Ai No Corrida (I-No-No-Ko-ree-da)

Album: The Dude (1981)
Charted: 14 28
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  • I hold you, I touch you
    In a maze, can't find my way
    I think you, I drink you
    I'm being served you on a tray
    You see girl,
    That's what I go through every day
    Is this the way it should feel?

    Pinch me, I'm dreaming
    But if it is, don't let me know
    I'm drowning, don't save me
    It's just the way I'd like to go
    You see girl,
    You thrill me, half kill me
    That's what you do...

    (chorus)

    Ai no corrida, that's where I am
    You send me there, your dream is my command
    Ai no corrida, I find myself
    No other thought, just you and nothing else
    You and nothing else

    Before my heart saw you
    Each day was just another day
    Night, the lonely interlude
    Just came, then blew away
    You know girl, everything was come what may
    Until you fell in my life

    This spell I'm under
    Has caught me, I'm in a daze
    Your lightning and thunder
    Sets my poor heart ablaze
    You see girl,You thrill me, half kill me
    That's what you do

    (chorus)

    Ai no corrida, that's where I am
    You send me there
    You dream is my command
    Ai no corrida, I find myself
    No other thought
    Just you and nothing else
    You and nothing else

    (chorus)

    Ai no corrida, that's where I am
    You send me there
    You dream is my command
    Ai no corrida, I find myself
    No other thought
    Just you and nothing else
    You and nothing else

    (chorus)

    Ai no corrida, that's where I am
    You send me there
    You dream is my command
    Ai no corrida, I find myself
    No other thought
    Just you and nothing else
    You and nothing else...

    (fade out)

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Comments: 8

  • Helge from OsloI don’t think that the word "bullfight" has anything to do with the title of the song. As mentioned in other comments, the songs title is taken from the japanese film "Ai no Korrida", that just happens to look like the spanish word "corrida".
  • Deez from Yo Mama ;)bro everyone in the comments be saying that ai no corida is a sexual song- Bruh i listen to that thinking it was so cool funk song- i mean come on- way to ruin a song for some little 15 year old.
  • Thomas from NashvilleThe title of the song was taken from the French-Japanese film In the Realm of the Senses, originally titled Ai no Korida, and means "Corrida of love" in Japanese. The erotic art film, directed by Nagisa Oshima, was a fictionalized and sexually explicit treatment of an incident from 1930s Japan. It generated great controversy during its original release; it was intended for mainstream wide release, but it contained scenes of unsimulated sexual activity between the actors.

    -- Wikipedia
  • Roberto from Matamoros, MéxicoA bullfight is a "corrida de toros" in Spanish, but just as it happens with many words, it has some other meanings. In some Spanish-speaking countries, "corrida" is slang for "ejaculation", although is also used (as slang, of course) as synonym for "orgasm". So, "Ai No Corrida" would not mean "Bullfight of Love" but "Orgasm of Love" or "Ejaculation of Love". I think that makes more sense, but that's just my opinion.
  • Almightyshux from New YorkAi is love in Japanese. The Japanese particle No is a possessive. So Love's Bullfight or as stated previously The Bullfight Of Love.
  • Chris from Nagoya, JapanThe movie was based on the life of Sada Abe, a prostitute in the mid1930's who strangled her lover to death while making love, then cut off his private parts and ran off with them. The movie featured unsimulated sex scenes.
  • Chelle from Charlotte, NcActually, while the word corrida is spanish for bullfight, the title itself is not Spanish. The title was taken from a Japanese film that came out in the mid-late 70s. The film is called "Realm of the Senses", but its alternate title translates to "bullfight of love". the meaning of the title must be metaphoric/metaphysical, which would make sense considering the content of the song.
    If you look up realm of the senses, in the realm of the senses, or l'empire de sens on wikipedia, they'll show you the movie poster. Look for the large kanji prin at the bottom-center of the poster image. :-)
  • Mark from Kitakyushu,Greatest song ever.
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