Dear Pop Singer

Dear Pop Singer. (ディア・ポップシンガー, Dia Poppu Shingā) is a cover album by Japanese singer/songwriter Yōko Oginome. Released through Victor Entertainment on August 20, 2014 to celebrate Oginome's 30th anniversary, the album features covers of popular western songs, as well as self-covers of her past hits. A limited edition release includes a DVD containing a new music video for "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" and some live performances.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Dear Pop Singer.
Studio album by Yōko Oginome
Released	August 20, 2014 (2014-08-20)
Recorded	2014
Genre	J-pop dance-pop
Length	48:05
Language	Japanese
Label	Victor
Yōko Oginome chronology
Original Album Collection: The Box (2010) Dear Pop Singer. (2014)
Music video
Dear Pop Singer all songs digest on YouTube

The album peaked at No. 38 on Oricon's albums chart.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Original artist	Length
1.	"99 Big Balloons"	Carlo Karges Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen Yōko Oginome	Karges Fahrenkrog-Petersen	Nena	3:54
2.	"Nee" ((ねえ, "Hey"))	Reo Mikami	Tadashi Ishikawa	Yōko Oginome	4:34
3.	"Hot Stuff ~Koi no Kakehiki~" (Hotto Sutaffu ~Koi no Kakehiki~ (ホット・スタッフ ～恋のかけひき～, "Hot Stuff ~Love Call~"))	Pete Bellotte Harold Faltermeyer Keith Forsey Oginome	Bellotte Faltermeyer Forsey	Donna Summer	4:02
4.	"Coffee Rumba" (Kōhī Runba (コーヒー・ルンバ))	Seiji Nakazawa José Manzo Perroni	Perroni	Yōko Oginome	4:27
5.	"Lovin' You Baby" (Ravin Yū Beibī (ラヴィン・ユー・ベイビー))	Paul Stanley Vini Poncia Desmond Child Oginome	Stanley Poncia Child	Kiss	3:55
6.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Danshingu Hīrō (Eat You Up) (ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up)))	Hitoshi Shinohara	Angelina Kyte Anthony Baker	Oginome	3:48
7.	"Breakout ~Hikero, Watashi~" (Bureikuauto ~Hikero, Watashi~ (ブレイクアウト ～弾けろ、ワタシ～, "Breakout ~Play with Me~"))	Andy Connell Corinne Drewery Martin Jackson Oginome	Connell Drewery Jackson	Swing Out Sister	3:49
8.	"Steal Your Love"	Mikami	Satoshi Hirose	Yōko Oginome	4:23
9.	"Freedom" (Furīdamu (フリーダム))	George Michael	Michael	Wham!	4:48
10.	"Roppongi Junjōha" ((六本木純情派, "Roppongi Pure-Heart Clique"))	Masao Urino	Akihiro Yoshimi	Yōko Oginome	3:30
11.	"Kimi to Time Machine" (Kimi to Taimu Mashin (キミとタイムマシン, "You and the Time Machine"))	Oginome Hidehito Ikumo Valerie Stern	Ikumo Stern	[new track]	3:07
12.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) [Remix]" ((ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up) [Remix]))	Shinohara	Kyte Baker	Yōko Oginome	3:42
Total length:					48:05

• All tracks are arranged by Seiji Motoyama, except the following:

• Tracks 2 and 8 arranged by Takahiro Yamada
• Track 3 arranged by Akkie
• Track 5 arranged by Toshiya Shimizu
• Track 11 arranged by Hidehito Ikumo and Valerie Stern
• Track 12 arranged by oglaorzzy

Bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) [New Dance Version] (Music video)" ((ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up) [New Dance Version]))
2.	"Making of Video (BGM: "Steal Your Love"/"Nee")" ((メイキング映像 （BGM：STEAL YOUR LOVE～ねえ）))
3.	"Roppongi Junjōha (Live)" ((六本木純情派 (Live)))
4.	"Dancing Hero (Eat You Up) (Live)" ((ダンシング・ヒーロー (Eat You Up) (Live)))
5.	"Steal Your Love (Live)"
6.	"Nee (Live)" ((ねえ (Live)))
7.	"Coffee Rumba (Live)" ((コーヒー・ルンバ (Live)))

• Tracks 3–4 recorded from Verge of Love: Budokan Live (Nippon Budokan, 1989)
• Tracks 5–7 recorded from Pop Liberation Force (Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, 1992)

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7]	38
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[8]	33

References

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2. "荻野目洋子 『ディア・ポップシンガー』 Part.1". Mikiki. 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
3. "荻野目ちゃん記念盤＆ダンシング・ヒーローPV". Natalie.mu. 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
4. "荻野目洋子、アルバム引っさげラジオ生ライブ". Natalie.mu. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
5. "荻野目洋子、30周年記念盤が約20年ぶりランキングTOP100入り". BARKS.jp. 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
6. "ディア・ポップシンガー | 荻野目洋子". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
7. "ディア・ポップシンガー | 荻野目洋子". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
8. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard Japan. 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

External links

• Official website
• Dear Pop Singer. at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Dear Pop Singer. at Discogs (list of releases)