HELPLESS

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HELPLESS

Song Information

Original Version

HELPLESS' jacket.
HELPLESS' DanceDanceRevolution banner.

Artist: TAEKO
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Lyrics: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Vocals/Chorus: TAEKO
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
Trumpets: Hideyuki Ono, Omi Kawai
BPM: 140
Length: 1:23
Genre: SAMBA
Movie: NOZZY
First Music Game Appearance: drummania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

Long Version

HELPLESS (Long Version)'s jacket.

Artist: TAEKO
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Lyrics: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Vocals/Chorus: TAEKO
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Gut Guitar Solo: Toshio Sakurai
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
Trumpets: Hideyuki Ono, Omi Kawai
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
BPM: 136
Length: 4:15
Movie: NOZZY
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Game Size

Smile and you've taken me by surprise
For a while I'm content just to look in your eyes

I was alone but I never felt lonely
My heart was reserved for you only

Helpless
When you touch me I'm powerless
I need you so much baby I'm helpless

Long Version

Lie on the deck of this open yacht
Watch the sky the Caribbean Sea is so hot
Feeling the wind; I can smell the sea
And I hear how the ocean is calling to me

I never knew all the world had to show me
I never let anyone know me - 'cause you know
I was the girl with the strongest defenses
Safe inside my world of pretenses

Smile and you've taken me by surprise
For a while I'm content just to look in your eyes

But when you touch me it feels just like magic
Makes my years almost tragic - oh baby
I was alone but I never felt lonely
My heart was reserved for you only

Helpless
When you touch me I'm powerless
I need you so much baby I'm helpless

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
  • HELPLESS marks vocalist Taeko Shibata's debut in BEMANI.
  • In PercussionFreaks 2ndMIX, the Korean release of drummania 2ndMIX, HELPLESS' background animations were slightly modified, changing the graphics of a dancing woman to silhouettes. These changes were also applied in the Japanese releases starting from GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX.
    • According to Yoshihiko Koezuka and Mutsuhiko Izumi in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania -SUPER BEST BOX- audio commentary, the original video had to be changed due to various circumstances, as it was "naughty" and "problematic".
  • HELPLESS is available in GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 through GITADOCHANKO in April 2006.
    • As of June 1st, 2006, it has been automatically unlocked for play in Standard Mode.
  • HELPLESS (Long Version) was originally available as a prize in GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 BLAZING!!!!'s BATTLE MODE event. The song became available for purchase for 800 BP at the BATTLE ITEM COUNTER on July 6th, 2009.
  • HELPLESS (Long Version) has never been on a CS release of GuitarFreaks & DrumMania.

Song Production Information

HELPLESS

Hideyuki Ono

TAEKO's sexy and powerful vocals are awesome with Latin rhythms!! The roaring guitars and flashy horns make the song even more exciting!! This song was created with the hope that the audience will enjoy the fun of Latin music while playing percussion. The percussion instrument played in the game is the "timbales", which is often used in Latin music. I want you to hit the timbales solo in a flowing way.

HELPLESS (Long Version)

Hideyuki Ono

I changed the piano solo into a gut guitar solo based on the bonus track long version of the soundtrack. It's even cooler and more stylish. I never get tired of TAEKO's growing vocals, no matter how many times I listen to them. After all, summer means Latin.

Musician's Room 2

It's based on the Long Ver. of the soundtrack CD. The soundtrack CD included a piano solo, but this time I used a gut guitar solo. The gut guitar solo is stylish, isn't it?

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania difficulty from the original games to GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 99 from GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows - / - 139 / 8 196 / 39 258 / 7 - / - / - 147 / 8 184 / 35 258 / 7 - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 DLC ⁂N/A 3 5 7 - 3 5 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3 DLC ⁂N/A 3 5 7 - 3 5 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4 DLC ⁂N/A 3 5 7 - 3 5 8 -

⁂ Denotes that no proper chart data actually exists.

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Version

Game Drum Guitar Bass Open
Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts 354 505 598 338 338 338 190 190 - - - -
GF3/dm2 3 4 5 4 6 8 N/A N/A - - - -
GF4/dm3 3 4 5 ↑6 ↑8 8 N/A N/A - - - -
GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 34 55 70 60 68 77 N/A N/A - - - -
GF/DM V2 ↓26 ↓48 ↓54 ↓29 ↓42 ↓53 20 28 - - - -
GF/DM V3→V8 26 48 ↑56 29 42 53 20 28 - - - -
GF3/dm2 CS 3 4 5 4 6 8 N/A N/A - - - -

Long Version

Game Drum Guitar Bass Open
Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts 1158 1671 2111 933 933 933 - - - - - -
GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 45 68 87 60 68 79 - - - - - -
GF/DM V6→V8 ↓41 ↓54 ↓72 ↓33 ↓45 ↓55 - - - - - -
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