Kabukichō no Joō" single, on the track , which featured a clip of Sheena busking in Tokyo, performing a medley of "Marunouchi Sadistic" and "Kabukichō no Joō". Writing and production The song was first recorded in an English language demo called "A New Way to Fly", which was recorded while Sheena was home-staying in London. The lyrics talk somebody who has just moved to Tokyo for work, and the title references the Marunouchi Line, one of the major train lines in central Tokyo, as well as several neighbourhoods reached on the line, such as Ochanomizu and Ginza. The song also mentions many guitar-related words, such as the Rickenbacker 620 model guitar, Marshall amplifiers, a Pro Co RAT pedal amplifier and Gretsch guitars. Blankey Jet City vocalist Kenichi "Benji" Asai is mentioned in the lyric, The 2008 English lyrics similarly keep the references to places in Tokyo and to guitar paraphernalia, but further mentions Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. A special band called was created to record the song, composed of Sheena, producer Seiji Kameda and drummer Noriyasu Kawamura. The bulk of the other songs recorded for Muzai Moratorium were performed by the bands Momoiro Spanner and Zetsurin Hectopascal, which both featured Sheena, Kameda and Kawamura as members, including other musicians. For Sheena's 10th anniversary concerts, Ringo Expo 08, a rearranged bilingual version called "Marunouchi Sadistic (Expo Ver.)" was featured as exiting music after the concert. This version was released as a bonus track on her album Sanmon Gossip (2009). Live performances "Marunouchi Sadistic" is one of the most consistently performed songs in Sheena's career. It was performed at her early live concerts: at NHK Live Beat (1999), her Senkō Ecstasy tour (1999), her Jisaku Jien Namaensōkai concerts (1999), Kōkotsu Gokuhi Ensōkai (1999) and her Manabiya Ecstasy tour. Performances can