When it comes to regular anime starring naughty-but-ultimately-decent children (I hope), it's been "Chibi Maruko-chan"（ちびまる子ちゃん）due to TV Japan's weekly broadcasts, although I used to watch "Sazae-san"（サザエさん）when I was living in Ichikawa. However, I did see glimpses of the infamous "Crayon Shin-chan"（クレヨンしんちゃん）featuring bratty Shinnosuke Nohara who not only can act up like any demanding five-year-old but is more than ready to show off his butt and other body parts. I remember one episode where he had a major crush on real-life 90s sexy girl group C.C. Girls.
I gather then that it's not too much of a surprise that the pop group B.B. Queens（B.B.クィーンズ）, which had come up with the enduring theme song for the aforementioned "Chibi Maruko-chan", "Odoru Ponpokorin"（おどるポンポコリン）in 1990, was also responsible for the second opening theme for "Crayon Shin-chan", "Yume no End wa Itsumo Mezamashi!" (I Always Wake Up At the End of a Dream!). Nifty opening credits, by the way.
Having known B.B. Queens for basically "Odoru Ponpokorin" and "Gingira Paradise"（ギンギラパラダイス）which was used for a ski equipment commercial, it's nice to encounter a new song by the guys. Written by Daiko Nagato（長戸大幸）, composed by Tetsuro Oda（織田哲郎）and arranged by Takeshi Hayama（葉山たけし）, "Yume no End wa Itsumo Mezamashi!" retains that B.B. Queens zaniness but also has some 1960s pop flavour. Another observation is that the basic melody has a slight resemblance to the one for "Yume Ippai"（ゆめいっぱい）, the very first opening theme for "Chibi Maruko-chan", and that song was also composed by Oda.
The song was released as B.B. Queens' 6th single in November 1992, and it peaked at No. 64 on Oricon.
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