Yellow Magic Orchestra "Firecracker" (1979)

[mixit313]

THE WIZARD!

[heapbigtalk]

i am amazed to find this ...they are prophets...who knew ? ~

[ProFecY17]

goddamn this is funky!

[suzu639]

Thank you for the uploader and everyone..I am a Japanese who listened this tune long ago. In late 70s YMO was the top for me. I again and again and again (millions of times) listend to this tune. I still remember my young days. Lomg live Kraftwerk, Ultravox, New Order, and all the punks & train spotters.

[bigcypg]

man i had been lookin 4 this song but could'nt remember tha name of it.....so i thought about de la soul song 4 joe's apartment and it click me right 2 it....lol

[mercyrn35]

I've been looking for this song for years! I can't believe I've been looking for the song since the hot mix days! I thought it was kraftwerk

[montezdariel]

damn i remember this joint my parents would play this all the time.this song got a lot of spin on r n b stations back in the day.baddest asian mofos around my dad use to call them

[Danceatikd]

i remeber this song from skating rink days #detroit

[StefanR10]

Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule

[funkberto]

In a Interview "The Masters Of Record" Mr. AFRIKA BAMBAATAA recognized YMO's "Firecracker" like one of his favorites rare records, along "Godfather theme" by Hugo Montenegro, "Police woman" by Henri Mancini, "Echoes of Jerusalem" by Echoes, among others

[mootbooxle]

I got this record when I was like 14...so the song is actually called "Firecracker" and not "Computer Games"? Is "Computer Games" actually just the Atari SFX at the beginning?

[Babelfish112]

@mootbooxle Yeah, Computer Games is just the video game sounds, this song here is Firecracker :)

[MyNoNoZone]

Bennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyyy Bujaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aa

[Try2MakeSenseOrSTFU]

Very nostalgic. I used to b-boy hard to this in the 80's.

[HenrySosenite]

This is the best damn thing i've ever heard

[RasputinNegroponte]

Get some sleep. You need it.

[wabdevil666]

when did a japanes band with mainly instrumental music from 30 years ago ever make you want to get up and dance apart from the YMO.

[manweller1]

Good memories from a golden age God I miss the 70's 80's.

[mekanopsis1]

AUX 88 brought me here

[mannishboy69]

I remember seeing the breakers break to this back in the days

[joruva]

it takes me to 1979...

[cftTURN]

Wow!!!! This brings back memories like a mugg!! Happy childhood, fun-filled days! Football, scooter, bike, school yards! This song was hot, even on the back then what would have been know as the R&B stations!!! Still sounds good!

[JohnCousin37]

This was my jam when i was a kid!! Finally found it on iTunes!

[kerzwhile]

OMG! THIS Brings back soo many Memories and is a contributing factor in my musical Direction! Larry Fast, "Synergy" Kraftwerk and YMO are Massive influences in My Early Electronic Ear!! Thank You for Posting This!! :D

[Offthbadan]

I've been trying to figure out who made this for a week now. I remember this as a young teen but never knew the title or the group so when someone asked me, I had no clue. Thirty years late I will never forget from this day on.

[m3aibo]

very good ))))))))))))))

[fret73bleep]

test one by sweet exorcist brought me here ha has

[AMELOMAN2000]

a Big Hit in Chicago's Radio WDAI back in da dayz....

[gaygirlputa]

bugaloo shrimp!!!!!!!!!



[NihilistSlacker]

Nice mix of japanese electronic and disco music.

I also like that the guy on the left is dressed like a communist dictator or a member of the Khmer Rouge.

[SkittlesGirlJ3]

NOICE

[meemalicious1]

I liked the fact that the album was yellow!!!!

[mrMikeHawk100]

this steelo remind me of Little Dragon

[supersharpshooter75]

that is sampled for a jennifer lopez song !

[groovylocks]

@supersharpshooter75 i like how she refers to it as "sampled".... "Sampling" is done by people of comparable talent and ability. Otherwise it's just stealing.

[SkittlesGirlJ3]

@supersharpshooter75 which song by j-lo?

[supersharpshooter75]

@SkittlesGirlJ3 in " im real"

[supersharpshooter75]

@SkittlesGirlJ3 caution! not the title with jarul but "im real" on its second album "J-Lo"

[RuRulanlan]

この曲で、ダンベルで、ウエストねじりが、いいですね。

[midgetsow]

I just discovered YMO 3 hours ago. I've been listening to them nonstop since then. It's 6:30am. Who needs sleep, anyways?

[yasuhiro1972]

kumoji jya!

[PurpleZebras150]

@1VideosFavorite

That's funny, because I was looking at Joe Hisaishi's biography on Wiki and that brought me to look at this band. Apparently he was influenced some by this band xD.

[wogboy54]

@1VideosFavorite what do u mean? what is the firecracker sample. and where j.lo use it im real.

[Fsoaresl]

@1VideosFavorite Mariah brought JLo here

[LaceKPL]

@1VideosFavorite And J.Lo was brought here by Mariah.

[RedNoir]

@LaceKPL which s0ngs???

[2006g6gtp]

@LaceKPL I just read about that little sampling scandal!! That Tommy Mottola is a dirty snake!!

[musicismypassion70]

I bought this when it first came out as the single. I was like damn the album is yellow. It was to coldest shit I ever seen at the time!! A yellow record?? Damn

[SmurfAndBuffalo]

I found a 45rpm single of this in my parent's loft. Sooooo cool.

[thealarman]

this is great, i listened to this back in the late 70s at a friends house, i couldnt hear it again untill it found it on youtube, bloody brilliant, knocks spots off jarre and kraftwerk

[cocoajo]

OMG! They were tots playing this song at house in the park on Sunday!

[artzying]

Man this song makes me want to put on some boogie skates. Great memories!

[MissEve61]

I LOVE THIS TUNE!!! I WAS 17 / 18 WHEN THIS WAS OUT!!! DANCED AL LTHE TIME WHEN THIS PLAYED..PARTNER OR NO PARTNER..LOL

[zebby99]

cool jap song !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[bygdaddyO]

@zebby99 rotflmao!!

[paolorossiu]

SEMOLICEMENTE FANTASTICA!!!!

[MowgliX]

Funky, groove and very japanese!

[Philihp]

comput by letherette uses this beat. check check it > /watch?v=kaqrWtzLtXg

[myaccountsdisabled]

i still have this on 12" vinyl. Top bboy breaks classick.

[AstralwerksTV]

Yellow Magic Orchestra is awesome! I bet you haven't heard of Irish Japanese Popstars though! See their US tour video on our page!

[BrinaPage]

this comes on in the club, best believe I'm on the floor! Chicago house music classic!

[TheGoldenYeti]

Brilliant! I posted this on FB and got no likes or comments. The week before I posted a Biggie track (Everyday Struggle) that got lots of comments. Admittedly both great tracks, but people at least here in the States have forgotten about some of the really legend groups/artists that made electronic music (of which hip-hop is a part) what it is. Cheers Japan, you've produced some excellent music over the years.

[onafetssss]

geni!!

[cochranexyz]

Rather cool. 

[spewey111]

Brilliant. They played this last night at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles!

[fusanosuke3939]

リズムとベースラインはYMOオリジナルだったよな

ついさっきジェニファーロペスの「Im Real」をきいてきたんだが

MJの件といい、YMOの凄さを改めて実感して震えがとまらん・­・・・

ファンでよかった

[baccaratglass]

う～～～～Ｎ。　やはり、君たちか！！！！　君たちを越えるやつは、君たちだけだよ。時間の壁を超越して、脳­­裏に、あの時、あの時代、あの思い出が、鮮明に、蘇る！！！！　すごいぜ。　ＹＭＯ　！！！！！！

[MsHirokku]

何故、細野氏がこの曲をカバーしたのか、不思議でしょうがない。­

[QUASARA]

a key west sunset. every night. this was the best song against that backdrop. -djQ

[deadmau5suckz]

fake and gay

[MyNinjaSasuke]

@deadmau5suckz

Ray William Johnson would like this most likely. How can anyone not? ;)

[supermariosunshine64]

@deadmau5suckz You know, those same words could be applied to yourself, my friend :)

[djmusicjac]

awesome new wave synthpop

[Shomaruki]

This song has been stuck in my head for years..it wasn't after a phone ap was able to tell me the name of this song. X_X Ate the back of my skull out trying to find it.

[Raflinger1]

Große Geschichte !!

[Dasprite222]

I have spent half my LIFE trying to find this! Thank goodness J. Lo sampled it, or I would never have found it! What was the B side to this, do you recall?

[yasuhiro1972]

くもじいじゃ！



[yasuhiro1972]

くもじいじゃ！



[Dakers11]

@Nza420" nookyooler"! Lmfao. Great song to break dance to.

[dissident93]

It seems like of my favorite game composer list these guys as a influence. I can see why!

Almost seems like a game soundtrack.

[GamerBoy53]

@dissident93 Who would that composer be?

[dissident93]

@GamerBoy53 Oh, it would be almost all of them. But normally the 80's Konami, Capcom, Square composers. Of course they're all Japanese. haha

[GamerBoy53]

@dissident93 Yeah, I can hear some arcade/NES sort of similarities in this too. Konami, especially.

[dissident93]

@GamerBoy53 I wonder who inspired these guys? haha

[GamerBoy53]

@dissident93 No clue. This album was before the NES, and I don't think arcade machines even had decent music yet at the time. I do hear a slight Asian sound in this music, though. Maybe they were just going along with synthesizers and did what they knew with music.

[dissident93]

@GamerBoy53 Well I know this song was originally by Martin Denny, but what caused the Synthpop sound? I guess we'll never know, haha.

[GamerBoy53]

@dissident93 Well, I didn't know that. So... cool.

[dissident93]

@GamerBoy53 Yeah, haha.

[Jagged85]

@GamerBoy53

Actually, the arcades did have some influence on YMO's music. When this song was released in 1978, Space Invaders became a huge phenomenon in Japan (and in the US the following year). In fact, there's a version of this song that starts off with Space Invaders sounds and beeps at the beginning of the video:

watch?v=aHhYbVVDuoA

Nevertheless, YMO definately had a huge influence on video game music, as well as electronic music in general throughout the 1980s.

[7d23]

where have I heard this song from? sounds so familiar.

[Nza420]

Maybe these guys' music could fix that broken nookyooler reactor?

[marc08110]

THANK-YOU FOR GRANDFATHERING THE ELECTRONIC ERA......TO BAD YOUR SOUND PRODUCED SO MANY BASTARD CHILDREN

[doctafonk101]

da bomb!!!!

[tatanisha305]

pop..lock..break..or booty shake..just ride the beat....

[09FLHT]

Awesome,classic electro jam YMO and Kraftwerk my electronic favs!!!

[Squizree]

So this is where JLo got her sample from.

[shatterstar215]

loved this kind of music i think they were the japanese Kraftwerk BRILL

[TheHighdefinition]

ホープ津波迅速に終わり、日本に戻っ生き残る。

[hoodmistress]

@TheOzaki777 同意、この曲は素晴らしいです。ソウルトレインの数年前に聞いて­覚えているし、それ以来好きだった。

[fabianstraregy]

The 1st techno pop that I can remember and it' still "deadly".

[NCG79]

Wow! The year I was born, but I actually remember hearing this a few years later when I was probably about 3. Thanx 4 the upload. =o)

[Heaven3657]

Dance Jam / Skate Jam!!! Sixth grade Metro Detroit Area. Been looking for this forever. Heard it in a mix on the radio last night and the dj said "What yall know bout that Yellow Magic?" I ran in the house and YOUtubed it. Hallelujah! In the top four of my favorite jams. Thanks for posting it.

[4fcksake]

I loved this tune!!!! another to add to my play list. Man..... I had the moves to this tune too, if i say so me self!..... lol

[thejamesforrest]

I Bought this when i was 14 years old and i still love it.....

[solheights]

last time i listened to this was sometime in the mid-80's...great rummaging about u-tube and hearing stuff like this again.

[blaquecrackers1]

YEAHBOY! WILDBOYS FOREVER G.I.IN THE PLACE TO B I LOVE THIS SHIT DJ BAM BAM>

[Tripnick]

This song is one of the few I would ABSOLUTELY run onto a dance floor if the DJ were playing it. Even if I had a broken leg, I'd still run. I'd be in pain, but I'd be happy. NO DOUBT.

[AvaAdaptor]

@Tripnick I REALY want to watch your dance with this kind of music!

[Tripnick]

@AvaAdaptor Thanks Ava. If I were to EVER hear that song on a floor, pull out your video cameras 'cause I would BLOW UP. That's a song I'd lose my mind on. Hopefully you're there when it happens.

[Fujisawa119okutu]

この曲好きですよ～　くもじいじゃ～(笑

[AIRANORAK]

STILL GOT THIS ON YELLO VYNL JUST LIKE THE PICTURE

[ren312]

wanna sell it?

[AIRANORAK]

@ren312

How much you offering??????

[1betya]

would make a nice sound track for a suv comercial snow an all range rover of course mt fuji in the backround buyaaa!

[alizaie16]

i'm from chicago and when high school when i heard it. i ordered the cd through tower.com. when it first came out i knew it to be called theme from the circus.

[tehutiheru]

Im from Southwest Detroit. I grew up listening to this song

[313MEXICANBLACKPRIDE]

@tehutiheru tru that !

[n64wilbert]

@tehutiheru When? 1978

[babuchan]

くもじぃ　いいねー

懐かしいよ、これ

[jjmm112]

Old School FTW!!!. :)

[tatsuko1]

Well I still have the 12" mix of this on vinyl and its called Computer Game, still good listening, anyway just got my commodor 64 plugged in and working again

Mina-san yorushiku, eto, kono enkaku sugoi ii da na

[DUDE8810]

@tatsuko1 did you just put what you wanted to say in english to a translator ot something? Cause what you are trying to say down there makes not much sense in Japanese.

[nomojun234]

イントロで引っくり返りました。

ありがとうございます。

[JBealslover]

THANK YOU!! Ever so much for this!! I have been looking for this for the longest. I used to listen to this over the radio while doing my homework. Back then is was called "Computer Game" by the radio stations., so I didn't know that it was originally called "Firecracker". Explains why I could never find it before, even here on Youtube. Whenever I would listen to my "Heroshima" album especially "One Wish" I would say I'm going to locate this song. Ah..yes, it brings back sweet memories .

[supermariosunshine64]

These guys are geniuses. Simple as that.

[geneticaurora]

OMG fucking hell blast from the past, I love this band I was 1 yes 1 when this came out and for silly reason remains my fav some song of all time

[kagatobi]

nande eigode komekaku hitsuyouga arund-yo. aho!

[MnuityData]

Try BAN, MOD GIRLS, fantastic pop tune!

[HaightStreetGroovy]

Madonnas old Track,she gave it to YMO

[daveyw001]

God, I remember dancing flailing hands chopsticks with this at Future and Spectrum in 1988 such a silly silly brilliant brilliant track; happy happy too too

[macya328]

何気に昔の香港に居るような錯覚になりますね！

[mxmaisto]

@ginettooo Not Japanese, but calling them bastards isn't going to help you fucking idiot.

[bigpapa144]

now thats good music !!!!!

[chocletboi]

THIS IS STILL A HOT JAM !!!

[totallyred]

Clearly ahead of it's time. A mix-master masterpiece in the good old eighties.

[n64wilbert]

@totallyred 1978

[jouselo]

tosi kivaa musaa .very nice music

[killahcornbread]

Not the Phi Beta Sigma Theme Song!

[JaYmAdSeXy172]

@killahcornbread

LMAO i just got this XXDD

[hollywood9810]

THIS IS THE BOMB LOL!!!!!!

[uzeeeeyo]

くもじぃの声を担当してる伊武雅刀さんとYMOの関係を知ってる­と、この曲を聴いただけでニヤニヤしてしまう。

[TheSevenwing]

@uzeeeeyo

え・・・何なんですか！？

[10tugin0]

@uzeeeeyo

くもじぃにもしも畠山桃内やジャンキー大山が降臨したら

「空から～」即刻打ち切りでしょうねｗｗｗ

[jaidan03]

People listen and learn. This is a true tune.

[Khultan]

I remember this from 1979.

[psiprophet]

Epic! 

[Shermanlok]

Nice track but not a patch on Rydeen....now there's a timeless classic!!

[TheSevenwing]

これ・・・くもじいの曲じゃん！！！

ＹＭＯだったのか。

[lornafromlondon]

I remember this from 1985. I was 17. This starts off positive but really then goes into the minor keys and sways down down down. Humanity responds because we know we are living in a fallen earth.

How did man come to crave for the impressions of the Earth ?

[museful2]

nice bass

[zkd93355]

やっぱすげえわYMO、　‥‥くもじいじゃ



[werkinwoman83]

@The1STATION I love this song and band...grew up listening to this and watching soul train. i too love kratwerk (use to watch the guys at high school break dance to them by the way...love the '80!!! woo hoo). this song reminds me of happy times. thanks for sharing the clip.

[djmrparker]

Break dance what what

[marlonss]

One of my all time favorite songs of the disco era. I have been looking for it for years not knowing the name or performer. Thanks for posting this awesome song !!

[pollardmark]

classic :-)

[gazmidge]

awesome electronic track,way ahead of its time!GREAT for popping and locking..

[wightlion]

I still got this on 12" Yellow Vinyl,.. Happy Days :)