Heartbeat Express

Heartbeat Express: Sōshun Monogatari Memorial Album
EP by
ReleasedAugust 5, 1986 (1986-08-05)
Recorded1986
Genre
Length25:39
LanguageJapanese
LabelVictor
ProducerTamio Komuro
Yōko Oginome chronology
Raspberry Wind
(1986)
Heartbeat Express: Sōshun Monogatari Memorial Album
(1986)
Non-Stopper: Yōko Oginome "The Beat" Special
(1986)
Singles from Heartbeat Express: Sōshun Monogatari Memorial Album
  1. "Dance Beat wa Yoake made"
    Released: June 10, 1986 (1986-06-10)

Heartbeat Express: Sōshun Monogatari Memorial Album (ハートビート・エクスプレス ~早春物語メモリアル・アルバム~, Hātobīto Ekusupuresu: Sōshun Monogatari Memoriaru Arubamu, Heartbeat Express: Early Spring Story Memorial Album) is an EP by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Released through Victor Entertainment on August 5, 1986, the EP served as the soundtrack to the TBS drama series Sōshun Monogatari: Watashi, Otona ni Narimasu (早春物語〜私、大人になります〜, Early Spring Story: I Will Be an Adult), which starred Oginome as the lead character Hitomi Okino (沖野 瞳, Okino Hitomi). It was reissued on March 24, 2010 with nine bonus tracks as part of Oginome's 25th anniversary celebration.[1][2][3][4]

The EP peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 42,000 copies.[5][6]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Dance Beat wa Yoake made" (Dansu Bīto wa Yoake made (Dance Beatは夜明けまで, "Dance Beat Until Dawn"))Hiromi MoriNobodyAkira Nishihira3:41
2."Pandora no Namida" ((パンドラの涙, "Pandora's Tears"))Masumi KawamuraTetsuya FurumotoMotoki Funayama4:03
3."Rain -Natsu wo Tsuresaru Ame-" ((rain夏をつれさる雨, "Rain -The Rain That Brings Summer-"))MoriHiroya WatanabeWatanabe3:53
Total length:11:38
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
4."Velvet no Itazura" (Berubetto no Itazura (ベルベットの悪戯, "Velvet Mischief"))KawamuraWatanabeWatanabe4:12
5."Hito Natsu dake no Tenshi" ((ひと夏だけの天使, "An Angel Only For One Summer"))Fumiko OkadaWatanabeMasaaki Ōmura4:56
6."After My Heart Beats" (Afutā Mai Hātobītsu (アフター・マイ・ハートビーツ))KawamuraNobodyNishihira4:51
Total length:14:00
2010 bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
7."Romantic Odyssey" (Romantikku Odessei (ロマンティック・オデッセイ))MoriGinji ItōItō4:12
8."Dance Beat wa Yoake made -In Sevilla-" (Dansu Bīto wa Yoake made -In Sebīria (Dance Beatは夜明けまで -in セビーリア-, "Dance Beat Until Dawn -In Sevilla-"))MoriNobodyNishihira4:01
9."I Love You wo Ienai Mama ni" ((I Love Youを言えないままに, "Without Saying I Love You"))Mai AraiAraiMitsuo Hagita5:11
10."Skyway wo Mitsumete" (Sukaiuei wo Mitsumete (Skywayを見つめて, "Staring at the Skyway"))AraiAraiHagita5:23
11."Kegareta Kutsu no Initial" (Kegareta Kutsu no Inisharu (汚れた靴のイニシャル, "Initials of Dirty Shoes"))Gorō MatsuiKōji Tamaki
  • Katz Hoshi
  • Yutaka Takezawa
  • Masahiro Kobayashi
4:21
12."Omoide ni wa Hayasugiru" ((想い出には早すぎる, "Too Early to Remember"))MatsuiTamaki
  • Hoshi
  • Wataru Yahagi
3:46
13."Main Theme" (Mein Tēma (メインテーマ))Akira HayasakaShinji HaradaHideharu Mori3:51
14."Rock My Love"Yumi YoshimotoKōji MakainoMakaino4:33
15."More More Shiawase" (Moa Moa Shiawase (MORE MORE しあわせ, "More More Happiness"))KawamuraMark DavisInoue Brothers4:57
Total length:40:19

Charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 4

References

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  1. ^ "Album Discography". Yōko Oginome Official Website. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  2. ^ "ハートビート・エクスプレス+9 | 荻野目洋子". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  3. ^ "荻野目洋子 / ハートビート・エクスプレス~早春物語メモリアル・アルバム~[+9] [紙ジャケット仕様] [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  4. ^ "ハートビート・エクスプレス~早春物語メモリアル・アルバム~ | 荻野目洋子". Rising Production. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  5. ^ a b "ハートビート・エクスプレス~早春物語メモリアル・アルバム~ | 荻野目洋子". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  6. ^ "荻野目洋子". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
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