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Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!) (1980)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
sandii
sandii
Background Vocals
Kenji Omura
Kenji Omura
Electric Guitar
Y.M.O
Y.M.O
Conductor
Mitsuo Koike
Mitsuo Koike
Remixer
Hideki Matsutake
Hideki Matsutake
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Archie Bell
Archie Bell
Composer
Billy Buttier
Billy Buttier
Lyrics
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono
Producer
Mitsuo Koike
Mitsuo Koike
Mastering Engineer
Sho Kawazoe
Sho Kawazoe
Executive Producer
Norio Yoshizawa
Norio Yoshizawa
Engineer
Atsushi Saito
Atsushi Saito
Engineer
Yasuhiko Terada
Yasuhiko Terada
Engineer
Michitaka Tanaka
Michitaka Tanaka
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hi, everybody!
We are Y-M-O from Tokyo, Japan
We don't sightsee, we dance!
You understand?
We are the number one dance band in Tokyo, aha!
[Verse 2]
Now, 'Tighten Up' was very popular in Houston, Texas
With Archie Bell & the Drells
Now, we are the number one!
I think so, ha-ha
[Verse 3]
Tighten up たかはし！
酒飲めさかもと！
Hurry up with the bass パパさん！
[Verse 4]
Oh, yeah, uh-huh, here we go!
Come on, everybody!
You and me
Sock it to me さかもと！
Oi!, Oi!, Oi!
[Verse 5]
(Japanese gentlemen, stand up please)
[Verse 6]
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) YMO
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up)
[Verse 7]
Come on!, oh さいこは Come on!
Oi!
Oi!
Oi!, Oi!
Oi!
(Japanese gentlemen, stand up please) Oi!
[Verse 8]
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Oi!, oi!, oi!
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up! Come on, you all!) Oi!, oi!, oi!, oi!, oi!
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up, oh) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up, you all!)
[Verse 9]
Shall we go again?
[Verse 10]
(Tighten up)
(Woo, tighten up)
(Tighten up)
(Woo, tighten up)
(Tighten up)
(Woo, tighten up)
(Tighten up)
Do the tighten up (Woo, tighten up)
Do the tighten up (Woo, tighten up)
Japanese gentlemen, stand up please (Do the tighten up! Come on, you all!)
Oi!, oi!, oi!, oi!, oi!
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
(Do the tighten up) Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
Written by: Archie Bell, Billy Buttier

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