Party (The Blue Hearts song)

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"Party"
Single by The Blue Hearts
from the album Dug Out [1]
A-side "'Party'"
B-side "'Chance'"
ReleasedAugust 25, 1993
RecordedAvaco Creative Studio
Genre Rock
Length10m03s
Label East West Japan
Songwriter(s) Hiroto Kōmoto
Producer(s) The Blue Hearts
The Blue Hearts singles chronology
"'1000 no Violin'"
(1993)
"Party"
(1993)
"'Yūgure'"
(1993)
1000 no Violin
(1993)
Party
(1993)
Yūgure
(1993)

Party(パーティー,Paatii) was the sixteenth single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts and reached #80 on the Oricon charts in 1993. It was part of the band's seventh album, Dug Out , and was the worst selling single that was released by a major label for the band. The music and lyrics were written by Hiroto Kōmoto.

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The Blue Hearts were a Japanese punk rock band active from 1985 to 1995. They have been compared to such bands as the Sex Pistols, The Clash and the Ramones. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked them at number 19 on their list of 100 most important Japanese pop acts. In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated their self-titled debut album number 3 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".

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Details

In addition to the original versions of "Party" and the B-side track "Chance" (チャンス Chansu), karaoke versions of both songs were also included on the CD. "Chance" was written by Masatoshi Mashima.

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Masatoshi Mashima is a guitarist who has performed with Japanese rock bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons. He was born in Hino and raised in Kodaira in Tokyo, Japan.

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References

  1. Dug Out. bluehearts.com. Accessed February 22, 2008.