domo arigato mr roboto

from the album Kilroy Was Here Released 1983 Recorded 1982 Genre Progressive rock Length 5:30 Label A&M Writer(s) Dennis DeYoung Producer Styx Styx singles chronology "Rockin' the Paradise"

(1981) "Mr. Roboto"

(1983) "Don't Let It End"

(1983) For other uses, see Mr. Roboto (disambiguation).

"Mr. Roboto" is a song written by Dennis DeYoung and performed by the band Styx on their 1983 concept album Kilroy Was Here. It reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their first notable hit since "Too Much Time on My Hands" in 1981. Mr. Roboto is one of Styx's most popular songs. It was also released as a 45 RPM single, with the song Snowblind as the B-Side. Contents [hide] 1 Description and background 2 Video 3 See also 4 External links //

Description and background

The song's chorus features the line, "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto", which has become a catch phrase. Domo arigato is one of several Japanese phrases that translate to English as "thank you very much".

The Japanese lyrics at the beginning of the song are as follows: ???????????????? (Domo arigato misuta Robotto) ??????? (Mata au hi made) ???????????????? (Domo arigato misuta Robotto) ??????? (Himitsu wo shiritai)

The lyrics translate into English as follows: Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto Until we meet again Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto I want to know your secret

The song tells part of the fictitious story of Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (ROCK), in the rock opera Kilroy Was Here. The song is performed by Kilroy (as played by keyboardist Dennis DeYoung), a rock and roll performer who was placed in a futuristic prison for "rock and roll misfits" by the anti-rock-and-roll group the Majority for Musical Morality (MMM) and its founder Dr. Everett Righteous (played by guitarist James Young). The Roboto is a model robot which does menial jobs in the prison. Kilroy escapes the prison by overtaking a Roboto prison guard and hiding inside the emptied-out metal shell. When Jonathan Chance finally meets Kilroy, at the very end of the song, Kilroy says,

I am Kilroy! Kilroy!

ending the song.

This song also represents the use of technology and robots in the 1980's.

The robot-like catch phrase was created with a vocoder.

The song heavily features the Oberheim OB-XA and PPG Wave synthesizers.

Stan Winston designed the Roboto costume and mask, which is displayed prominently on the cover of Kilroy Was Here. The track was released as the first single from the album at the last minute instead of "Don't Let It End" at the request of A&M Records.

The song appears several times in the Japanese drama "Densha Otoko"

Barenaked Ladies used the line Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto near the end of the song 'The King of Bedside Manor,' a track on their first album, Gordon.

At the 2009 Academy Awards, Japanese filmmaker Kunio Kato accepted his award for best animated short, La Maison en Petits Cubes, by ending his acceptance speech saying "Domo