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Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!) (1980)
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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
sandii
sandii
Begleitgesang
Kenji Omura
Kenji Omura
E-Gitarre
Y.M.O
Y.M.O
Dirigent:in
Mitsuo Koike
Mitsuo Koike
Remix-Techniker:in
Hideki Matsutake
Hideki Matsutake
Programmierung
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Archie Bell
Archie Bell
Komponist:in
Billy Buttier
Billy Buttier
Texte
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Arrangeur:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono
Produzent:in
Mitsuo Koike
Mitsuo Koike
Mastering-Ingenieur:in
Sho Kawazoe
Sho Kawazoe
Ausführende:r Produzent:in
Norio Yoshizawa
Norio Yoshizawa
Ingenieur:in
Atsushi Saito
Atsushi Saito
Ingenieur:in
Yasuhiko Terada
Yasuhiko Terada
Ingenieur:in
Michitaka Tanaka
Michitaka Tanaka
Ingenieur:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hi, everybody!
We are Y-M-O from Tokyo, Japan
We don't sightsee, we dance!
You understand?
We are the number one dance band in Tokyo, aha!
[Verse 2]
Now, 'Tighten Up' was very popular in Houston, Texas
With Archie Bell & the Drells
Now, we are the number one!
I think so, ha-ha
[Verse 3]
Tighten up たかはし！
酒飲めさかもと！
Hurry up with the bass パパさん！
[Verse 4]
Oh, yeah, uh-huh, here we go!
Come on, everybody!
You and me
Sock it to me さかもと！
Oi!, Oi!, Oi!
[Verse 5]
(Japanese gentlemen, stand up please)
[Verse 6]
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) YMO
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up)
[Verse 7]
Come on!, oh さいこは Come on!
Oi!
Oi!
Oi!, Oi!
Oi!
(Japanese gentlemen, stand up please) Oi!
[Verse 8]
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Oi!, oi!, oi!
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up! Come on, you all!) Oi!, oi!, oi!, oi!, oi!
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up, oh) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up, you all!)
[Verse 9]
Shall we go again?
[Verse 10]
(Tighten up)
(Woo, tighten up)
(Tighten up)
(Woo, tighten up)
(Tighten up)
(Woo, tighten up)
(Tighten up)
Do the tighten up (Woo, tighten up)
Do the tighten up (Woo, tighten up)
Japanese gentlemen, stand up please (Do the tighten up! Come on, you all!)
Oi!, oi!, oi!, oi!, oi!
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
Written by: Archie Bell, Billy Buttier

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