Naughty Boys

Naughty Boys
Studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Released	May 24, 1983
Recorded	October 1982 - March 1983
Genre	Electronic (dance, rock), J‑pop, New Wave, Synthpop
Length	38:25
Label	Alfa Records
Producer	YMO
Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology
Technodelic (1981) Naughty Boys (1983) Naughty Boys Instrumental (1983)
Singles from Naughty Boys
"Kimi ni, mune kyun." Released: 1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Naughty Boys (浮気なぼくら, Uwaki na bokura; "Naughty boys"^?) is the sixth album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, recorded from October 1982 to March 1983, and released on May 24, 1983.^[1] It contains the pop-oriented single "Kimi ni Mune Kyun", as well as a "preview" of "You've Got to Help Yourself", which was released in its full version on the companion album Naughty Boys Instrumental, and again with vocals on Service.

Overview

Naughty Boys was their final album to top the Oricon charts. After that, no technopop artist was able to reach No.1 until Perfume's 2008 album Game.^[2] "Kimi ni Mune Kyun" also became the highest charting single by a technopop artist on the Oricon charts, debuting at No. 2; a record the song retained until Perfume's "Love the World" debuted at No. 1 in 2008.^[3][4] "Ongaku" ("Music") was reportedly written by Ryuichi Sakamoto for his then-three-year-old daughter, Miu. Naughty Boys was re-released in 2004 in a double disc package alongside Naughty Boys Instrumental.

Various cover versions of "Kimi ni Mune Kyun" have been produced by later artists, including The Human League ("YMO Versus The Human League" in 1993),^[5] Asako Toki (in 2006),^[6] and Yuko Ando in 2009.^[7] Also in 2009, a cover of "Kimi ni Mune Kyun" was used as the ending theme song for the anime series Maria Holic, sung by Asami Sanada, Marina Inoue, and Yū Kobayashi, the voice actresses of the main characters.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Kimi ni, mune kyun. (A holiday affair)" (君に、胸キュン。（浮気なヴァカンス）; "Kimi ni, mune kyun. (Uwaki na vacances)")	Takashi Matsumoto	Yellow Magic Orchestra	4:07
2.	"Expected Way" (希望の路; "Kibou no michi")	Yukihiro Takahashi	Takahashi	4:34
3.	"Focus"	Haruomi Hosono/Peter Barakan	Takahashi/Hosono	3:41
4.	"Ongaku" (音楽; "Ongaku")	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Sakamoto	3:25
5.	"Opened My Eyes"	Takahashi/Barakan	Takahashi	3:40

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"You've Got to Help Yourself (Preview)" (以心電信（予告編）; "Ishin denshin (Yokokuhen)")		Takahashi/Sakamoto	0:30
2.	"Lotus Love"	Hosono	Hosono	4:05
3.	"Kai-Koh" (邂逅; "Kaikō")	Sakamoto	Sakamoto	4:27
4.	"Expecting Rivers" (希望の河; "Kibou no kawa")	Takahashi	Takahashi/Sakamoto	4:37
5.	"Wild Ambitions"	Hosono	Hosono/Sakamoto	5:10

Translation notes

As on some other YMO albums, song titles are provided in both Japanese and English, and some have different translations all together:

• "君に、胸キュン。" translates to "My Heart Beats for You."
• Though "Expected Way" and "Expecting Rivers" are the official translations, the Japanese titles translate to "Desired path" and "River of hope", respectively.
• "以心電信" translates to "Telegraph of the Heart".
• "邂逅" translates to "Chance Meeting".

Personnel

• Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboards, vocals
• Yukihiro Takahashi: drums, vocals
• Haruomi Hosono: Bass, keyboards, vocals
• Takashi Matsumoto: Lyrics for "Kimi ni, mune kyun."
• Peter Barakan: Lyrics for "Focus" and "Opened My Eyes"
• Bill Nelson: Guitar

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Naughty Boys at Allmusic
2. ^ "Perfume becomes first technopop group at #1 since YMO". tokyograph.com. April 23, 2008. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3045. Retrieved November 21, 2008. 
3. ^ "テクノ史上初！Perfumeオリコン1位" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 2008-07-15. Archived from the original on 2008-07-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20080717080521/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080715/gnj0807150432006-n1.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 
4. ^ "Perfume achieves technopop's first #1 single". Tokyograph.com. 2008-07-16. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3521. Retrieved 2008-11-21. 
5. ^ "Yellow Magic Orchestra Versus Human League, The – YMO Versus The Human League". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/504204. Retrieved 2011-05-28. 
6. ^ "Yellow Magic Orchestra". whosampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/Yellow%20Magic%20Orchestra/. Retrieved 2011-05-28. 
7. ^ "Paxmaveiti: Yuko Ando". cdjapan.co.jp. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=CTCR-40301. Retrieved 15 July 2011.