"Hit and Run Lover" is the first song on Fragile

Fragile (Dead or Alive album)

Fragile is the seventh album released by British band Dead or Alive in 2000. Like their album Fan the Flame , this album has only seen a release in Japan from japanese big independent Record Company Avex Trax, where the band is very popular. Containing a total of thirteen tracks, the album...

, the seventh studio album from the dance music band Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive (band)

Dead or Alive were a British New Wave band from Wirral, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The band rose to fame in the 1980s with their number one single on the UK Singles Chart, "You Spin Me Round ". They were the first group to have a number one single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...

. Like the 1990 album Fan the Flame (Part 1)

Fan the Flame (Part 1)

Fan the Flame is the fifth studio album from dance music band Dead or Alive and was released in 1990. Epic Records released Fan the Flame in Japan only. To this day it is still available only as a Japanese import....

, it was released only in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, where the band is very popular. The song was a hit record for the group, peaking at #2 on the Japanese charts.

A remix

Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

 of the song was included on Unbreakable: The Fragile Remixes

Unbreakable (Dead or Alive album)

Unbreakable: The Fragile Remixes is an album released by British band Dead or Alive in 2001 which served as a companion piece to their 2000 album Fragile. Unbreakable contains ten tracks which are remixes of Fragile songs...

(2001). The new version was performed live at the Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 BigSite during an Avex rave

Rave

Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...

 concert in 2001, with two new members, Cliff Slapher and Mickey Dee, and without Jason Alburey.

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Japanese Singles Chart 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...	2