*** Welcome to piglix ***

Gimme Chocolate!!

"Gimme Chocolate!!"
Babymetal Gimme Chocolate!! UK iTunes artwork.jpg
Single by Babymetal
from the album Babymetal
Released May 31, 2015 (2015-05-31) (UK)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre J-pop, heavy metal, avant-garde metal
Length 3:52
Label earMUSIC
Writer(s) Mk-metal, Kxbxmetal, Takeshi Ueda
Producer(s) Kobametal
Babymetal singles chronology
"Road of Resistance"
(2015)
"Gimme Chocolate!!"
(2015)
"Karate"
(2016)
Music video
Babymetal - "Gimme Chocolate!!" on YouTube

"Gimme Chocolate!!" (ギミチョコ!!?, Gimi Choko!!), is a song by the band Babymetal from their self-titled debut album. Though it was not released as a single in Japan, the song became an international success, with its music video gaining over 50 million views on YouTube. Later, it was released via earMusic in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2015 as a digital single. The song also was featured in the video game Rock Band 4 as a downloadable song.

The song premiered on December 21, 2013 at Makuhari Messe, nearly coinciding with Nakamoto's 16th birthday. The song was first released in Japan as part of the band's debut album Babymetal on February 26, 2014, with a live music clip of the premiere uploaded to YouTube the day before, on February 25, 2014. The song received a release in the United Kingdom as a digital single on iTunes on May 31, 2015, one day before the physical rerelease of the album.

"Gimme Chocolate!!" is composed and arranged by Takeshi Ueda of The Mad Capsule Markets. The song begins with elements of thrash metal. During the verses, Mizuno and Kikuchi shout onomatopoeias such as "Atata tatata zukkyun!" while the chorus showcases the vocals of Nakamoto with a quick transition to pop melodies and a major key, with the phrases transitioning back and forth several times. The lyrics talk about girls struggling with the pressure to maintain their figures. Nakamoto explained "[The lyrics of the song are] about girls and women who love to eat chocolate. But they are (…) afraid about putting on weight."

"Gimme Chocolate!" received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Journalist Brian Mansfield of USA Today called it "a bizarre blend of death-metal, EDM rhythms and sugary J-pop melodies", as the song "begins with a speaker-shredding guitar assault that quickly gives way to machine-gun-rapid chirpy vocals and a chorus as addictive as chocolate-covered cereal and Saturday morning cartoons." In addition, Fuse listed the song as one of the nine most experimental girl group songs of all time, stating that "it's totally jarring upon first listen. But you'll catch yourself humming along with the chorus soon enough."


...
Wikipedia

...