''Ride on Time'' is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter

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, released by AIR/ RVC on September 19, 1980. It is best known for its

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, which was used in the television commercial for

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s starring Yamashita, and released as a single in May 1980. The song became his first charting single, peaking at No. 3 on

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's weekly singles chart with sales of 417,000 copies. In 2003, the song was featured on the television drama ''Good Luck!!'' starring

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, and entered the top 20 on the chart again. The album was released after the title track became a hit, and gained commercial success subsequently. It topped the Oricon weekly albums chart for a week in October 1980, selling more than 220,000 units. Following the album's release, the song " My Sugar Babe" (ode to the band he formerly fronted) was issued as a single. It was featured as a theme song for the television drama ''Keishi-K ''starring and directed by

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and aired on NTV in Autumn 1980. Yamashita composed the entire background music used on the TV series. The album's 2002 remastered edition includes three tracks from the soundtrack as

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Track listing

Personnel

Someday

– Electric Guitar (Right), Glocken, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) &

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– Keyboards *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet * Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

Daydream

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Nobu Saito – Percussion *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

Silent Screamer

Ride on Time

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Solo *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

The Door into Summer

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right),

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, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Kenji Nakazawa –

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Solo *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals

My Sugar Babe

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Glocken & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Toshiaki Usui – Acoustic Guitar *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Nobu Saito – Percussion

Rainy Day

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right),

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, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) * Hiroshi Sato – Keyboards

Clouds

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Korg Lambda Strings, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroshi Sato – Keyboards *Nobu Saito – Percussion *Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax

Kissing Goodnight

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Acoustic Piano,

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& Background Vocals *Hiroyuki Namba – Korg PS-3100 Synthesizer

Ride on Time
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, Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Solo Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet Yoshikazu Kishi – Trumpet Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

Interlude I & II

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right) *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards

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Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Left) Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Right) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

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