Doki Doki Morning

"Doki Doki ☆ Morning"

DVD single cover
Single by Babymetal
from the album Babymetal
Released October 22, 2011 (2011-10-22)
Format DVD single, digital download, CD single
Genre J-pop, heavy metal
Length 3:46 (digital single)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Nakametal
  • Norizo
  • Motonari Murakawa
Producer(s)
  • SOH (O! S-D)
  • Murakawa
Babymetal singles chronology
"Doki Doki ☆ Morning"
(2011)		 "Babymetal × Kiba of Akiba"
(2012)

"Doki Doki ☆ Morning"
(2011)		 "Babymetal × Kiba of Akiba"
(2012)
Music video
Babymetal "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" - YouTube

"Doki Doki Morning" (ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング, Doki Doki Mōningu) (stylized as "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" and formerly "Do・Ki・Do・Ki ☆ Morning") is a song by the Japanese band Babymetal. The song was released in Japan as an independent DVD single on October 22, 2011, serving as the first single off the debut album Babymetal.

Background and release

The song introduced all three members to heavy metal music; Nakamoto commenting how she had never heard such musical heaviness before, while Mizuno initially had more interest in dancing to the music rather than singing. During song production, the signature Kitsune hand gesture (similar to the sign of the horns) was formed.[1]

The song's first appearance was in the Sakura Gakuin album Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo: Message, released on April 27, 2011, as part of the Juonbu ("heavy music") sub-unit.[2][3] It was later released as a standard digital download and in a limited edition DVD single, which was first made available on October 22 and 23, 2011 for pre-sale at the Sakura Gakuin Festival ☆ 2011 held at Mt. Rainier Hall "Shibuya Pleasure Pleasure", and later sold in limited quantities on ASmart, Amazon, Tower Records Online, and Tower Records Shinjuku starting October 24.[4][5] The limited edition included a DVD with the "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" music video and a cut of the original video, exclusively featuring choreography for live performances of the song, and a towel embossed with either the logo of the band or the label Juonbu Records.[6]

The song was later released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2015.[7]

Composition

The song has a "modern heaviness" sound in its music, with dark, atmospheric instrumentals that reverse into a catchier and brighter melody with lyrics such as "Ring ring ring! Good morning, wake up".[8] Kikuchi noted how the tone of the song was directly opposite to Japanese kei-on music (light music); as a result, the band formed under the label Jūonbu (heavy music club) to signify the contrast. Nakamoto, whose vocals were recorded separately from those of Mizuno and Kikuchi, needed to speak quickly but clearly in the verses.[1]

Reception

The song managed to peak at number 80 on the Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles chart.[9]

Music video

Directed by Shimon Tanaka,[10] the music video was released in an abridged form to the Toy's Factory YouTube channel on October 12, 2011,[11] with the full version posted on the official Babymetal channel over a year later, on November 8, 2012.[12]

Metal Injection ranked the music video at number nine on the list of "The Top 15 Metal Viral Videos of the Year" on December 8, 2011.[8][13]

Live performances

The song premiered at the Sakura Gakuin concert Sakura Gakuin Festival ☆ 2010 at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1 on November 28, 2010.[14][15][16] Regarding the group's first performance of the song, Su-metal explained, "What I remember clearly was during the interlude […] we all pretend to fall to the ground...I was afraid that people would just laugh at us and it would be embarrassing, but their reaction made me feel happy and at that time I thought this is who Su-metal is, this is what Babymetal is."[17]

On March 4, 2012, the song was covered by fellow Sakura Gakuin members Marina Horiuchi, Ayaka Miyoshi, and Airi Matsui as a "Shuffle Unit" during the Sakura Gakuin concert Sakura Gakuin Hōkago Anthology at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, where members of different sub-units would cover other sub-units' songs.[18] On December 8, 2013, Hana Taguchi, Saki Ooga, and Aiko Yamaide covered the song as another "Shuffle Unit" in the concert Sakura Gakuin 3rd Anniversary: Live at the Amuse Musical Theater.[19]

Track listing

Digital download

  1. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング) – 3:46

DVD single

  1. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (music video) (ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング -Music Clip-) – 3:53
  2. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (Air Metal Dance Ver.) (ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング -Air Metal Dance ver.-) – 4:04

CD single

  1. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング) – 3:45
  2. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (Air Vocal Ver.) (ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング -Air Vocal ver.-) – 3:48

UK promotional single

  1. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (album version) – 3:44
  2. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (UK radio edit) – 3:32

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo: Message album liner notes and Babymetal album liner notes.[2][20]

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles 80

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Japan October 24, 2011 DVD single, digital download[6]
  • Juonbu Records
  • Toy's Factory
Worldwide Digital download Toy's Factory
Japan June 23, 2012 CD
  • Juonbu Records
  • Toy's Factory
United Kingdom December 13, 2015[7] earMusic

References

  1. 1 2 "BABYMETAL全楽曲解説インタビュー" [Interview: BABYMETAL Explains All the Songs]. Hedoban (in Japanese). Shinko Music Entertainment (1): 64–65. 2013-07-04.
  2. 1 2 Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo: Message (CD liner notes). Sakura Gakuin. Toy's Factory. 2010. p. 26.
  3. ↑ "BABYMETAL、テビュー曲のミュージック・クリップとタオルがセットに". Tower Records Online (in Japanese). Tower Records Japan Inc. 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  4. ↑ "さくら学院 - 音楽室 - ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング" [Sakura Gakuin - Discography - Doki Doki Morning] (in Japanese). Amuse, Inc. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "重音部 BABYMETAL リリース情報" (in Japanese). Sakura Gakuin. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  6. 1 2 "Babymetal discography" (in Japanese). Babymetal official website. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  7. 1 2 "BABYMETAL ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM - OUT APRIL 1ST 2016". earMusic. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  8. 1 2 "12〜13歳女の子の「ヘビメタアイドル」「さくら学院 BABYMETAL」に世界が大注目". J-Cast News (in Japanese). J-Cast, Inc. 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  9. ↑ "Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles│Charts│Billboard JAPAN (2011/11/07 付け)". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
  10. ↑ "田中紫紋". Qreators (in Japanese). Qreator Agent Inc. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  11. ↑ "BABYMETAL - ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング[ Doki Doki☆Morning ](Edit ver.)" (in Japanese). Toy's Factory (YouTube). 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  12. ↑ "BABYMETAL - ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング - Doki Doki☆Morning (OFFICIAL)". BABYMETAL（YouTube）. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  13. ↑ "The Top 15 Metal Viral Videos of the Year - Metal Injection". Metal Injection. Metal Injection Llc. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  14. ↑ "さくら学院、初単独イベント＜さくら学院祭☆2010＞が大成功！". CDJournal. 株式会社音楽出版社. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  15. ↑ 斉藤貴志 (2010-12-08). "さくら学院『かけがえのない青春が炸裂した!! 1日限りの学院祭』". ORICON STYLE. オリコン株式会社. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  16. ↑ "さくら学院『かけがえのない青春が炸裂した!! 1日限りの学院祭』". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  17. ↑ "Babymetal Talk Their First Performance Ever, Meeting the Fox God: Watch - Fuse". Fuse. 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  18. ↑ 伊藤緑 (2012-04-04). "さくら学院、3名が卒業、新たなるスタート". Barks (in Japanese). Japan Music Network. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  19. ↑ "さくら学院3周年ライブで卒業生・武藤彩未サプライズ登場". Natalie (in Japanese). 株式会社ナターシャ. 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  20. ↑ Babymetal (limited edition) (CD liner notes). Babymetal. BMD Fox. 2014. p. 15.
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