Age Age Every Knight
| "Age Age Every Knight" | ||||
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| Single by DJ OZMA | ||||
| from the album I Love Party People | ||||
| A-side | Age Age Every Knight | |||
| B-side | BOYS BRAVO! | |||
| Released | March 22, 2006 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Genre | J-Pop, Hip hop | |||
| Length | 18:31 | |||
| Label | EMI Music Japan | |||
| Writer(s) |
DJ OZMA (lyrics) FARIAN FRANK (composition) Show Ayanocozey ("BOYS BRAVO!") | |||
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"Age Age Every Knight" (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士 Age Age Eburi Naito, "Raise The Roof Every Knight") is the debut single of DJ OZMA. It peaked at #4 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and for the year of 2006 it was the #41 song on the annual charts. For the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, it won in the Best Dance Video of the Year. It is coupled with the song "BOYS BRAVO!", a cover/remix of a song performed by Kishidan. The song itself is a cover of DJ DOC's "Run to you" with new lyrics written by OZMA. "Run to you" samples from Boney M's "Daddy Cool". The limited edition version of the single was also shipped with a DVD containing the music video. The song is best known for DJ OZMA's controversial performance at the 2006 Kōhaku Uta Gassen competition.
Track list
- "Age Age Every Knight" (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士 Age Age Eburi Naito)
- "BOYS BRAVO!"
- "Age Age Every Knight" (Instrumental)
- "BOYS BRAVO!" (Instrumental)
57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen controversy
DJ OZMA was invited to perform at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, and before his performance he said it would be something "special". During his performance of "Age Age Every Knight", several of his female dancers removed their dresses to reveal flesh-colored body suits with painted on breasts and nipples. After his performance, the dancers removed their panties that revealed mushrooms covering their privates. The following day, NHK issued an apology to parents of children who stayed up to watch the performance and assured that the dancers were not actually nude. DJ OZMA also issued an apology, but placed part of the blame on NHK. In the aftermath of the performance, "Age Age Every Knight" went up 65 places in the Oricon Ranking on January 15, 2007, from #107 the week before to #42. The controversy over OZMA and the NHK's handling of the aftermath also resulted in DJ OZMA's subsequent group Yazima Beauty Salon being prevented from performing at the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2008, despite the popularity of the group's debut single.