Marunouchi Sadistic

Ringo Sheena released her debut single "Kōfukuron" in May 1998, followed by "Kabukichō no Joō" in September.

[2][3] A small section of the song was first released on the "Kabukichō no Joō" single, on the track "Jitsuroku (Shinjuku nite)" (実録 －新宿にて－, "Actual Recording (In Shinjuku)") , which featured a clip of Sheena busking in Tokyo, performing a medley of "Marunouchi Sadistic" and "Kabukichō no Joō".

Blankey Jet City vocalist Kenichi "Benji" Asai is mentioned in the lyric, "And then Benji hit me with the Gretsch" (そしたらベンジー、あたしをグレッチで殴って, Soshitara Benjī, atashi o gurecchi de butte)[4] The 2008 English lyrics similarly keep the references to places in Tokyo and to guitar paraphernalia, but further mentions Kurt Cobain and Nirvana.

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.

[16] It featured scenes of all of the performances of the song at Tokyo Jihen's concerts edited into a single clip.

[15] In a survey taken conducted by Recochoku in 2011 asking users what they thought Ringo Sheena's signature songs were, "Marunouchi Sadistic" ranked in as the fifth.

The reviewers highly praised the word-play in "Marunouchi Sadistic"'s lyrics, stating that "I can only think that God lived in this song.

[20] Jazz flugelhorn player Ryuichiro Tonozuka also covered it on his instrumental album Top Gear (2008).

[27] Singer-songwriter Hirotaka Mori sung the song as a duet with Angela Aki at his October 20, 2013 Jam Addict concert at Minami Aoyama Mandala in Tokyo.

[28] In March 2017, singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada covered the EXPO Version with singer and producer Nariaki Obukuro in the J-Wave Radio show MUSIC HUB.