Ride on Time (single)

Ride on Time is the sixth single by Japanese singer-songwrtier Tatsuro Yamashita, released in May 1980. This was his first single that entered the Oricon Singles Chart, peaking in at number three. Some sources claim that this was the beginning of the genre called "City pop".

"Ride on Time"
Single by Tatsuro Yamashita
from the album Ride on Time
B-side"Rainy Walk"
ReleasedMay 1, 1980
Genre
Length9:30 (Side 1 & 2)
LabelAIR/RVC
Producer(s)Tatsuro Yamashita
Tatsuro Yamashita singles chronology
"永遠のFull Moon"
(1979)		 "Ride on Time"
(1980)		 "My Sugar Babe"
(1980)

Overview

Ride on Time is the lead single from the album of the same name, but the song was re-recorded in the album issue just four months later. This version would be included in his Greatest hits album "Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita" in 1982 and "Opus (All Time Best 1975-2012)" in 2012. The live version was also included in his live album "Joy" in 1989.

This song was written for a Maxell cassette tape commercial. Yamashita himself had appeared in the commercial. The footage, shot in Saipan, shows him immersing himself in the sea near his knees with his back on the horizon, as if he were shooting a gun with his hand.[1]One of the photographs would later be used as the cover for his single. At the end of the commercial, the caption "いい音しか残れない" can be seen which directly translates to English as "Only good sounds remain". The same caption can also be seen on his studio album "Ride on Time" and its Obi strip. The B-side track "Rainy Walk" was originally from his studio album Moonglow and has the same contents as the album.

In 2003, the song was used as the ending theme for the Japanese drama series Good Luck!!. Yamashita replied, It was just a sunny day. But I'm just happy that the song came back to life. This feeling cannot be expressed by my mouth. Especially because it is "Ride on Time".[2]At this time, the song would get a remastered reissue and the coupling song would be his song "Amaku Kiken na Kaori" which was previously released as a single in 1982 and used as the theme song for the Japanese drama series of the same name. It would enter the charts again, peaking at number thirteen.

Track listing

1980 release
Side 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ride on Time"Tatsuro YamashitaTatsuro Yamashita4:22
Side 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Rainy Walk"Minako YoshidaTatsuro Yamashita5:08

2003 reissue

All lyrics are written by Tatsuro Yamashita; all music is composed by Tatsuro Yamashita.

No.TitleLength
1."Ride on Time"4:26
2."あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, Sweet & Dangerous Scent]"3:24
3."Ride on Time (Karaoke Version)"4:31
4."あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, Sweet & Dangerous Scent] (Karaoke Version)"3:38
5."Ride on Time (A capella, Hidden Track)"0:33
Total length:16:32

Personnel

Ride on Time
  • Jun Aoyama: Drums
  • Koki Ito: Bass
  • Kazuo Shiina: Electric Guitar (Left)
  • Hidefumi Toki: Alto Sax Solo
  • Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals
  • Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet
  • Yoshikazu Kishi: Trumpet
  • Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone
  • Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax
  • Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax

Rainy Walk

(from the studio album Moonglow)

  • Tatsuro Yamashita: Percussion & Background Vocals[4]
  • Masaki Matsubara: Electric Guitar
  • Masahito "Pecker" Hashida: Percussion
  • Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet
  • Yoshikazu Kishi: Trumpet
  • Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone
  • Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone
  • Kazuo Suzuki: Tenor Sax
  • Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax
  • Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master

あまく危険な香り [Amaku Kiken na Kaori, Sweet & Dangerous Scent]

(for 2003 reissue, from the 1982 single of the same name)

  • Tatsuro Yamashita: Electric Guitar (Left), Acoustic Piano (Solo) & Percussion[5]
  • Jun Aoyama: Drums
  • Koki Ito: Bass
  • Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar (Right)
  • Hiroyuki Namba: Keyboards
  • Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion
  • Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet
  • Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet
  • Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone
  • Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone
  • Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax
  • Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax
  • Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master
  • Koji Hajima: Conductor
  • Strings arranged by Masahide Sakuma

Chart positions

Weekly charts
Year Single Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1980 Ride on Time/Rainy Walk Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 3 25 417,000[6]
2003 Ride on Time/Amaku Kiken na Kaori 13 12 77,000[6]

Year-end charts
Year Single Country Chart Position Sales
1980 Ride on Time/Rainy Walk Japan Oricon Yearly Singles Chart (top 100) 25 417,000[7]

Release history
Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan May 1, 1980 AIR/RVC 7" Single AIR-503
February 19, 2003 AIR/BMG Funhouse CD BVCR-19604

References
  1. "35 years ago today, October 6, 1980, Tatsuro Yamashita's album "RIDE ON TIME" reached No. 1 on the Oricon chart." Music Calendar (in Japanese). October 6, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  2. "Tatsuro Yamashita Information "Ride on Time" Q&A" (in Japanese). Sony Music Japan. February 12, 2006. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  3. "RIDE ON TIME" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 31, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "MOONGLOW" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 31, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "GREATEST HITS! OF TATSURO YAMASHITA" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 31, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Tatsuro Yamashita" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  7. "年間シングルヒットチャート 1980年" (in Japanese). Private Life エンタメデータ＆ランキング. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
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