is the debut single of DJ OZMA

DJ Ozma

DJ OZMA, born as on April 26 in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, and legally known as , is a Japanese pop singer and musical artist. He first came to prominence in early 2006 and is notorious for his performance at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, during which his female dancers stripped themselves of...

. It peaked at #4 on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 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

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards.Like the MTV Video Music Awards in the United States, in this event artists are awarded for their songs and videos through online voting from the same channel viewers...

, 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

Kishidan

, which means "The Knights", are a J-pop band. They have a retro image, wearing Japanese school uniforms in the style of bōsōzoku. The lead singer, Show Ayanocozey, was DJ OZMA, until the persona was "retired" in December 2008. Kishidan announced a "comeback", after a three year break, on January...

. The song itself is a cover of DJ DOC

DJ DOC

DJ DOC is a Korean hip hop group. DOC is an acronym for "Dream of Children". Popular in the late 1990s, the group has last release an album on July 29, 2010. DJ DOC will often be seen in live productions with similar music group 45RPM and hip hop duo Jinusean.-Albums:# DJ. DOC, 1994# 머피의 법칙, 1995#...

's "Run to you" with new lyrics written by OZMA. "Run to you" samples from Boney M

Boney M

Boney M. is a Eurodisco group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Jamaicans Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell from Aruba...

'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

Kohaku Uta Gassen

, more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...

competition.

Track list

2. "BOYS BRAVO!"
3. "Age Age Every Night" (Instrumental)
4. "BOYS BRAVO!" (Instrumental)

57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen controversy

DJ OZMA was invited to perform at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

57th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen

The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku," aired on December 31, 2006. This event was filmed and aired from NHK Hall in Japan. Air time was from 19:20 to 23:45 . All times are JST...

, and before his performance he said it would be something "special". During his performance of "Age Age Every Night", several of his female dancers removed their dresses to reveal flesh-colored body suits with painted on breasts and nipples. The end of the song resulted in all of the dancers removing their panties revealing mushrooms covering where the genitals would be. The following day, NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 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 Night" 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

Yazima Beauty Salon

is a Japanese vocal group consisting of DJ OZMA and the owarai group Tunnels in character and in drag depicting a group of women they found scouting for talent in Las Vegas, Nevada...

 being prevented from performing at the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

59th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen

The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku", was aired on December 31, 2008 from NHK Hall in Japan.- Hosts :*Red team host: Yukie Nakama*White team host: Masahiro Nakai*Mediators: Kazuya Matsumoto and Fumie Ono...

in 2008, despite the popularity of the group's debut single.