The Pop song that Nintendo copied

If you know your Mario music, then this old pop song might sound familiar. Did Nintendo steal it? And why do they sound so similar?

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SOURCES
- https://ameblo.jp/nasunikki/entry-10002473547.html Interview about meaning of Japanese lyrics to Green Green
- http://shmuplations.com/kojikondo/ The two Koji Kondo quotes come from this interview
- https://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!)
- https://archive.org/details/japan_miracle_in_asia_1963 Archive Footage of 1960s Japan

CREDITS
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rUdUj8ch58 Japanese kids singing Green Green
- https://www.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

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