Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)

"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up), Danshingu Hīrō (Īto Yū Appu)) is the seventh single by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome, released on November 21, 1985 by Victor Entertainment. It is a Japanese-language cover of the 1985 song "Eat You Up" by British singer-songwriter Angie Gold.[2]

"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)"
Single by Yōko Oginome
from the album Yōko Oginome: The Best
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Zenmaijikake no Suiyōbi"
Released	November 21, 1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	J-pop Eurobeat[1]
Length	3:49
Label	Victor
Songwriter(s)	Hitoshi Shinohara Angelina Kyte Anthony Baker
Producer(s)	Kōji Makaino
Yōko Oginome singles chronology
"Kokoro no Mama ni (I'm Just a Lady)" (1985) "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (1985) "Flamingo in Paradise" (1986)
Music video
"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" on YouTube

Background and release

"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" is a cover of the 1985 song "Eat You Up" by British singer-songwriter Angie Gold with Japanese lyrics by Hitoshi Shinohara.[1] The song was originally planned to be titled "Cinderella Boy" (シンデレラ・ボーイ, Shinderera Bōi), but "Dancing Hero" was chosen as the final title by Rising Production's president Tetsuo Taira.[3]

"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" was first released in Japan on November 21, 1985 and peaked at No. 5 on Oricon's singles chart, making it Oginome's first top-five single.[1] It also sold over 700,000 copies.[4] The song earned Oginome the Nippon Television Idol Award at the 12th Nippon Television Music Festival, the Best Idol Award at the 12th All Japan Kayo Music Festival, and the Wired Music Award at the 19th Japan Cable Awards. The achievements allowed Oginome to perform on the 37th Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1986.[1]

The original music video features Oginome wearing a pink wig and dressed in a costume made of origami.

Oginome also recorded an English version of "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)", with new lyrics by Marco Bruno. This version was first included in her 1986 album Raspberry Wind.

During the late-1980s, the song was used in "Binbō-ka no Hitobito" (貧乏家の人々, "The Poor People"), a recurring sketch segment in the Fuji TV variety show Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage desu (とんねるずのみなさんのおかげです, The Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone). In the segment, Oginome and the Tunnels (Takaaki Ishibashi and Noritake Kinashi) would dance when the song played; the song would end abruptly with Kinashi singing off-key before being attacked by Ishibashi (and sometimes Oginome). The song was replaced by Oginome's other single "Coffee Rumba" in 1993.[5]

The song resurfaced to public attention in 2017, when the dance club from Tomioka High School in Sakai, Osaka used the song for their routine reworked with Dead or Alive's 1985 song "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" and catch phrases from comedian Nora Hirano.[6] During the dance, the students wore costumes paying homage to 1980s fashion.[6] Their routine first gained media interest when they won second place at Dance Stadium, a national high school dance competition, in August, with the choreography named the "bubbly dance" after the economic bubble in Japan during the 1980s.[6] When a video featuring the "bubbly dance" was uploaded onto YouTube, it gained 2.5 million likes within the first two days.[6] The dance routine renewed interest in "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)", and Oginome praised Tomioka Dance Club. Oginome and the Tomioka Dance Club received the Special Award at the 59th Japan Record Awards that year.[6]

On November 8, 2017, Oginome released the digital single "Dancing Hero: All Eat You Up", which contains all versions of the song she had recorded over the past 30 years. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[1]

Track listing

1985 single

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Danshingu Hīrō (Īto Yū Appu) (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up)))	Hitoshi Shinohara	Angelina Kyte Anthony Baker	Kōji Makaino	3:49
2.	"Zenmaijikake no Suiyōbi" ((ぜんまいじかけの水曜日, "Mainspring Wednesday"))	Yasushi Akimoto	Kazuhiko Matsuo	Mitsuo Hagita	4:08

2013 bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled	3:47
3.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) (Original Karaoke)" (Danshingu Hīrō (Īto Yū Appu) (Orijinaru Karaoke) (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up) (オリジナル・カラオケ)))
4.	"Zenmaijikake no Suiyōbi (Original Karaoke)" ((ぜんまいじかけの水曜日 (オリジナル・カラオケ), "Mainspring Wednesday (Original Karaoke)"))	4:08

Dancing Hero: All Eat You Up

All lyrics are written by Hitoshi Shinohara, except where indicated; all music is composed by Angelina Kyte and Anthony Baker.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up), Danshingu Hīrō (Īto Yū Appu))"		Kōji Makaino	3:47
2.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Modern Version)		Makaino	4:04
3.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dear Pop Singer Version)		Kiyoji Motoyama	3:49
4.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Special English Version)	Marco Bruno	Makaino	3:47
5.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" ('70 Mirror Ball Mix)		Paradise Groove Productions	5:08
6.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Club Mix)		Yukio Sugai Koichi Kaminaga Shungen Kataoka	5:52
7.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Euro Mix)		Hiroyuki Yasumoto	3:34
8.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Extended Euro Mix)		Yasumoto	4:43
9.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dancing Beat 2005 Mix)		Sandro Olive Dave Rodgers	4:50
10.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dear Pop Singer Remix Version)		Ogla Ozzy	3:42
11.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Instrumental)		Makaino	3:47
Total length:				47:07

Charts

1985 single Weekly charts Chart (1985) Peak position Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[7] 5 The Best Ten 2 Uta no Top Ten 5 Year-end charts Chart (1986) Peak position Oricon Year-End Chart[7] 12 The Best Ten Year-End Chart 9

Dancing Hero: All Eat You Up Weekly charts Chart Peak position Billboard Japan Hot 100 (2017)[8] 2 Billboard Japan Download Songs (2018)[9] 6 Billboard Japan Streaming Songs (2018)[10] 3 Year-end charts Chart (2018) Peak position Billboard Japan Hot 100[8] 23

Sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan	—	700,000[4]

Dancing Hero: The Archives

"Dancing Hero: The Archives"
Single by Yōko Oginome
Language	Japanese English
Released	December 20, 2017
Recorded	1985–2017
Genre	J-pop Eurobeat[1] dance-pop
Length	61:53
Label	Victor
Yōko Oginome singles chronology
"Love" (2001) "Dancing Hero: The Archives" (2017) "Mushi no Tsubuyaki" (2020)
Music video
Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) [Dear Pop Singer Ver.] on YouTube

On December 20, 2017, Oginome released a special CD titled Dancing Hero: The Archives (ダンシング・ヒーロー ジ・アーカイブス, Danshingu Hīrō Ji Ākaibusu), which is an expanded version of "Dancing Hero: All Eat You Up" with a live version and additional instrumental versions. The Instrumental (Up-Tempo) version of the song is the same one used by the Tomioka Dance Club on their live performances.[11]

The single peaked at No. 15 on Oricon's singles chart in 2018.[12]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Hitoshi Shinohara, except where indicated; all music is composed by Angelina Kyte and Anthony Baker.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up), Danshingu Hīrō (Īto Yū Appu))" (1985 Original EP Version)		Kōji Makaino	3:48
2.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Special English Version)	Marco Bruno	Makaino	3:46
3.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Modern Version)		Makaino	4:06
4.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" ('70 Mirror Ball Mix)		Paradise Groove Productions	5:07
5.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Club Mix)		Yukio Sugai Koichi Kaminaga Shungen Kataoka	5:51
6.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Euro Mix)		Hiroyuki Yasumoto	3:32
7.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Extended Euro Mix)		Yasumoto	4:41
8.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dancing Beat 2005 Mix)		Sandro Olive Dave Rodgers	4:49
9.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dear Pop Singer Remix Version)		Ogla Ozzy	3:43
10.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dear Pop Singer Version)		Kiyoji Motoyama	3:49
11.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Live (1989 Verge of Love: Budokan Live))			3:58
12.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Original Karaoke)		Makaino	3:48
13.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Instrumental (Up-Tempo))		Makaino	3:37
14.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dear Pop Singer Version (Instrumental))		Motoyama	3:51
15.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dear Pop Singer Version (a Cappella))		Motoyama	3:27
Total length:				61:53

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[12]	15

Cover versions

• Priscilla Chan covered the song in Cantonese as "Tiào Wǔ Jiē" (Chinese: 跳舞街); lit. "Dancing in the Street") in 1986. The song topped the Hong Kong charts and was awarded the 1986 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award for Most Popular Disco Song.[13][14]
• Demon Kakka covered the song in his 2007 cover album Girls Rock Hakurai. His cover incorporates the lyrics of Angie Gold's version.
• MAX covered the song in their 2010 cover album Be MAX.
• Runa Rukawa covered the song in 2015 as her second single.
• Akina Nakamori covered the song in her 2017 cover album Cage.
• In 2018, Celeb Five, a South Korean parody group consisting of comedians Song Eun-i, Shin Bong-sun, Ahn Young-mi, Kim Young-hee, and Kim Shin-young, released a mondegreen parody of the song titled "Celeb Five (I Wanna Be a Celeb)" (Korean: 셀럽파이브 (셀럽이 되고 싶어), romanized: Selleobpaibeu (Selleob-i Doego Sip-eo),), borrowing the bubbly dance choreography and concept from Tomioka Dance Club.[15][16] The music video was directed by Shindong from Super Junior.[17]
• Bentley Jones covered the song in his 2019 cover album Translated.[18]

References

1. "荻野目×登美丘高校バブリー共演！「ダンシング・ヒーロー」だらけの特別盤も発売". Natalie.mu (in Japanese). October 31, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
2. "【オリコン】荻野目洋子「ダンシング・ヒーロー」初のカラオケ首位". Oricon (in Japanese). January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
3. "ダンシング・ヒーローと私". Oginome Nikki. Ameba. September 19, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
4. "妊娠４カ月 荻野目洋子が入籍". Sponichi Annex. October 20, 2001. Archived from the original on April 4, 2003. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
5. "荻野目洋子が語る、"歌って踊れるアイドル"の30年「物事に立ち向かう姿勢を大切にしてきた」". Real Sound. August 27, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
6. Smith, Alyssa I. (October 21, 2017). "Viral dance crazes highlight a generational shift". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
7. 1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. p. 64. ISBN 4871310418.
8. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 (Week of October 2, 2017)". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.
9. "Billboard Japan Download Songs (Week of January 1, 2018)". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 9, 2020.
10. "Billboard Japan Streaming Songs (Week of January 1, 2018)". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 9, 2020.
11. "荻野目洋子：全曲「ダンシング・ヒーロー」のヴァージョン＆リミックス収録「ダンシング・ヒーロー ジ・アーカイブス」発売中！". Rising Production. December 20, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
12. "ダンシング・ヒーロー ジ・アーカイブス | 荻野目洋子". Oricon. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
13. Yiu-Wai Chu (January 1, 2017). Hong Kong Cantopop: A Concise History. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-988-8390-58-8.
14. "88年最受欢迎DISCO大奖-跳舞街". Tudou. Alibaba Group. July 29, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
15. Lee Ga-young (January 27, 2018). "잘나가는 '셀럽파이브', 평창 공연 불참하는 이유". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
16. Lee Ho-young (January 18, 2018). "[ST이슈] 셀럽파이브, 개그우먼 5인…'걸그룹 판' 벌린 사연". ST이슈 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
17. Choi, Na-yeong (January 24, 2018). "셀럽파이브가 음원을 발표한다[공식입장]". HuffPost (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
18. "Translated - 10th Anniversary Album". Bentley Jones. Remix Factory Media. Retrieved February 3, 2021.

External links

• Official website (Single)
• Official website (Dancing Hero: All Eat You Up)
• Official website (Dancing Hero: The Archives)
• "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" at MusicBrainz
• "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" at Discogs (list of releases)