"Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen" (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円; Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen) is Ai Otsuka's seventh single, which was released on 9 February 2005. It contains a different version of the Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 735 Yen track on the Love Jam album. Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen is arranged differently in terms of music and vocals. Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 735 Yen has been described as more "loving" or "tender" while Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen is more "aggressive". This single sold 149,134 copies and is the #68 single of 2005.
Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen was used as the ending theme for Black Jack on Nihon TV and initial pressings contained a Black Jack sticker (Love & Pinoko).
Track listing
All tracks are written by Ai Otsuka
CD
No.
Title
Arranger(s)
Length
1.
"Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円; Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen)"
Ai×Ikoman
3:53
2.
"Hon Maguro Chuutoro 300 Yen (Midoriiro) (本マグロ中トロ三00円(緑色); Semi-fatty Tuna 300 Yen (Green))"
Ai×Ikoman
4:19
3.
"Tsukune 70 Yen (つくね70円; Fish Meatloaf 70 Yen)"
Ai×Ikoman
3:01
4.
"Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円; Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen)" (Instrumental)
Ai×Ikoman
3:47
5.
"Hon Maguro Chuutoro 300 Yen (Midoriiro) (本マグロ中トロ三00円(緑色); Semi-fatty Tuna 300 Yen (Green))" (Instrumental)
Ai×Ikoman
4:18
Total length:
19:18
DVD
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円; Salty Grilled Tongue of Black Japanese Beef 680 Yen)" (Music video)
CD
"Kuroge Wagyuu" is a rock version of "Kuroge Wagyu... 735 En" on her Love Jam album. It features a part of the chorus at the beginning a cappella before going into rock instrumentals. "Hon Maguro" is a jazz track, featuring heartbeats and a jazz band. "Tsukune" is a hard post-grunge song that has Ai's vocals masked after the intro. The intro is a simple 30-second piano ballad before going right into the song. This song sparked some discussion into what she could be actually saying, because the beginning's lyrics was open to discussion for sexually suggestive lyrics.
This arguably is Ai's most daring single, seeing as all of the song's lyrics were sexually suggestive, or sexual innuendos as in "Tsukune".
Music video
The music video for "Kuroge" was also sexually suggestive, as it featured Ai in a black dress in a restaurant trying to seduce a man (portrayed by Kou Takasugi) by feeding him. It features her in a restaurant with the man, her barefoot sitting in a room full of sparkling objects and then her in a bright blue fuzzy shag room. It goes between those scenes in that order until at the end, when Ai gets the man to come into her bright blue room, only for him to eat her food and fall through a strange hole.
