Don't Turn Around

"Don't Turn Around"
Album	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Original Soundtrack
Artist	The Peanuts
Romaji	Furimukanaide
Kanji	ふりむかないで
Label	King Records
Lyrics	Tokiko Iwatani Hiroshi Miyagawa
Vocals	The Peanuts
Release Date	10 February 1962
Length	2:55

"Don't Turn Around" (Furimukanaide, ふりむかないで^?, lit. "Don't Look Back") is a song written by Tokiko Iwatani and Hiroshi Miyagawa and performed by the duo The Peanuts in 1962. It was featured in the soundtrack of the film Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance released in 2009. It is track 35 on the album Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Original Soundtrack.

In the film, Shinji listens to this song on the radio in his room as he talks to himself about looking forward to Rei's dinner party and wishing that his father could come.

Lyrics

Romaji

Original

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah... Furimukanaide onegai dakara Ima ne kutsushita naoshiteiru no yo Anata no suki na kuroi kutsushita Furimukanaide onegai dakara Ima ne SUKAATO naoshiteiru no yo Anata no suki na TAATAN CHEKKU Kore kara nakayoku DEITO na no Futari de kataru no ROMANSU wo Furimukanaide onegai dakara Ima ne naisho no ohanashi na no yo Douzo mukou muite choudai Kore kara nakayoku DEITO na no Futari de kataru no ROMANSU wo Furimukanaide onegai dakara Itsumo ude wo kumi mae muite Kitto ne shiawase tsukamaemashou Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah...

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, ふりむかないで お願いだから 今ね 靴下 なおしてるのよ あなたの好きな 黒い靴下 ふりむかないで お願いだから 今ね スカート なおしてるのよ あなたの好きな タータン・チェック これから 仲良く デイトなの ふたりで語るの ロマンスを ふりむかないで お願いだから 今ね 内緒の お話なのよ どうそ むこうむいてちょうだい これから 仲良く デイトなの ふたりで語るの ロマンスを ふりむかないで お願いだから いつも 腕をくみ 前向いて きっとね しあわせ つかまえましょ Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,

Trivia

• In addition to their successful music career, The Peanuts starred in the 1961 film Mothra^WP and two film sequels to it involving Godzilla^WP, Rodan^WP and King Ghidorah^WP that were both released in 1964, Mothra vs. Godzilla^WP and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster^WP..