Boy Meets Girl (song)

"Boy Meets Girl"
Single by TRF
from the album Billionaire: Boy Meets Girl
ReleasedJune 22, 1994 (1994-06-22)
Recorded1994
GenreJ-pop
LabelAvex Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s)Tetsuya Komuro
TRF singles chronology
"Survival Dance (No No Cry More)"
(1994) 		"Boy Meets Girl"
(1994) 		"Crazy Gonna Crazy"
(1995)
Music video
"Boy Meets Girl" on YouTube

"Boy Meets Girl" (stylized as "BOY MEETS GIRL") is a song by Japanese band TRF. The song was released on June 22, 1994 as their seventh single.

Background and release

"Boy Meets Girl" was written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro.[1] It is inspired by Eurobeat music,[2] and it is composed of synths at 135 BPM.[3] The song was featured in a Coca-Cola commercial.[4] The single was first released on June 22, 1994,[4] and then re-released on November 29, 2006.[5] The fourth track on the single, "Boy Meets Girl (Twilight Mix "Tribute to Ayrton Senna")", is a tribute to Ayrton Senna after his death in 1994.[4]

Reception

"Boy Meets Girl" peaked at #3 on Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. The song is one of TRF and Tetsuya Komuro's most identifiable songs and is credited for being one of the first to introduce the Japanese public to dance music.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tetsuya Komuro

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Boy Meets Girl" (Radio on Air Mix)Tetsuya KomuroTetsuya KomuroTetsuya Komuro 
2."Boy Meets Girl" (Dance 12" Mix)Tetsuya KomuroTetsuya KomuroTetsuya Komuro 
3."Boy Meets Girl" (Tribal Mix "Japanese Traditional")Tetsuya KomuroTetsuya KomuroTetsuya Komuro 
4."Boy Meets Girl" (Twilight Mix "Tribute to Ayrton Senna")Tetsuya KomuroTetsuya KomuroTetsuya Komuro 

A remix titled "Boy Meets Girl (Da! Da! Da! Remix)" was featured as the ending theme to the 2000 anime series UFO Baby.[6] The single was released on August 23, 2000.[6]

Cover versions

The song was covered by World Order on their self-titled debut album.[7]

Pretty Rhythm versions

"Boy Meets Girl"
Single by Prizmmy
ReleasedMay 22, 2013 (2013-05-22)
Recorded2013
GenreJ-pop
LabelAvex Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Tetsuya Komuro
Producer(s)Tetsuya Komuro
Prizmmy singles chronology
"Pump it Up!"
(2013) 		"Boy Meets Girl"
(2013) 		"EZ Do Dance"
(2013)
Music video
"Boy Meets Girl" on YouTube

Japanese girl group Prizmmy released a cover of "EZ Do Dance" as their 8th single on July 24, 2013 in collaboration between Avex Pictures and the Pretty Rhythm franchise to honor TRF's 20th anniversary.[8] The song served as the first opening theme song to the anime series Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live.[8] The single charted at #79 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.[9]

Over the Rainbow, side characters from Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live, also provided a cover of "Boy Meets Girl" on their first album. The song was performed by the characters Kouji Mihama (voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara), Hiro Hayami (voiced by Tomoaki Maeno), and Kazuki Nishina (voiced by Toshiki Masuda).[10] The song was also performed by Koji Kominami, Taishi Sugie, Takuto Omi in the stage play adaptation, King of Prism: Over the Sunshine![11]

References

  1. ^ "小室哲哉、キャリアを集約したベスト盤6月発売 「T盤」「K盤」計100曲収録". Oricon (in Japanese). May 1, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  2. ^ a b St. Michael, Patrick (April 11, 2019). "Tetsuya Komuro: J-pop inventor's synth-powered dance tunes set the tone for post-bubble Japan". The Japan Times. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  3. ^ imdkim (March 31, 2019). "リズムから考えるJ-POP史 第2回：小室哲哉がリスナーに施した、BPM感覚と16ビートの"教育"". Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "BOY MEETS GIRL". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "BOY MEETS GIRL (re-issue)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "「だぁ!だぁ!だぁ!」SEBプレゼンツ BOY MEETS GIRL with TRF". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "WORLD ORDER". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "TRFも太鼓判 小学生ユニットPrizmmy☆「BOY MEETS GIRL」をカバー". Oricon (in Japanese). January 21, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  9. ^ "BOY MEETS GIRL". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "Over The Rainbow SPECIAL FAN DISC". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "舞台KING OF PRISM-Over the Sunshine!- Prism Song Album". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2019.