Easy Come, Easy Go!
| Easy Come, Easy Go! | ||||
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| Single by B'z | ||||
| from the album RISKY | ||||
| Released | October 3, 1990 | |||
| Promotions | #1 (Kameria Diamond CM) | |||
| Length | 9:42 | |||
| Label | BMG Rooms Vermillion Records (2003 Remaster) | |||
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
| B'z singles chronology | ||||
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Easy Come, Easy Go! is the sixth single by B'z, released on October 3, 1990. This was the band's first contemporary rock single and was released during the busiest year in their history: a year in which they found time to release five new singles, two full studio albums, an English-centric mini album, and their first home video—all while spending seven months of the year on two separate tours and performing nine different times on television. The guitar-driven song was especially divorced from their dance-rock roots and began to form the image of what B'z would come to represent. "Easy Come, Easy Go!" would mark another first in the band's catalogue when it became one of their earliest songs to be recorded in the United States on a visit to New York City. This fact was evidenced during FILM RISKY and acknowledged on stage by Koshi during the band's first performance at the Best Buy Theater in New York during B'z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free-. As of 2015, it is their second most performed song after "ZERO" with over 370 performances to date.
Of the many noteworthy moments in the song's history is the fact that Koshi occasionally takes to playing acoustic guitar during live renditions. He has taken to this numerous times on stage, including during B'z LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91", B'z LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood", and the aforementioned North American tour in 2012. As a result, the song has appeared during more than a dozen separate tours, with additional keydates coming during LIVE-GYM '93 "RUN", for which an acoustic version was prepared, and a special Claptonesque rock version that was played only during LIVE-GYM '94 "THE 9TH BLUES -Part1-". Additionally, this would be the single with which Tak would begin directly presiding over the entire recording process and sound of the band as sole producer.
An earlier version of the song, labeled "EASY COME, EASY GO! -RISKY STYLE-" would a few weeks later appear on studio album RISKY. This version is more raw and features a saxophone to bookend the song. This version was produced previously, but it was decided that the version produced in America offered a more satisfactory result and thus it was issued as a single. Another version of the single could be found in karaoke form with the lead vocals removed in 1992 with the release of B'z TV Style SONGLESS VERSION.
The only music video for the single was a specially-produced vignette including in the band's inaugural home video entitled FILM RISKY, released in December of the same year. The video is part travel film and part music video compilation, featuring all original footage not released elsewhere with the band in New York and London. In the portion dedicated to "Easy Come, Easy Go!", Koshi and Tak are seen performing on the city's streets throughout.
The release of the single gave the band their second straight and second total top debut on the Weekly Oricon Singles chart. The single sold nearly 97,000 copies, effectively double that of their previous effort, "Taiyou no Komachi Angel". Such a hit was the release that it spent three consecutive weeks in the number one spot before ultimately spending 28 weeks on the charts by the end of its run. Likewise, the single finished in 28th place for the year of 1990 and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
The single was simultaneously remastered and re-released on March 26, 2003 along with nine other of the band's older singles and the then-latest single, "IT'S SHOWTIME!!". On the daily chart at launch, B'z held a monopoly over the chart's top eleven slots, with the new single ranking at the top and the re-issues covering the remaining ten. Ultimately, B'z would set a record that week for holding nine of the Top 10 slots for the week of release, with "Easy Come, Easy Go!" coming in seventh place. In 2013, "Easy Come, Easy Go!" was one of four B'z songs to be released for guitar-learning video game Rocksmith 2014 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The song was packaged in a three pack of downloadable content alongside "juice" and "girigiri chop", joining "ultra soul" that was already available with the game itself.
Track listing
- Easy Come, Easy Go!
- GO! NUDE! GO!
- File:s06 02.ogg Despite being performed 51 times between both shows for B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'93 "JAP THE RIPPER" and all of B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY", "GO! NUDE! GO!" has never been featured on home video. Unlike the title song, it throws back to the digital roots of the band and is very reminiscent of other tracks featured on the earlier studio album BREAK THROUGH. It has not been collected on a compilation album.
Live appearances
Live Performances
- Easy Come, Easy Go! [372 SHOWS]
B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]- B'z LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91" [41/41 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '91~'92 "IN THE LIFE" [66/66 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'92 "TIME" [12/12 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '93 "RUN" [15/49 SHOWS] (Acoustic Version)
- B'z LIVE-GYM '94 "THE 9TH BLUES -Part1-" [55/55 SHOWS] (Rock Version)
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" [12/12 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'97 "FIREBALL" [9/9 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '99 -Brotherhood- SHOWCASE "B'zepp" [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood" [24/24 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM in Taipei & Hong Kong 2001 [4/4 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2001 "ELEVEN" -Intermission-/-EXTRA- [5/46 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2003 "IT'S SHOWCASE!!" [1/1 SHOWS] (Acoustic Version)
- B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" [23/23 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2003 "BANZAI IN NORTH AMERICA" [7/7 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 "ACTION" [34/53 SHOWS]
- Pepsi NEX presents B'z PREMIUM LIVE [2/2 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- [11/11 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2020 -5 ERAS 8820- [1/5 SHOWS]
- GO! NUDE! GO [51 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'93 "JAP THE RIPPER" [2/2 SHOWS]
Home Videos
Sales data
| No. | Cover | Single | Physical Copies Sold | Chart Positions | Certification | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST WEEK | LIFETIME | WEEK | MONTH | YEAR | ||||
| 6 | 
|
Easy Come, Easy Go! |
96,690+ |
472,000+ |
1 |
4 |
28 |
Platinum |
Personnel
B'z
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement, Chorus (Track 1)
- Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition
Support Members
- Jun Aoyama: Drums
Production
- Masao Akashi: Arrangement
- B+U+M
- Chris Bellman: Remastering (2003 reissue, Bernie Grundman Mastering L.A., U.S.A.)