Anything Goes! (Maki Ohguro song)

"Anything Goes!" is a song by Japanese recording artist Maki Ohguro, her 32nd single in her over twenty-year-long career. The song serves as the opening theme of the 2010-2011 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider OOO.^[1][2] The single for the song was released on November 17, 2010, as a standard CD release and a CD+DVD release featuring the music video for the song.^[3] On September 15, 2010, Avex released the opening sequence edit of the song to digital music outlets.^[4] The single includes 3 variations of the song: the single cut, a ska edit, and the instrumental track. Japan-based rapper Rah-D is featured on the track.^[5] "Anything Goes!" is Maki Ohguro's first single in 11 years to break the top 10 of the Oricon at number 7, after selling 33,000 copies in its first week of release.^[6]

"Anything Goes!"
The cover of the CD+DVD combo pack featuring Maki Ohguro
Single by Maki Ohguro
Released	November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17)
Genre	Pop, ska punk, ska
Label	Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)	Shoko Fujibayashi, Tatsuo, Kōtarō Nakagawa
Maki Ohguro singles chronology
"It's All Right" (2010) "Anything Goes!" (2010) "Heart Breaker" (2010)
Kamen Rider Series theme song singles chronology
"Stay the Ride Alive" (2010) "Anything Goes!" (2010) "Switch On!" (2011)
Alternative cover
The cover of the standard CD release featuring Kamen Rider OOO Tatoba Combo

A balladic version of the song titled "Anything Goes! “Ballad”" was played during the final scenes of the finale of Kamen Rider OOO. Ohguro stated that she thought that the song would also work as a slow ballad, especially after she has been watching how the series has progressed, and recorded the song during her hiatus from releases. She also expressed, how she think her children would react when they grow up and watch the future Kamen Rider shows, believing they will think she was cool for having recorded the Kamen Rider OOO theme song. The balladic version was initially to be released as a single on October 19, 2011,^[7] but was eventually pushed back to December 7 of that year.

Track listing

The complete track listing has not been confirmed.^[8]

1. "Anything Goes!" — 3:33
2. "Anything Goes! (Ska Foundation Edit.)" — 3:13
3. "Anything Goes! (Instrumental)" — 3:31

DVD track listing

1. "Anything Goes! (Music Film)"

Digital release

1. "Anything Goes! (TV ver.)" — 1:12

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Oricon daily singles[citation needed]	4
Oricon weekly singles[9]	7

Sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales[10]	53,000
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads[11]	Gold (100,000+)

References

1. "新仮面ライダー『オーズ』、史上初"ファッションショー形式"でお披露目 ニュース-ORICON STYLE-". July 1, 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
2. "大黒摩季、新仮面ライダーの主題歌担当 - 芸能 - SANSPO.COM". July 2, 2010. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
3. "大黒摩季 シングル「Anything Goes!(仮)」11/17発売…テレビ朝日「仮面ライダーOOO」主題歌 - OOPS!". 2010-09-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
4. "大黒摩季「Anything Goes! - Single」 - iTunes で「Anything Goes! - Single」をダウンロード". iTunes. 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
5. "Twitter / HurryKenn: 初公開！ Anything Goes!のラップをやっ ..." September 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
6. "【オリコン】活動休止中の大黒摩季、11年3ヶ月ぶりシングルTOP10返り咲き ニュース-ORICON STYLE-". 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
7. "ナタリー - 大黒摩季、活動休止直前の録音が仮面ライダー最終回で". 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
8. "大黒摩季オフィシャルファンクラブ「M'DRIVE」 PRODUCTS". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
9. "【オリコン】活動休止中の大黒摩季、11年3ヶ月ぶりシングルTOP10返り咲き" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
10. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. Retrieved December 20, 2010. (subscription only)
11. レコード協会調べ 11月度有料音楽配信認定 ＜略称：11月度認定＞. RIAJ (in Japanese). December 20, 2010. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.

External links

• Kamen Rider OOO site Archived 2010-09-04 at the Wayback Machine at Avex Group
• "Anything Goes!" at Maki Ohguro's official site