Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)

"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)"
Single by Yōko Oginome
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Zenmaijikake no Suiyōbi"
Released	November 21, 1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	J-pop; disco[1];
Label	Victor
Songwriter(s)	A. Kate, T. Baker
Producer(s)	Kōji Makaino
Yōko Oginome singles chronology

"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up), Danshingu Hirō (Eat You Up)) is a song by Yōko Oginome. It is a cover of the 1985 song "Eat You Up" by British singer Angie Gold. The song was released on November 21, 1985.[2]

In 2017, the song resurfaced in popularity after a video of Tomioka Dance Club using the song as part of their dance routine went viral.

Background and release

"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" is a cover of the 1985 song "Eat You Up" by British singer Angie Gold with translated Japanese lyrics.[1] It was first released in Japan on November 21, 1985 and became an immediate hit, propelling Yōko Oginome to fame.[1] The song won numerous awards and also allowed Oginome to perform at the 37th Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1986.[1]

The song resurfaced to public attention in 2017, where 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.[3] During the dance, the students wore costumes paying homage to the 1980s.[3] 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.[3] When a video featuring the "bubbly dance" was uploaded onto YouTube, it gained 2.5 million likes within the first two days.[3] The dance routine renewed interest in "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)", and Oginome praised Tomioka Dance Club.[3]

In December 2017, Oginome released a special long play titled Dancing Hero: All Eat You Up in honor of the song's 30th anniversary, containing all versions of the song she had released over the past 30 years, along with a new music video for the song.[1]

Cover versions

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)", borrowing the bubbly dance choreography and concept from Tomioka Dance Club.[4][5] The music video was directed by Shindong from Super Junior.[6]

Track listing

1985 version

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up), Danshingu Hirō (Eat You Up))"	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Kōji Makaino
2.	"Zenmaijikake no Suiyōbi (ぜんまいじかけの水曜日)"	Yasushi Akimoto	Kazuhiko Matsuo	Mitsuo Hagita

2017 version

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement
1.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up), Danshingu Hirō (Eat You Up))"	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Kōji Makaino
2.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Moderan Version)	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Kōji Makaino
3.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dear Pop Singer Version)	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Kiyoji Motoyama
4.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Special English Version)	Marco Bruno	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Kōji Makaino
5.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" ('70 Mirror Ball Mix)	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Paradise Groove Productions
6.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Club Mix)	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Yukio Sugai, Koichi Kaminaga, Shungen Kataoka
7.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Extended Euro Mix)	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Hiroyuki Yasumoto
8.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dancing Beat 2005 Mix)	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Sandro Olive, Dave Rodgers
9.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Dear Pop Singer Remix Version)	Hitoshi Shinohara	A. Kyte, T. Baker	Ogla Ozzy
10.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Instrumental)		A. Kyte, T. Baker	Kōji Makaino

Charts

1985 version

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[7]	5

2017 version

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[8]	2

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References

"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 (in Japanese). October 31, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
"【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.
Alyssa I. Smith (October 21, 2017). "Viral dance crazes highlight a generational shift". The Japan Times. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
Lee Ga-young (January 27, 2018). "잘나가는 '셀럽파이브', 평창 공연 불참하는 이유". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
Lee Ho-young (January 18, 2018). "[ST이슈] 셀럽파이브, 개그우먼 5인…'걸그룹 판' 벌린 사연". ST이슈 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
Choi, Na-yeong (January 24, 2018). "셀럽파이브가 음원을 발표한다[공식입장]". 허프포스트코리아 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
1968-1997 オリコンチャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. p. 64. ISBN 4871310418.
"Japan Hot 100 (Week of October 2, 2017)". Billboard (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.

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[natalie1-1] "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 (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.

[japantimes1-3] Alyssa I. Smith (October 21, 2017). "Viral dance crazes highlight a generational shift". The Japan Times. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

[4] Lee Ga-young (January 27, 2018). "잘나가는 '셀럽파이브', 평창 공연 불참하는 이유". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[5] Lee Ho-young (January 18, 2018). "[ST이슈] 셀럽파이브, 개그우먼 5인…'걸그룹 판' 벌린 사연". ST이슈 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[6] Choi, Na-yeong (January 24, 2018). "셀럽파이브가 음원을 발표한다[공식입장]". 허프포스트코리아 (in Korean). Retrieved February 8, 2019.

[oricon1-7] 1968-1997 オリコンチャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. p. 64. ISBN 4871310418.

[8] "Japan Hot 100 (Week of October 2, 2017)". Billboard (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2019.