Hoping To Be Good
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Hoping To Be Good
Song Information
Artist: Bill Hamel & Derek James feat. James Rowand
Composition: Bill Hamel, Derek James & James Rowand
Arrangement: Bill Hamel, Derek James
Lyrics/Vocals: James Rowand
BPM: 120
Length: 1:28
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Can you tell me why I feel the way I do? Can you show me what it's like to be with you? I don't want to take my time I don't want to think things through I just want to spend my life Hoping to be good to you
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- Hoping To Be Good marks Bill Hamel's final appearance in BEMANI prior to his death on June 29th, 2018.
- It also marks James Rowand's first original song on an arcade BEMANI game.
- In the DanceDanceRevolution master song list, Hoping To Be Good is listed between the songs from DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3 / DanceDanceRevolution X2 CS, suggesting it was meant to appear in those games first.
- Hoping To Be Good's difficulty level change from DanceDanceRevolution A20 was applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.
- Hoping To Be Good is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from March 1st, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.3 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.3).
Song Production Information
Derek James
I had a blast with this project! Thanks to Konami and Dance Dance Revolution for the opportunity to make you move. Now keep steppin!!
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 75 / 0 | 100 / 14 | 174 / 18 | 256 / 1 | - / - / - | 113 / 11 | 164 / 14 | 235 / 2 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→(2014) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | - | 5 | 7 | 11 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution A→Present | 2 | 5 | 7 | ↑12 | - | 5 | 7 | 11 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | - | 5 | 7 | 11 | - |