Friends

This page is for the cover song titled フレンズ which appears in GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V. For the Happiness song of the same title, please see Friends (Happiness).

フレンズ

Song Information

フレンズ's jacket.

Composition: Akio Dobashi
Arrangement/Guitars/Other Instruments & Drum Programming: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Lyrics: Nokko
Vocals: Miyuki Kunitake
Original Artist: REBECCA
Album: フレンズ (1985)
BPM: 157
Length: 1:45
Genre: J-ガールポップ (J-GIRL POP)
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3
• jubeat (2021)
• jubeat copious
• jubeat plus copious pack 02

Lyrics

Japanese

口付けを交わした日は
ママの顔さえも見られなかった
ポケットのコイン集めて
一つずつ夢を数えたね
ほら　あれは二人の隠れ家
秘密のメモリー oh

どこで壊れたのfriends?
俯く日は見詰め合って
指を繋いだらoh friends
時が止まる気がした

Romaji

kuchidzuke wo kawashita hi wa
MAMA no kao sae mo mirarenakatta
POCKET no COIN atsumete
hitotsuzutsu yume wo kazoeta ne
hora are wa futari no kakurega
himitsu no MEMORY oh

doko de kowareta no friends?
utsumuku hi wa mitsumeatte
yubi wo tsunaidara oh friends
toki ga tomaru ki ga shita

Song Connections / Remixes

• An 8-bit arrangement of フレンズ by Gaku Hirose appears in beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス.
• Another 8-bit version of フレンズ can be found in DanceDanceRevolution HELLO KITTY.

Trivia

• フレンズ is REBECCA's fourth single.
• フレンズ was used as the ending theme of the Japanese drama Half Potato na Oretachi (ハーフポテトな俺たち), from October to December 1985.
• フレンズ received new Drum and Guitar BASIC charts in GITADORA, replacing its old charts.
• フレンズ was removed from jubeat saucer and later revived in the same game as part of saucer's song swap system. For further information on which dates was removed/revived, see this page.
• フレンズ was removed from GITADORA Tri-Boost on February 12th, 2016.
• フレンズ was permanently removed from jubeat festo on August 16th, 2021.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania GB difficulty rated from 1 to 5.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	222	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス	3	-	-	-	-	-

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	271	528	829	250	374	377	513	513	-	250	374	377
GF/DM V→V2	18	28	42	18	29	40	22	29	-	18	33	42
GF/DM V3→V8	18	28	↑49	18	29	40	22	↑32	-	18	33	42
GF/DM V CS	18	28	42	18	29	40	22	29	-	18	33	42

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• GF/DM V Drum EASY chart: Total notes: 161.
• GF/DM V Guitar EASY chart: Total notes: 206.

XG & GITADORA Series

Old Charts

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	268	528	829	-	241	377	377	-	257	513	513	-
GF/DM XG3	1.95	3.50	5.00	-	1.70	3.50	4.10	-	1.40	2.80	3.60	-

New Charts

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	164	528	829	-	186	377	377	-	257	513	513	-
GITADORA→GITADORA Tri-Boost	1.25	↑4.25	↑5.60	-	1.25	↑4.25	↑4.80	-	↑2.25	↑3.75	↑4.35	-

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	172	267	449
jubeat copious→festo	2	5	7
jubeat plus	2	5	7
jubeat (2021)	2	5	7