"Alice in Wonder Underground (アリス イン ワンダー アンダーグラウンド)"
Single by Buck Tick
from the album Tenshi no Revolver
ReleasedAugust 8, 2007
GenreRock
Length9:35
LabelBMG Japan/Ariola Japan
Songwriter(s)Hisashi Imai
Producer(s)Buck Tick
Buck Tick singles chronology
"Rendezvous"
(2007)		 "Alice in Wonder Underground (アリス イン ワンダー アンダーグラウンド)"
(2007)		 "Heaven"
(2008)

Alice in Wonder Underground (アリス イン ワンダー アンダーグラウンド) is the twenty-sixth single released by the Japanese Rock band Buck Tick, released on August 8, 2007 by BMG Japan.[1]

The single was released in regular and limited edition.[2] On the Oricon Singles Chart peaked at number 18 and charted for 7 weeks.[3]

The title song is lyrical and visual rendition of Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland.[2] Despite its "catchy tune with a bright, happy melody", the lyrics are on the contrary very gothic and dark with a memorable chorus "Devil, Angel & Epicurean, let's go!".[2] In some instances, Imai in the background sings some lyrics from the band's previous song "Diabolo".[2]

Music video shows a very "sophisticated",[4] "macabre depiction of the story", with Alice chasing her rabbit, "the band periodically becoming rabbits", and the lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai dressed as the Mad Hatter.[5][6][7]

Track listing

# Title Length Lyrics Music
1 "Alice in Wonder Underground" 4:07 Hisashi Imai Hisashi Imai
2 "Tight Rope" 5:28 Atsushi Sakurai Hisashi Imai

Musicians

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Buck-Tick - Alice in Wonder Underground (Regular Edition)". JaMe World. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bow (September 2, 2007). "Buck-Tick - Alice in Wonder Underground". JaMe World. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Alice in Wonder Underground on Oricon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  4. ↑ Monden, Masafumi (2014). "4. Glacé wonderland: cuteness, sexuality and young women". Japanese Fashion Cultures: Dress and Gender in Contemporary Japan. London, New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 9781472586728.
  5. ↑ Youngman, Angela (2021). The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland. Yorkshire, Philadelphia: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 9781526785824.
  6. ↑ Sanna, Antonio (2022). "Introduction: Alice and the Critics". Alice in Wonderland in Film and Popular Culture. Switzerland, Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. p. 6. ISBN 9783031022579.
  7. ↑ Monden, Masafumi (2022). "Transformations: Aimer's 'I Beg You' and Alice in Japanese Music Video". Alice in Wonderland in Film and Popular Culture. Switzerland, Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. p. 259. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-02257-9_16. ISBN 9783031022579.
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