Jam/Tactics

"Jam/Tactics"
Single by The Yellow Monkey
from the album Four Seasons
Released February 29, 1996 (1996-02-29)
Format 8cm CD
Genre Rock
Length 19:30
Label Triad/Nippon Columbia
Producer(s) Kazuya Yoshii
The Yellow Monkey singles chronology
"Taiyō ga Moete Iru"
(1995)
"Jam/Tactics"
(1996)
"Spark"
(1996)

"Jam/Tactics" is the ninth single by Japanese rock band The Yellow Monkey, released on February 29, 1996. A double A-side, "Tactics" first appeared on their sixth studio album Four Seasons, released on November 1, 1995.

It is the band's second best-selling single, reaching number 6 on the Oricon chart and was the 39th best-selling single of the year. "Jam" was an ending theme song for the TV show Pop Jam, while "Tactics" was used as the first ending theme of the Rurouni Kenshin anime.[1]

Overview

According to Nippon Columbia's director at the time, Hiroyuki Sōsei, with "Jam" Kazuya Yoshii wanted to write the "All the Young Dudes of Japan."[2]

The single cut of "Tactics" is slightly different than the album version. For the English dub of the Rurouni Kenshin anime, an English-language version sung by Lex Lang was created.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kazuya Yoshii. Arranged by The Yellow Monkey.

No. Title Length
1. "Jam"   5:17
2. "Tactics"   4:28
3. "Jam (Karaoke)"   5:17
4. "Tactics (Karaoke)"   4:28

Sales

"Jam/Tactics" is the band's second best-selling single, behind 1997's "Burn", reaching number 6 on the Oricon chart.[3] It was the 39th best-selling single of the year, with 600,580 copies sold.[4]

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