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    | Artist        = [[Crystal King]]
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    | Released      = October, 1984
    | Released      = October 5, 1984
    | Format        = 7" EP
    | Format        = 7" EP
    | A-side        = "Ai o Torimodose<nowiki>!!</nowiki>"
    | A-side        = "Ai o Torimodose<nowiki>!!</nowiki>"

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    “Ai o Torimodose
    “Ai o Torimodose!!” cover
    Single by Crystal King
    A-side "Ai o Torimodose!!"
    B-side "Yuria... Towa ni"
    Released October 5, 1984
    Format 7" EP
    Genre J-Pop
    Label Canyon Records
    Writer(s) Kimiharu Nakamura (lyrics)
    Michio Yamashita (composer)
    Michio Yamashita & Hiromoto Tobisawa (arrangers)

    "Ai o Torimodose!!" (愛をとりもどせ!!), also known as "YOU wa SHOCK" (YOU は SHOCK, yū wa shokku) from its refrain, is the famous opening theme of the popular Japanese TV series Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳, Hokuto no Ken). The song's title means "Take back the love!!" in English and is performed by the rock band Crystal King (クリスタルキング, Kurisutaru Kingu). The verses are sung by Monsieur Yoshisaki (ムッシュ吉崎, Musshu Yoshisaki) and the chorus by Masayuki Tanaka. "Ai o Torimodose!!" is featured as an extra "special BGM" in the PlayStation 2 version of the multiplatform Jissen PachiSlot Hisshohou! Hokuto no Ken video game and is also used as the opening for the 2005 Sega-Sammy arcade arcade game. Monsieur Yoshisaki sung the song solo for the movie Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Den Junai no Shō.

    The song has been covered by multiple artists, including Animetal on Animetal Marathon IV and Decade of Bravehearts and Akira Kamiya on Kids' Song Hit Paradise!. Most recently, Hiromi Konno as Akira Kogami and Minoru Shiraishi as himself covered "Ai o Torimodose!!" under the name Uchoten (有頂天, Uchōten) for the theme song of the Lucky Star OVA.

    Mixed Martial Artist Josh Barnett uses the song as an entrance theme in PRIDE Fighting Championships.

    Lyrics

    YOU wa SHOCK
    Ai de sora ga ochite kuru
    YOU wa SHOCK
    Ore no mune ni ochite kuru

    Atsui kokoro kusari de tsunai demo
    Ima wa muda da yo
    Jama suru yatsu wa yubisaki hitotsu de DOWN sa

    YOU wa SHOCK
    Ai de kodō hayaku naru
    YOU wa SHOCK
    Ore no kodō hayaku naru

    Omae motome samayō kokoro ima
    Atsuku moete iru
    Subete tokashi muzan ni tobichiru hazu sa

    Ore to no ai wo mamoru tame
    Omae wa tabidachi
    Ashita wo miushinatta

    Hohoemi wasureta kao nado mitaku wa nai sa
    Ai wo torimodose

    YOU wa SHOCK
    Ai de yami wo kirisaite
    YOU wa shock
    Ore no yami wo kirisaite

    Daremo futari no yasuragi kowasu koto
    Deki wa shinai sa
    Hikitsuke au kizuna wa hanarenai nido to

    Ore to no ai wo mamoru tame
    Omae wa tabidachi
    Ashita wo miushinatta

    Hohoemi wasureta kao nado mitaku wa nai sa
    Ai wo torimodose

    Audio sample

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