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"Ai No Corrida" is a song written by Chaz Jankel and Kenny Young, first recorded in 1980 and featured on Jankel's self-titled debut album for A&M Records. Ai (愛) is the Japanese word for "love", while Corrida is the Spanish word for "bullfight", but also in Spain's youth slang, is a nickname for masculine ejaculation.
The album gained moreover heavy dance airplay for lead single "Ai No Corrida", which reached No. 28 on the Top 40 and 14 in the UK Singles Chart. The album also contains "Razzamatazz" (with vocals by Patti Austin) which reached No. 11 in the United Kingdom, Jones's biggest solo hit in that country.
The first track on the album "Ai No Corrida", was covered by Quincy Jones a year later in 1981 and was a UK chart hit for him. The song has also been covered by the Nylons and Laura More with Uniting Nations .
The band's third hit, "Ai No Corrida", a remake of the 1980 song by British musician Chaz Jankel (which was covered by American producer Quincy Jones on his 1981 album The Dude), featured the vocals of British singer and dancer Laura More.
In the Realm of the Senses (French: L'Empire des sens, Japanese: 愛のコリーダ, Ai no Korīda, "Bullfight of Love" [1]) is a 1976 erotic art film written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima. [2] [3] It is a fictionalised and sexually explicit treatment of a 1936 murder committed by Sada Abe. [4]
Jankel hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1982 with the triple A-side "Glad to Know You"/"3,000,000 Synths"/"Ai No Corrida". His single "Number One" went to No. 1 in the clubs in France and was used in the 1985 film Real Genius. [13] He went on to release the studio albums Chazablanca in 1983 and Looking at You in 1985. [10]
Kenny Young (born Shalom Giskan, April 14, 1941 – April 14, 2020) was an American songwriter, musician, producer and environmental campaigner who wrote and in some cases produced hit songs for The Drifters, Ronnie Dove, Herman's Hermits, Mark Lindsay, Reparata and the Delrons, Clodagh Rodgers, Quincy Jones, and Fox, among others.
"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" Daryl Hall and John Oates: January 30 "You're the One for Me" D. Train: February 6 February 13 February 20 "Glad to Know You"/ "3,000,000 Synths"/ "Ai No Corrida" Chas Jankel: February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 "Don't Come Crying to Me"/ "Let It Ride" Linda Clifford: April 17 April ...