Wicked Beat

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Wicked Beat
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EP by
B'z
ReleasedJune 21, 1990
StudioStudio Birdman (Gray & Brown Room)
Genre
Length23:16
Language English
Label Air (original release), Rooms (reissues)
Producer Masao Nakajima
B'z chronology
Bad Communication
(1989)
Wicked Beat
(1990)
Mars
(1991)

Wicked Beat is the second mini-album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on June 21, 1990. It consists of extended, English versions of previous hits. The album sold 1,111,230 copies in total, eventually being certified Triple Platinum by the RIAJ. It debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, being their last album of original material to not debut at No. 1. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Koshi Inaba; all music is composed by Tak Matsumoto

Wicked Beat track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I Wanna Dance Wicked Beat Style"4:36
2."Komachi-Angel Red Hot Style"4:33
3."Bad Communication E.Style"7:20
4."Lady-Go-Round "W-40" Style"6:01
Total length:23:16

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes. [2]

B'z

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [5] 3× Platinum1,200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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