Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen

Single infobox
Name = 黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円"
"Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen" / "Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen

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Artist = Ai Otsuka
from Album = AI am BEST
Released = February 9, 2005
Genre = Pop
Length = 19:23
Label = avex trax
AVCD-30670/B (Japan, CD+DVD)
AVCD-30671 (Japan, CD)
Writer = Ai Otsuka
Producer = Max Matsuura
Chart position =

• #3 (Oricon)

Reviews =
Last single = "Daisuki da yo."
(2004)
This single = "Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 Yen"
(2005)
Next single = "SMILY/"Biidama""
(2005)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover


Lower caption = The CD + DVD Cover

"Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen" (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円; Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen) is Ai Otsuka's seventh single, which was released on February 9, 2005. It contains a different version of the "Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 735 Yen" track on the Love Jam album. "Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen" is arranged differently in terms of music and vocals. "Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 735 Yen" has been described as more "loving" or "tender" while "Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen" is more "aggressive". This single sold 149,134 copies and is the #68 single of 2005.

"Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen" was used as the ending theme for Black Jack on Nihon TV and initial pressings contained a Black Jack sticker (LOVE & PINOKO).

Track listing

CD

# Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680en (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円 / Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen)
# Hon Maguro Chuutoro 300en (Midoriiro) (本マグロ中トロ300円(緑色) / Semi-fatty Tuna 300 Yen (Green))
# Tsukune 70en (つくね70円 / Fish Meatloaf 70 Yen)
# Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen (Instrumental)
# Maguro Chuutoro 300 Yen (Midoriiro) (Instrumental)

"Kuroge Wagyuu" is a rock version of "Kuroge Wagyu... 735 En on her LOVE JAM album. It features a part of the chorus at the beginning a Capella before going into rock instrumentals. "Hon Maguro" is a jazz track, featuring heartbeats and a jazz band. "Tsukune" is a hard post-grunge song that has Ai's vocals masked after the intro. The intro is a simple 30-second piano ballad before going right into the song. This song sparked some discussion into what she could be actually saying, because the beginning's lyrics was open to discussion for sexually suggestive lyrics.

This arguably is Ai's most daring single, seeing as all of the song's lyrics were sexually suggestive, or sexual innuendos as in "Tsukune".

DVD

# Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円 /Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen) (PV)

Music Video

The music video for "Kuroge" was also sexually suggestive, as it featured Ai in a black dress in a restaurant trying to seduce a man (portrayed by Kou Takasugi) by feeding him. It features her in a restaurant with the man, her barefoot sitting in a room full of sparkling objects and then her in a bright blue fuzzy shag room. It goes between those scenes in that order until at the end, when Ai gets the man to come into her bright blue room, only for him to eat her food and fall through a strange hole.

References

*avex network inc. (2006), [http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ai Ai Otsuka Official Web Site]