is the debut single of
DJ OZMA. It peaked at #4 on the
Oricon
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Weekly Charts and for the year of 2006 it was the #41 song on the annual charts. It is coupled with the song "BOYS BRAVO!", a cover/remix of a song performed by
Kishidan
, which means "The Knights", are a Japanese rock band. They have a retro image, wearing Japanese school uniforms in the style of bōsōzoku. The lead singer, Sho Ayanokoji (often styled as "Show Ayanocozey"), was DJ Ozma, until he retired in De ...
. The song itself is a cover of
DJ DOC's "Run to you" with new lyrics written by OZMA. "Run to you"(2000) samples from the 1976 song "
Daddy Cool (Boney M. song)
"Daddy Cool" is a song recorded by Boney M. and included on their debut album ''Take the Heat off Me''. It was a 1976 hit and a staple of disco music and became Boney M.'s first hit in the United Kingdom. The song was produced and co-written by ...
". The song is best known for DJ OZMA's controversial performance at the 2006 ''
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK netw ...
'' competition.
Background and release
"Age Age Endless Night" is a cover of "Run to you", a 2000 song by Korean band
DJ DOC. "Run to you" samples from
"Daddy Cool", a 1976 song by
Boney M. "Age Age Endless Night" was released later in 2006,
featuring the original music video, an alternate music video titled the "Take Off Version", a dance instruction, behind the scenes footage, and a pair of short documentaries. The limited edition version of the single was also shipped with a DVD containing the music video.
"BOYS BRAVO!" is a
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...
a cover/remix of a song performed by Kishidan song as the B-side, written by DJ Ozma's alter ego, Ayanocozy Shō, and performed by Nakazato Ayami (a leading member of Ozma's backup troupe of dancing vocalists, the OZ-MAX, and a future member of
SDN48).
Track list
Single Track list
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#"BOYS BRAVO!"
#"Age Age Every Knight" (Instrumental)
#"BOYS BRAVO!" (Instrumental)
Age Age Endless Night Track DVD list
#
#Age♂Age♂EVERY☆Night Music Clip ~Age♂Age♂Making~ (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士(~アゲ♂アゲ♂メイキング~))
#Age♂Age♂EVERY☆Night Music Clip ~Take Off Ver.~ (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士)
#Age♂Age♂Dance Master Vol.1
#Roots of AGE♂AGE♂ ~Taiwan hen~ (台湾編)
#Roots of AGE♂AGE♂ ~Roppongi hen~ (六本木編)
Awards
For the
2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Hosted by Misaki Ito and Hidehiko Ishizuka, the awards show took place at the Saitama Super Arena before a live audience of 12,000 screaming music fans. The 6th annual show premiered live on MTV, Saturday May 26 to over 6.6 million homes in Japan. ...
, the music video won in the Best Dance Video of the Year, as well as the Best Male Video of the Year.{{cn, date=May 2022
External links
DJ OZMA singles discography
References
2006 singles
Hip hop songs
Japanese-language songs