| "Ride on Time" | ||||
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| Single by Tatsuro Yamashita | ||||
| from the album Ride on Time | ||||
| B-side | "Rainy Walk" | |||
| Released | May 1, 1980 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 9:30(Side 1 & 2) | |||
| Label | AIR/RVC | |||
| Producer(s) | Tatsuro Yamashita | |||
| Tatsuro Yamashita singles chronology | ||||
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Ride on Time is the sixth single by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, 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 "City pop".
Ride on Time is the lead single 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 Greatest hits album "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 "Joy" in 1989.
This song was written for a Maxell 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 finger gun at the camera. [1] One of the photographs would later be used as the cover 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 Obi strip. The B-side track "Rainy Walk" was originally from his studio album Moonglow and has the same contents as the album.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ride on Time" | Tatsuro Yamashita | Tatsuro Yamashita | 4:22 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rainy Walk" | Minako Yoshida | Tatsuro Yamashita | 5:08 |
(from the studio album Moonglow)
| "Ride on Time" | ||||
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| Single by Tatsuro Yamashita | ||||
| from the album Ride on Time | ||||
| Released | February 19, 2003 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 16:32 | |||
| Label | AIR/BMG Funhouse | |||
| Producer(s) | Tatsuro Yamashita | |||
| Tatsuro Yamashita singles chronology | ||||
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In 2003, the song was used as the ending theme for the TBS drama Good Luck!! . 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'." [4]
A month later, the song would get a remastered reissue. The coupling song was changed from "Rainy Walk" to "Amaku Kiken na Kaori", which had previously been released as a single 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 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. The fifth track of the CD release is a 30 second a cappella version that was previously used in a Maxell commercial in 1980. It features Yamashita in Mt. Tokachi, Hokkaido.
All lyrics are written by Tatsuro Yamashita; all music is composed by Tatsuro Yamashita
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ride on Time" | 4:26 |
| 2. | "あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, Sweet & Dangerous Scent]" | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Ride on Time (Karaoke Version)" | 4:31 |
| 4. | "あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, Sweet & Dangerous Scent] (Karaoke Version)" | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Ride on Time (A cappella, Hidden Track)" | 0:33 |
| Total length: | 16:32 | |
(from the 1982 single of the same name)
| Year | Single | Country | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Ride on Time/Rainy Walk | Japan | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 3 | 25 | 417,000 [6] |
| 2003 | Ride on Time/Amaku Kiken na Kaori | 13 | 12 | 77,000 [6] | ||
| Year | Single | Country | Chart | Position | Sales |
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| 1980 | Ride on Time/Rainy Walk | Japan | Oricon Yearly Singles Chart (top 100) | 25 | 417,000 [7] |
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | May 1, 1980 | AIR/RVC | 7" Single | AIR-503 |
| February 19, 2003 | AIR/BMG Funhouse | CD | BVCR-19604 |
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