Ride Me (album)

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Ride Me
SJ-D&E 1st album Ride Me.jpg
Ride Me, CD+DVD album cover
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2014 (2014-02-26)
Recorded2012–2014
Genre
Language Japanese
Label Avex Trax
Donghae & Eunhyuk chronology
Ride Me
(2014)
The Beat Goes On
(2015)
Singles from Ride Me
  1. "Oppa, Oppa"
    Released: April 4, 2012
  2. "I Wanna Dance"
    Released: June 19, 2013
  3. "Motorcycle"
    Released: February 26, 2014

Ride Me is the first Japanese studio album of South Korean pop duo Donghae & Eunhyuk, a subgroup of the boy band Super Junior. The album was released on February 26, 2014 under Avex Trax in Japan. [1]

Contents

Background

Donghae & Eunhyuk revealed during Super Show 5 in Osaka that they would release their first album, followed by their first tour, in Japan. Their first album, Ride Me was released on February 26, 2014. "Motorcycle" was the lead single of the album. The short version music video was released through Avex's YouTube channel on February 2. [2] The song became the main theme of the Japanese TV show, 'Sukkiri'. The album also includes the song "Teenage Queen" which was originally created and written in English by 5 Seconds of Summer.

Track listing

CD1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Bari 5 !"H.U.B.Warren David Meyers, Mathew Oscar Meyers, Daniel Thomas Boots, Ian Simpson3:17
2."Oppa, Oppa"Goro Matsui (Japanese Lyric)Composed by Steven Greenberg; Arranged by PETER (Team One Sound)3:18
3."Motorcycle"AkiraLars Pedersen, Remee S. Jackman, Nicky Fredrik Russell, Feras Agwa3:25
4."Teenage Queen"Amon Hayashi (Japanese Lyric)Tiffany Vartanyan, Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings, David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii3:35
5."君が泣いたら -Kimi ga Naitara- (When You Cry)"ShiroseZetton, Darren Martyn, Shirose4:14
6."Kiss Kiss Dynamite"Natsumi KobayashiSam Gray3:20
7."Android Syndrome"Sara SakuraiNeil Athale, Gustav Efraimsson, Mr. Success3:06
8."Hello"Sara Sakurai (Japanese Lyric)PETER & YOUNG SKY & JINOO (Team One Sound)3:36
9."Love That I Need" (feat. Henry of SJM)MiyakeiNoizeBank (Henry Lau of Super Junior-M, Gen Neo, Issac Han, Neil Nallas)3:26
10."I Wanna Dance"Sara Sakurai, PETER & YOUNG SKY & JINOO (Team One Sound)PETER & YOUNG SKY & JINOO (Team One Sound)3:28
11."Ten years" (feat. Luna of f (x))MiyakeiMichael Stockwell, Wesley Steed3:52
12."Champagne Girl"Sara SakuraiRicky Hanley, Daniel Sherman4:04
13."Let It Go"AKIRAKim Sangmi, Marco Borrero, Mica Gayle, R. Seragnoli3:16
DVD
  1. "Motorcycle" music video
  2. "Oppa, Oppa" music video
  3. "I Wanna Dance" music video
  4. "Motorcycle" music video making clip
  5. Ride Me JK making clip

Oricon

Oricon ChartPeriodPeakDebut SalesTotal Sales
Daily Albums Chart26 February 2014 (Released)1 [3] 18,22450,152+
Weekly Albums Chart24 February - 2 March 20143 [4] 40,065
Monthly Albums ChartFebruary 20148 [5] 40,065

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