Mi-Ke/Hiroshi Tachi -- Asa made Odorou（朝まで踊ろう）

 

It's been over three years since a new Mi-Ke article has been sighted around these parts, so I'm glad to have contributed to find one at last. To remind folks, Mi-Ke was a 1990s trio of female singers specializing in contemporized versions of the rock n' roll and Group Sounds, and they were first known as the chorus section of the group B.B. Queens. The three members were Keiko Utoku（宇徳敬子）, Haruka Murakami（村上遙）and Mami Watanabe（渡辺真美）. One of their big hits was the 1991 "Omoide no Kujukuri Hama"（思い出の九十九里浜）. 

In July 1992, Mi-Ke released their 8th single "Asa made Odorou" (Dance All Night), and as the title signifies, it's all about putting on those party clothes and just spinning all about the dance floor until the sun rises. Yup, it sounds like getting the 1960s back into the 1990s combining the rock with the synth hits. Hiroshi Tachi（たちひろし）was responsible for the lyrics while Daiko Nagato（長戸大幸）provided the rock n' roll music. "Asa made Odorou" hit No. 15 on Oricon.

Now, if that lyricist's name rings a bell, especially for kayo and Japanese TV fans, then indeed you'll know that it is indeed singer and one-half of the the "Abunai Deka"（あぶない刑事）, Hiroshi Tachi（舘ひろし）, who wrote the words. In fact, Mi-Ke's single was a cover for the original version of "Asa made Odorou" recorded as a 2nd single from September 1977 by Tachi and his Sexy Dynamites（舘ひろしとセクシー・ダイナマイツ）.

Indeed, that is 1977 and not 1967, but the rock n' roll of yesteryear is still imbued in it, and I guess that might explain why the single was released again, this time as a solo effort by Tachi, in 1980. It was around that time when all those 50s rock n' roller types were amassing in Harajuku every weekend to do their twisting and dancing.