Kiss Shite Hoshii Explained

Kiss Shite Hoshii
Cover:Kiss Shite Hoshii cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Blue Hearts
Album:Young and Pretty[1]
B-Side:'Chain Gang'
Released:November 21, 1987
February 6, 2002 (rerelease)
Genre:Punk rock
Length:9m17s
Label:Meldac
Producer:The Blue Hearts
Prev Title:'Linda Linda'
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:'Blue Hearts Theme'
Next Year:1988

was the third single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. It was released on November 21, 1987, the same time that the band's second album, Young and Pretty, was released. Lyrics and music were written by Hiroto Kōmoto, the band's lead vocalist, and was arranged by The Blue Hearts. The single is 9m17s in length.

The B-side of the single is, a blues rock song written and sung by Masatoshi Mashima, the band's guitarist.

Original recording

The falsetto at the beginning of the song was done by Junnosuke Kawaguchi, the band's bassist. Though he generally speaks with a low voice, he sings in falsetto for a number of songs.

"Chain Gang" was originally planned to be on their debut album, but was shelved due to concern with the lyrics, particularly the line about killing Christ.

Related media

The promotional video was an animated video. In the video, Kōmoto was a monkey, Mashima was a penguin, Kawaguchi was a pig and Tetsuya Kajiwara (the drummer) was a polar bear.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bluehearts.com/album2.html Young and Pretty