Night Deluxe

"Night Deluxe" is the sixth domestic single by Japanese hip hop group Lead. It became their highest charting single at the time, peaking at No. 5 on the Oricon charts and remaining on the charts for five weeks.

"Night Deluxe"
Single by Lead
from the album Brand New Era
B-side	"Here goes!"
Released	June 16, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	J-pop, hip hop
Label	Flight Master CD (PCCA-70079) CD+DVD (PCCA-02052)
Songwriter(s)	Daisuke "D.I" Imai Shōko Fujibayashi Chokyuu Murano JUNKOO Ryuichiro Yamaki
Producer(s)	Daiskue "D.I" Imai
Lead singles chronology
"Get Wild Life" (2003) "Night Deluxe" (2004) "Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted" (2004)

The single became their first to be released as a CD+DVD combo, though the combo pack was of limited release.

Information

Night Deluxe is the sixth single by the Japanese hip-hop dance group Lead. It became their highest charted single at the time, ranking at No. 5 on the Oricon Singles Charts, and remained on the charts for five consecutive weeks.[1] Limited editions included participation event tickets and a trading card.[2]

Night Deluxe became the group's first single to be released as both a standard CD and a CD+DVD combination.[3] While both editions contained the title track, the b-side "Here goes!", along with their corresponding instrumentals, the DVD harbored behind-the-scenes videos of the group.[4] The music video for "Night Deluxe" would later be released on their second video compilation, Lead Movies 2.

The title track was written and composed by musical composer Daisuke "D.I" Imai, who had primarily worked with Avex Group artists, with the lyrics written by Shōko Fujibayashi. Daisuke has worked with famous Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda and South Korean artists BoA and Tohoshinki for top-charting singles.[5] Shoko is best known for their credits with BoA and Foxxi misQ.[6] The coupling track, "Here goes!", was arranged by Ryuichiro Yamaki, who is best known for his remixing work under the name "R.Yamaki," and composed by JUNKOO.[7][8] The lyrical portion was done by Chokkyuu Murano.

"Night Deluxe" won gold during the 46th Japan Record Awards, alongside "Mune Kogasu..." by Da Pump, "Quincy" by BoA and "Carry On" by EXILE among others.[9]

Packaging

Night Deluxe became Lead's first single to be released as both a standard CD and a CD+DVD combo. The CD+DVD was of limited edition, while the CD is still available. Both editions held the same material on the CD: the title track, the b-side "Here goes!", and their corresponding instrumentals.

However, instead of carrying the music video to "Night Deluxe," the DVD contained off-shots of the group during filming of their videos, along with interviews focusing on each member.

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Night Deluxe"	Shōko Fujibayashi	Daisuke "D.I" Imai	Daisuke "D.I" Imai	4:11
2.	"Here goes!"	Chokkyuu Murano	JUNKOO	Ryuichiro Yamaki	3:59
3.	"Night Deluxe" (Instrumental)		Daisuke "D.I" Imai	Daisuke "D.I" Imai	4:09
4.	"Here goes!" (Instrumental)		JUNKOO	Ryuichiro Yamaki	3:57

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lead Off-Shots Movies"

Charts

Release	Chart	Peak position
June 16, 2004	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	5

References

1. "Ｌｅａｄのシングル売り上げランキング". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
2. "Night Deluxe (CD+DVD)(Limited Edition)(Japan Version)CD". YesAsia. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
3. "Night Deluxe Single Information". Lead Official. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
4. "Lead/Night Deluxe[DVD付]". Suruga-ya. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
5. "Daisuke Imai Writing Credits Discography". discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
6. "Shoko Fujibayashi Writing Credits Discography". discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
7. "Lead Here goes! 歌詞". J-Lyric. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
8. "Ryuichiro Yamaki Writing Credits". discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
9. "第46回日本レコード大賞(2004年)受賞一覧【PRiVATE LiFE】データベース". Entame Data (in Japanese). Retrieved December 17, 2017.

External links

• Lead Official Site