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Yoru no Odoriko
"Yoru no Odoriko" (Japanese: 夜の踊り子; "Dancer of the Night") (Japanese pronunciation: [joɾɯ no odoɾiko]) is a song by Japanese band Sakanaction. Commissioned by the design school Mode Gakuen for commercials starring Jonte' Moaning, it was released as a single on August 29, 2012. A high tempo song with elements of dance, pop and rock, "Yoru no Odoriko" has a progressive structure that builds for over two minutes before reaching the song's chorus. The band took elements from their previous compositions for the song, in order to create something that would express Sakanaction's entire story to their newly found audience. Critics in Japan responded very positively to the song, believing it showed off an essential identity and style of Sakanaction's music.
Commercially, the song reached number five on Oricon's singles chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for non-cellphone digital downloads.
In September 2011, Sakanaction released their fifth studio album Documentaly, which had reached number two on the Japanese Oricon albums chart; the highest position achieved by the band in their career at the time. The album was strongly affected by the events of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami which had occurred in March of that year, during the promotional period for their single "Rookie". The band's vocalist and songwriter Ichiro Yamaguchi felt a new resolution to create music that would resonate with a general pop music audience, who listened to idol acts such as Girls' Generation and AKB48. As rock music was no longer a popular staple during the early 2010s in Japan, Yamaguchi felt that the reasons people listened to music had changed over time, and wanted to mix rock music with entertainment-focused music in order to give these people the type of music that they look for.
The band were contacted by the promotions team of Mode Gakuen to write a commercial song for their 2012 advertisements in October, when the band had just begun performing their Sakanaquarium 2011 tour for Documentaly. This was the first time the band had been asked to write a piece of music specifically for a purpose (though songs on Documentaly had been used for commercial tie-ups, these had been organized after the songs had been completed). The band recorded the song after the tour finished, and planned to release it as a single at the beginning of 2012. However, while this was happening, the band were contacted to write a theme song for the Tsuyoshi Kusanagi drama 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku: Kenshui Junjō Monogatari, which disrupted their plans for the single. The theme song, "Boku to Hana", was released in May 2012.
In 2012, Yamaguchi was commissioned to write the song "Moment" for the Japanese boy band SMAP. Used as the theme music for the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television broadcast of the 2012 Summer Olympics, for which SMAP member Masahiro Nakai was the main sportscaster, the song was released as a single on August 1, 2012, and reached number one on Oricon's weekly singles chart.
The songs for the single were recorded at Alive Recording Studio in Setagaya, Tokyo and at Soi Studio. In the initial discussions with Mode Gakuen about the commercial, the company revealed to Sakanaction that they would be writing music for a "sparkling" commercial featuring choreographer Jonte' Moaning, and requested that they give them a song similar to "Native Dancer" (2009) or "Identity" (2010). The band chose a piece from Yamaguchi's pre-existing stock of songs, selecting a song that would best suit the commercial. As Mode Gakuen is a design school, they were asked to create a song that showed off design principles and creativity, as well as the commercial's theme of the importance of improving yourself. Yamaguchi felt that these needs worked well with Sakanaction's own goals for 2012.
As the band had just finished touring, Sakanaction were inspired by the creation of their tour set-list. The band wanted to create a song that expressed their entire story, purposely taking elements from songs that they felt were important to Sakanaction, such as "Identity" (2010), "Native Dancer" (2009) and "Adventure" (2009). The band gave the song the demo title "Yellow" (イエロー, Ierō), later creating a title that incorporated the word "Yoru" (夜; "Night"). This was a method to link to the band's other releases, which since their debut had had a night-time theme, for their newer audience.
Yamaguchi felt that "Yoru no Odoriko" was a song targeted towards Sakanaction fans, as opposed to their previous song "Boku to Hana", which specifically for a wider TV audience.
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Yoru no Odoriko
"Yoru no Odoriko" (Japanese: 夜の踊り子; "Dancer of the Night") (Japanese pronunciation: [joɾɯ no odoɾiko]) is a song by Japanese band Sakanaction. Commissioned by the design school Mode Gakuen for commercials starring Jonte' Moaning, it was released as a single on August 29, 2012. A high tempo song with elements of dance, pop and rock, "Yoru no Odoriko" has a progressive structure that builds for over two minutes before reaching the song's chorus. The band took elements from their previous compositions for the song, in order to create something that would express Sakanaction's entire story to their newly found audience. Critics in Japan responded very positively to the song, believing it showed off an essential identity and style of Sakanaction's music.
Commercially, the song reached number five on Oricon's singles chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for non-cellphone digital downloads.
In September 2011, Sakanaction released their fifth studio album Documentaly, which had reached number two on the Japanese Oricon albums chart; the highest position achieved by the band in their career at the time. The album was strongly affected by the events of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami which had occurred in March of that year, during the promotional period for their single "Rookie". The band's vocalist and songwriter Ichiro Yamaguchi felt a new resolution to create music that would resonate with a general pop music audience, who listened to idol acts such as Girls' Generation and AKB48. As rock music was no longer a popular staple during the early 2010s in Japan, Yamaguchi felt that the reasons people listened to music had changed over time, and wanted to mix rock music with entertainment-focused music in order to give these people the type of music that they look for.
The band were contacted by the promotions team of Mode Gakuen to write a commercial song for their 2012 advertisements in October, when the band had just begun performing their Sakanaquarium 2011 tour for Documentaly. This was the first time the band had been asked to write a piece of music specifically for a purpose (though songs on Documentaly had been used for commercial tie-ups, these had been organized after the songs had been completed). The band recorded the song after the tour finished, and planned to release it as a single at the beginning of 2012. However, while this was happening, the band were contacted to write a theme song for the Tsuyoshi Kusanagi drama 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku: Kenshui Junjō Monogatari, which disrupted their plans for the single. The theme song, "Boku to Hana", was released in May 2012.
In 2012, Yamaguchi was commissioned to write the song "Moment" for the Japanese boy band SMAP. Used as the theme music for the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television broadcast of the 2012 Summer Olympics, for which SMAP member Masahiro Nakai was the main sportscaster, the song was released as a single on August 1, 2012, and reached number one on Oricon's weekly singles chart.
The songs for the single were recorded at Alive Recording Studio in Setagaya, Tokyo and at Soi Studio. In the initial discussions with Mode Gakuen about the commercial, the company revealed to Sakanaction that they would be writing music for a "sparkling" commercial featuring choreographer Jonte' Moaning, and requested that they give them a song similar to "Native Dancer" (2009) or "Identity" (2010). The band chose a piece from Yamaguchi's pre-existing stock of songs, selecting a song that would best suit the commercial. As Mode Gakuen is a design school, they were asked to create a song that showed off design principles and creativity, as well as the commercial's theme of the importance of improving yourself. Yamaguchi felt that these needs worked well with Sakanaction's own goals for 2012.
As the band had just finished touring, Sakanaction were inspired by the creation of their tour set-list. The band wanted to create a song that expressed their entire story, purposely taking elements from songs that they felt were important to Sakanaction, such as "Identity" (2010), "Native Dancer" (2009) and "Adventure" (2009). The band gave the song the demo title "Yellow" (イエロー, Ierō), later creating a title that incorporated the word "Yoru" (夜; "Night"). This was a method to link to the band's other releases, which since their debut had had a night-time theme, for their newer audience.
Yamaguchi felt that "Yoru no Odoriko" was a song targeted towards Sakanaction fans, as opposed to their previous song "Boku to Hana", which specifically for a wider TV audience.