Computer Games (Theme From The Circus) is the song by Japanese trio Yellow Magic Orchestra from the debut album Yellow Magic Orchestra (Billboard 200, #81). It was the theme song from the Exidy arcade game called Circus. Circus is the arranged version of Breakout (Atari) and it copied from different game companies in Japan and US. This electronic-synthpop song including sound effects from this game and either it might failed to be a novelty hit because it peaked #60 on Billboard Hot 100 in 1980. Meanwhile, Yellow Magic Orchestra got many hits in Japan and it remained actively since 2007 after their first disbandment in 1984 (the time after their first musical film Propaganda) and several brief reunions in the 1990s and the 2000s (until 2007).
No comments:
Post a Comment