Thomas Game Docs | This Pop song inspired Mario's music @ThomasGameDocs | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
If you know your Mario music, then this old pop song might sound familiar. The story of how it inspired one of the most iconic Mario melodies is fascinating...

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SOURCES
- ameblo.jp/nasunikki/entry-10002473547.html Interview about meaning of Japanese lyrics to Green Green
- shmuplations.com/kojikondo The two Koji Kondo quotes come from this interview
- symphogear.blogspot.com/2016/02/symphogear-bd-6-released-along-with.html Writeup of Green Green’s history (though I wish I had found this before I’d written most of the script myself!)
- archive.org/details/japan_miracle_in_asia_1963 Archive Footage of 1960s Japan

CREDITS
- youtube.com/watch?v=_rUdUj8ch58 Japanese kids singing Green Green
- youtube.com/watch?v=j5O_Y-sh6sM Mrs. Green Apple cover of Green Green (bad audio I'm afraid)

MUSIC
- Super Mario World Theme composed by Koji Kondo, via Nintendo
- Stock music via Epidemic Sound