"Boy Meets Girl" (stylized as "BOY MEETS GIRL") is a song by Japanese band TRF. The song was released on June 22, 1994 as their seventh single.

Background and release

"Boy Meets Girl" was written and produced by

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. It is inspired by

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music, and it is composed of synths at 135 BPM. The song was featured in a

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commercial. The single was first released on June 22, 1994, and then re-released on November 29, 2006. The fourth track on the single, "Boy Meets Girl (Twilight Mix "Tribute to Ayrton Senna")", is a tribute to

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after his death in 1994.

Reception

"Boy Meets Girl" peaked at #3 on

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Weekly Singles Chart. The song is one of TRF and Tetsuya Komuro's most identifiable songs and is credited for being one of the first to introduce the Japanese public to dance music.

Track listing

In popular culture

A remix titled "Boy Meets Girl (Da! Da! Da! Remix)" was featured as the ending theme to the 2000 anime series ''

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''. The single was released on August 23, 2000.

Cover versions

The song was covered by

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on their self-titled debut album.

''Pretty Rhythm'' versions

Japanese

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released a cover of "EZ Do Dance" as their 8th single on July 24, 2013 in collaboration between Avex Pictures and the ''

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'' franchise to honor TRF's 20th anniversary. The song served as the first opening theme song to the

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series '' Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live''. The single charted at #79 on the

Weekly Singles Chart. Over the Rainbow, side characters from ''Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live'', also provided a cover of "Boy Meets Girl" on their first album. The song was performed by the characters Kouji Mihama (voiced by

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), Hiro Hayami (voiced by

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), and Kazuki Nishina (voiced by

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). The song was also performed by Koji Kominami, Taishi Sugie, Takuto Omi in the stage play adaptation, ''King of Prism: Over the Sunshine!''

References

{{Authority control 1994 singles TRF (group) songs Anime songs Avex Group singles Japanese-language songs Pretty Rhythm Songs written by Tetsuya Komuro Animated series theme songs