''Ride on Time'' is the sixth

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by Japanese singer-songwriter

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, released in May 1980. This was his first single to enter the Oricon Singles Chart, peaking in at number three. Some sources claim that this was the beginning of the genre called ''"

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"''.

Overview

''Ride on Time'' is the

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from the album of the same name, but the song was re-recorded in the album issue just four months later. This version would be included in his

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''" Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita"'' in 1982 and ''" Opus (All Time Best 1975-2012)"'' in 2012. The live version was also included in his live album ''"

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"'' in 1989. This song was written for a

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cassette tape commercial. Yamashita himself had appeared in the commercial. The footage, shot in Saipan, shows him immersing himself in the sea near his knees with his back on the horizon, aiming a

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at the camera. One of the photographs would later be used as the

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for his single. At the end of the commercial, the caption "いい音しか残れない" can be seen which directly translates to English as "Only good sounds remain". The same caption can also be seen on his studio album ''"Ride on Time"'' and its

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. The B-side track "Rainy Walk" was originally from his studio album '' Moonglow'' and has the same contents as the album.

Track listing

Personnel

Ride on Time

– Electric Guitar (Right),

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, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *

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– Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Solo *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Yoshikazu Kishi – Trumpet *

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– Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

Rainy Walk

''(from the studio album Moonglow)'' *Tatsuro Yamashita – Percussion & Background Vocals *

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– Drums *

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– Bass *Masaki Matsubara – Electric Guitar * Hiroshi Sato – Electric Piano *Masahito "Pecker" Hashida – Percussion *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Yoshikazu Kishi – Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Kazuo Suzuki – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax *Tadaaki Ohno – Strings Concert Master

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In 2003, the song was used as the ending theme for the TBS drama

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. Yamashita replied, It was just a sunny day. But I'm just happy that the song came back to life. This feeling cannot be expressed by my mouth. Especially because it is "Ride on Time". A month later, the song would get a remastered reissue. The coupling song was changed from ''Rainy Walk'' to ''

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'' which was previously released as a

and was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama series of the same name. The single would peak at number thirteen on the

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. The fifth track of the CD release is a 30 second a cappella version that was previously used in a

commercial in 1980. It features Yamashita in Mt. Tokachi,

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Track listing

Personnel

Ride on Time

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right),

, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *

– Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Solo *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Yoshikazu Kishi – Trumpet *

– Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

あまく危険な香り maku Kiken na Kaori, Sweet & Dangerous Scent/h2>
''(from the 1982
single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ...
of the same name)'' Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Left), Acoustic Piano (Solo) & Percussion Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Tsunehide Matsuki – Electric Guitar (Right) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet Masahiro Kobayashi – Trumpet Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax Tadaaki Ohno – Strings Concert Master Koji Hajima – Conductor *Strings arranged by Masahide Sakuma

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{reflist Tatsuro Yamashita albums 1980 songs Japanese pop songs Japanese rock songs