1. Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance
2. Maji Good Chance Summer
3. Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance (instrumental)

Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance’s opening plays on traditional sounds and messes around with them something amazing. The vocals start with the awesomly addictive ‘Digidigidigi’ lines, which are impossible not to get stuck in your head. This song oozes fun and playfulness from the vocals to the lyrics to the instrumentation. One of the few times Sugaya Risako’s vocals haven’t annoyed me and the “less-popular” members get more to do than they have before. Notably Sudou Maasa and Tokunaga Chinami, the latter own purely based on her ‘BANZAI’. This song is definitely not one of the more accessable to the western listener, (I’ve played it in the presence of couple of friends; bad mistake) but the fact that it has at least three sections which could possibly be identified as a favourite part really work in its favour.

Track Rating; A/A+

I was expecting the b-side, Maji Good Chance Summer, to be a lot more hyper than it actually is. The melody in the verses surprised me and the chorus wasn’t what I was expecting. The more I listen to it, the more I realise that this is the kind of thing H!P does. I like Maji good chance, but not as much as Yuke Yuke but if you don’t feel energetic enough for a Monkey Dance then this is a good alternative.

Track Rating; B

Single Rating; B+