Doki Doki Morning

The song introduced all three members to heavy metal music; Nakamoto commenting how she had never heard such musical heaviness before, while Mizuno initially had more interest in dancing to the music rather than singing. During song production, the signature Kitsune hand gesture (similar to the sign of the horns) was formed.{{cite journal|title=BABYMETAL全楽曲解説インタビュー|journal=Hedoban|date=2013-07-04|issue=1|pages=64–65|trans-title=Interview: BABYMETAL Explains All the Songs|publisher=Shinko Music Entertainment|language=ja}} Vocals for the song were recorded on October 30, 2010.{{cite AV media | people = Sakura Gakuin | year = 2012 | title = さくら学院 FIRST LIVE & DOCUMENTARY 2010 to 2011～SMILE～ | trans-title = Sakura Gakuin First Live & Documentary 2010 to 2011: Smile | medium = DVD | language = ja | time = 14:07 (Disc 2) | publisher = Amuse }} The song's first release was in the Sakura Gakuin album Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo: Message, released on April 27, 2011, as part of the Jūonbu ("heavy music club") sub-unit.{{cite AV media notes |title= Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo: Message|others=Sakura Gakuin |year=2010 |page=26 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Toy's Factory}}{{cite news|url=http://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2011/10/07/0701|title=BABYMETAL、テビュー曲のミュージック・クリップとタオルがセットに|newspaper=Tower Records Online|publisher=Tower Records Japan Inc.|date=2011-10-12|accessdate=2013-11-26|language=ja}}

The song was later announced as a limited-edition DVD single on October 12, 2011,{{Cite web |url=http://www.sakuragakuin.jp/news/single.php?id=122 |title=重音部 BABYMETAL リリース情報 |date=2011-10-12 |website=さくら学院 |language=ja-JP |access-date=2018-06-20}} and later released also as a standard digital download available on October 22 and 23, 2011 for pre-sale at the Sakura Gakuin Festival 2011 held at Mt. Rainier Hall "Shibuya Pleasure Pleasure", and later sold in limited quantities on ASmart, Amazon, Tower Records Online, and Tower Records Shinjuku starting October 24.{{cite web|url=http://www.sakuragakuin.jp/music/c_dokidoki.html|title=さくら学院 – 音楽室 – ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング|trans-title=Sakura Gakuin – Discography – Doki Doki Morning|publisher=Amuse, Inc.|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sakuragakuin.jp/news/|title=重音部 BABYMETAL リリース情報 |publisher= Sakura Gakuin |accessdate= 2015-08-05 |language= ja}} The limited edition included a DVD with the "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" music video and a cut of the original video focusing on the choreography for live performances of the song, and a towel embossed with either the logo of the band or the label Juonbu Records. The single was later released as a CD single on April 6, 2012, packaged with a T-shirt.

The song was later released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.ear-music.net/news/2017/babymetal-announce-brand-new-studio-album-out-april-1st-2016 |title=BABYMETAL ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM – OUT APRIL 1ST 2016 |publisher=earMusic |accessdate=2016-06-19 |date=2015-12-13 |archive-date=2018-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121072446/http://www.ear-music.net/news/2017/babymetal-announce-brand-new-studio-album-out-april-1st-2016 |url-status=dead }}

The song has a "modern heaviness" sound in its music, with dark, atmospheric instrumentals that reverse into a catchier and brighter melody with lyrics such as "Rin rin rin! Ohayō, wake up" (Ring ring ring! Good morning, wake up).{{cite news|url=http://www.j-cast.com/2011/12/16116731.html|title=12〜13歳女の子の「ヘビメタアイドル」「さくら学院 BABYMETAL」に世界が大注目|newspaper=J-Cast News|publisher=J-Cast, Inc.|date=2011-12-16|accessdate=2016-01-11|language=ja}} Kikuchi noted how the tone of the song was directly opposite to Japanese kei-on music (light music); as a result, the band formed under the label Jūonbu (heavy music club) to signify the contrast. Nakamoto, whose vocals were recorded separately from those of Mizuno and Kikuchi, needed to speak quickly but clearly in the verses.

The song managed to peak at number 80 on the Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles chart on the week dated November 7, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=indepedent&year=2011&month=11&day=7|title=Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles│Charts│Billboard JAPAN (2011/11/07 付け)|publisher=Billboard Japan|accessdate=2015-02-06}}

Directed by Shimon Tanaka,{{cite web|url=http://qreators.jp/qreator/tanakashimon|title=田中紫紋|work=Qreators|publisher=Qreator Agent Inc.|accessdate=2015-08-05|language=ja|archive-date=2019-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205110622/https://qreators.jp/qreator/tanakashimon|url-status=dead}} shooting for the video was completed by October 2011. According to Nakamoto, Tanaka had wanted to appear in the video, but found the choreography difficult to execute.{{cite web|last1=Nakamoto|first1=Suzuka|title=ド・キ・ド・キ☆のご報告|url=http://ameblo.jp/sakuragakuin/entry-11036004926.html|website=さくら学院オフィシャルブログ「学院日誌」Powered by Ameba|publisher=CyberAgent|accessdate=2018-02-09|language=ja|date=2011-10-02}} The video was released in an abridged form to the Toy's Factory YouTube channel on October 12, 2011,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QbAXXXOJF8|title=BABYMETAL – ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング[ Doki Doki☆Morning ](Edit ver.)|publisher=Toy's Factory (YouTube)|date=2011-10-12|accessdate=2016-01-11|language=ja}} with the full version posted on the official Babymetal channel over a year later, on November 8, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cirhQ8iLdbw|title=BABYMETAL – ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング – Doki Doki☆Morning (OFFICIAL) |publisher=BABYMETAL（YouTube）|date=2012-11-08|accessdate=2016-01-11}}

Metal Injection ranked the music video at number nine on the list of "The Top 15 Metal Viral Videos of the Year" on December 8, 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/lists/best-of-2011/the-top-15-metal-viral-videos-of-the-year|title=The Top 15 Metal Viral Videos of the Year – Metal Injection|newspaper=Metal Injection|publisher=Metal Injection Llc.|date=2011-12-08|accessdate=2016-10-09}}

The song premiered at the Sakura Gakuin concert Sakura Gakuin Festival 2010 at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1 on November 28, 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/sakura-gakuin/35386|title=さくら学院、初単独イベント＜さくら学院祭☆2010＞が大成功！|newspaper=CDJournal|publisher=株式会社音楽出版社|date=2010-11-30|accessdate=2016-01-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/sakuragakuin1208/|title=さくら学院『かけがえのない青春が炸裂した!! 1日限りの学院祭』|work=ORICON STYLE|publisher=オリコン株式会社|author=斉藤貴志|date=2010-12-08|accessdate=2016-01-11|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025435/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/sakuragakuin1208/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/sakuragakuin1208/|title=さくら学院『かけがえのない青春が炸裂した!! 1日限りの学院祭』|language=ja|work=ORICON STYLE|date=2010-12-08|accessdate=2015-08-31|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025435/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/sakuragakuin1208/|url-status=dead}} Regarding the group's first performance of the song, Su-metal explained, "What I remember clearly was during the interlude […] we all pretend to fall to the ground...I was afraid that people would just laugh at us and it would be embarrassing, but their reaction made me feel happy and at that time I thought this is who Su-metal is, this is what Babymetal is."{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2016/05/babymetal-first-performance-fox-god-interview|title=Babymetal Talk Their First Performance Ever, Meeting the Fox God: Watch – Fuse |work=Fuse|date=2016-05-29|accessdate=2016-05-30}}

DVD single

1. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (music video) ({{nihongo2|ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング -Music Clip-}}) – 3:53
2. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (Air Metal Dance ver.) – 4:04

Digital download

1. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" ({{nihongo2|ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング}}) – 3:45

CD single{{cite web|title=4月6日（金）タワーレコード渋谷店B1F STAGE ONE 「15分一本勝負！！〜見えづらっくってゴメンなさい！！〜」グッズ/CD即売会のお知らせ|url=http://www.babymetal.jp/news/detail.php?id=12|website=BABYMETAL|publisher=Amuse, Inc.|accessdate=2017-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917041550/http://www.babymetal.jp/news/detail.php?id=12|archive-date=2017-09-17|language=ja|date=2012-03-30}}

1. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" ({{nihongo2|ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング}}) – 3:45
2. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (Air Vocal ver.) – 3:48

UK promotional single

1. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (album version) – 3:44
2. "Doki Doki ☆ Morning" (UK radio edit) – 3:32

Credits adapted from album liner notes of Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo: Message and Babymetal.{{cite AV media notes |title= Babymetal (limited edition)|title-link= Babymetal (album)|others=Babymetal |year=2014 |page=15 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=BMD Fox}}

• Suzuka Nakamoto (SU-METAL) – vocals (lead)
• Moa Kikuchi (MOAMETAL) – vocals (lead and background)
• Yui Mizuno (YUIMETAL) – vocals (lead and background)
• Millennium Japan (millennium-JAPAN) – producer
• SOH (O! S-D) – guitar, arrangement
• Norikazu Nakayama ({{nihongo2|ナカメタル}}) – lyrics, music
• Norizo ({{nihongo2|のりぞー}}) – music
• Motonari Murakawa ({{nihongo2|村カワ基成}}) – music, arrangement
• Seiji Toda (S.O.L.I.D sound lab) ({{nihongo2|戸田清章}}) – recording and audio mixing
• Yuji Nakamura ({{nihongo2|中村悠二}}) – assistant engineer

On March 4, 2012, the song was covered by fellow Sakura Gakuin members Marina Horiuchi, Ayaka Miyoshi, and Airi Matsui as a "Shuffle Unit" during the Sakura Gakuin concert Sakura Gakuin Hōkago Anthology at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, where members of different sub-units would cover other sub-units' songs.{{cite news|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000078462|title=さくら学院、3名が卒業、新たなるスタート|newspaper=Barks|publisher=Japan Music Network|author=伊藤緑|date=2012-04-04|accessdate=2016-01-11|language=ja}} On December 8, 2013, Hana Taguchi, Saki Ooga, and Aiko Yamaide covered the song as another "Shuffle Unit" in the concert Sakura Gakuin 3rd Anniversary: Live at the Amuse Musical Theater.{{cite news|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/105493|title=さくら学院3周年ライブで卒業生・武藤彩未サプライズ登場|newspaper=Natalie|publisher=株式会社ナターシャ|date=2013-12-11|accessdate=2016-01-11|language=ja}}

Kiba of Akiba covered the song on the joint single "Babymetal × Kiba of Akiba".{{cite web|url=http://gekirock.com/feature/2012/03/babymetal_and_kibaofakiba.php|title=アイドルとヲタクがメタル・フィールドでガチンコ・バトル！？ 攻めに攻めまくった衝撃スプリットＣＤが完成！|work=激ロック|publisher=激ロックエンタテインメント株式会社|author=MAY-E|date=2012-03-06|accessdate=2016-01-11|language=ja}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172200/http://www.babymetal.jp/discography/ Discography] on the Babymetal official website
• {{youtube|cirhQ8iLdbw|BABYMETAL – Doki Doki Morning (OFFICIAL)}}
• {{Youtube|AzaYQlhdPc0|BABYMETAL – Doki Doki Morning – Live on October 6, 2012 at Shibuya O-EAST (Short ver.)}}
• [http://www.toysfactory.co.jp/artist/babymetal/disco Discography] on the TOY'S FACTORY official website
• {{youtube|4QbAXXXOJF8|BABYMETAL – Doki Doki Morning (Edit ver.)}}

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