"Dance Beat wa Yoake made" (Dance Beatは夜明けまで, Dansu Bīto wa Yoake made, lit. "Dance Beat Until Dawn") is the ninth single by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Written by Hiromi Mori and Nobody, the single was released on June 10, 1986 by Victor Entertainment.[1][2]
| "Dance Beat wa Yoake made" | ||||
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| Single by Yōko Oginome | ||||
| from the album Heartbeat Express: Sōshun Monogatari Memorial Album | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| English title | Dance Beat Until Dawn | |||
| B-side | "Velvet no Itazura" | |||
| Released | June 10, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
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| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
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| Producer(s) | Tamio Komuro | |||
| Yōko Oginome singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Dance Beat wa Yoake made" on YouTube | ||||
Background and release
edit"Dance Beat wa Yoake made" was used as the opening theme of the TBS drama series Sōshun Monogatari: Watashi, Otona ni Narimasu (早春物語〜私、大人になります〜, Early Spring Story: I Will Be an Adult), which starred Oginome as the lead character Hitomi Okino (沖野 瞳, Okino Hitomi).
The music video features Oginome as a maiden dancing in a lakeside forest. At the end of a video, she sees a door in the middle of the forest and opens it, only to be blinded by the light emitting from the other side of the door.
"Dance Beat wa Yoake made" peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's singles chart and sold over 148,000 copies.[3]
In 1991, Oginome re-recorded the song in a Flamenco style, titled "Dance Beat wa Yoake made (In Sevilla)" (Dance Beatは夜明けまで -in セビーリア-, "Dance Beat Until Dawn -In Sevilla-"); this version was released in the remix album New Take: Best Collections '92.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dance Beat wa Yoake made" (Dansu Bīto wa Yoake made (Dance Beatは夜明けまで, "Dance Beat Until Dawn")) | Hiromi Mori | Nobody | Akira Nishihira | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Velvet no Itazura" (Berubetto no Itazura (ベルベットの悪戯, "Velvet Mischief")) | Masumi Kawamura | Hiroya Watanabe | Watanabe | 4:12 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 3. | "Dance Beat wa Yoake made (Original Karaoke)" ((Dance Beatは夜明けまで (オリジナル・カラオケ), "Dance Beat Until Dawn (Original Karaoke)")) | |
| 4. | "Velvet no Itazura (Original Karaoke)" ((ベルベットの悪戯 (オリジナル・カラオケ), "Velvet Mischief (Original Karaoke)")) |
Charts
edit| Chart (1986) | Peak
position |
|---|---|
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[4] | 4 |
| The Best Ten | 8 |
- Year-end charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak
position |
|---|---|
| Oricon Year-End Chart[4] | 76 |
| The Best Ten Year-End Chart | 69 |
References
edit- ^ "Discography". Yōko Oginome Official Website. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Dance Beatは夜明けまで | 荻野目洋子". Rising Production. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "荻野目洋子(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ a b 1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. p. 64. ISBN 4871310418.
External links
edit- Official website
- "Dance Beat wa Yoake made" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- "Dance Beat wa Yoake made" at Discogs