Age Age Every Knight
"Age Age Every Knight" (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士, Age Age Eburi Naito, "Raise The Roof Every Knight") is the debut single of DJ OZMA. It peaked at #4 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and for the year of 2006 it was the #41 song on the annual charts. It is coupled with the song "BOYS BRAVO!", a cover/remix of a song performed by Kishidan. The song itself is a cover of DJ DOC's "Run to you" with new lyrics written by OZMA. "Run to you" samples from Boney M's "Daddy Cool". The song is best known for DJ OZMA's controversial performance at the 2006 Kōhaku Uta Gassen competition.
| "Age Age Every Knight" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by DJ OZMA | ||||
| from the album I Love Party People | ||||
| A-side | "Age Age Every Knight" | |||
| B-side | "BOYS BRAVO!" | |||
| Released | March 22, 2006 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Genre | J-Pop, Hip hop | |||
| Length | 18:31 | |||
| Label | EMI Music Japan | |||
| Songwriter(s) | DJ OZMA (lyrics) FARIAN FRANK (composition) Show Ayanocozey ("BOYS BRAVO!") | |||
| DJ OZMA singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Track list
Age Age Every Knight was released as a single featuring a Synth-pop cover of a Kishidan song as the B-side, written by DJ Ozma's alter ego, Ayanocozy Shō, and performed by Nakazato Ayami (a leading member of Ozma's backup troupe of dancing vocalists, the OZ-MAX, and a future member of SDN48). A limited edition version of the single was also shipped with a DVD containing the music video, while a DVD titled "Age Age Endless Knight" was released later in 2006, featuring the original music video, an alternate music video titled the "Take Off Version", a dance instruction, behind the scenes footage, and a pair of short documentaries.
Single Track list
- "Age Age Every Knight" (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士, Age Age Eburi Naito)
- "BOYS BRAVO!"
- "Age Age Every Knight" (Instrumental)
- "BOYS BRAVO!" (Instrumental)
Age Age Endless Knight Track DVD list
- "Age Age Every Knight" (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士, Age Age Eburi Naito)
- Age♂Age♂EVERY☆Night Music Clip ~Age♂Age♂Making~ ((アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士(~アゲ♂アゲ♂メイキング~))
- Age♂Age♂EVERY☆Night Music Clip ~Take Off Ver.~ (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士)
- Age♂Age♂Dance Master Vol.1
- Roots of AGE♂AGE♂ ~Taiwan hen~ (台湾編)
- Roots of AGE♂AGE♂ ~Roppongi hen~ (六本木編)
Awards
For the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, the music video won in the Best Dance Video of the Year, as well as the Best Male Video of the Year. The song was also nominated at the same ceremony of the Best Buzz Asia award for Japan, and the entire DJ Ozma "family" performed the song live. When accepting the awards, Ozma rushed the stage and dropped his pants, in keeping with the song's choreography.
57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen controversy
DJ OZMA was invited to perform at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, and before his performance he said it would be something "special". During his performance of "Age Age Every Knight", several of his female dancers removed their dresses to reveal flesh-colored body suits with painted on breasts and nipples. After his performance, the dancers removed their panties that revealed mushrooms covering their privates. The following day, NHK 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 Knight" 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 being prevented from performing at the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 2008, despite the popularity of the group's debut single.