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= あこがれ =

== Song Information ==
[[Image:Akogare.png|thumb|あこがれ's jacket.]]
Artist: 肥塚良彦<br>
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics/Vocals/Chorus/Guitar/Bass/Other Instruments & Programming: [[Yoshihiko Koezuka]]<br>
BPM: 65<br>
Length: 1:52<br>
Movie: [[Akira Wakui|ワクイアキラ]], タケ麿<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

== Lyrics ==
=== Game Size ===
==== Japanese ====
<pre>偽りの日々から　逃げ出したくなる夜
keep my dreams, break my dreams
夜が長すぎて

夢の中に描いた貴女は
今にも手が届きそうで

その声を聴かせて　声を聴かせて
あるがままを　今　輝きに変えて
姿を見せて　姿を見せて
...ほんの少し眠った間の　"あこがれ"

ありのままを　今　貴女に捧ぐ

貴女のすべてを魅せて　すべてを魅せて
...遥か遠い記憶の中の　"まぼろし"</pre>

=== Long Version ===
==== Japanese ====
{{hide text|<pre>偽りの日々から　逃げ出したくなる夜
keep my dreams, break my dreams
夜が長すぎて
この広い世界の　限りない夢の波
take your hands, take your heart
忍び寄るファンタジー

夢の中に描いた貴女は
今にも手が届きそうで

その声を聴かせて　声を聴かせて
あるがままを　今　輝きに変えて
姿を見せて　姿を見せて
...ほんの少し眠った間の　"あこがれ"

弛まない祈りは　眩しい光放つ
give me dreams, give me love
やりきれぬリアリティー

時の中に埋もれて心は
誰にも気付かれないまま

そう夢を見させて　夢を見させて
今宵限りでも　涙は見せないで
息を潜めて　息を潜めて
...夜がそっと運んでくれた　"あこがれ"

ありのままを　今　貴女に捧ぐ

貴女のすべてを魅せて　すべてを魅せて
...遥か遠い記憶の中の　"まぼろし"</pre>}}

== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* A long version of あこがれ can be found on Yoshihiko Koezuka's first album, [[DREAMS (album)|DREAMS]].

== Trivia ==
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* With its Drum BASIC chart rated Level 10, あこがれ is tied with [[NA-NA-NA]] as the KONAMI original songs with the lowest rated BASIC charts in the classic DrumMania series.
* Despite that あこがれ's BPM is displayed as 65, there are several slowdowns during the song. The BPM changes are as it follows:<br>65&rarr;55&rarr;65&rarr;55&rarr;50&rarr;40&rarr;65&rarr;63&rarr;57.
* During the GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V location test, あこがれ used a generic video.
** Its placeholder banner can be found unused in the GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V data.

== Song Production Information ==
=== Yoshihiko Koezuka ===
I have sung about [[Dreams in the night|two]] [[prism|songs]] in the past in the Gitadora series, but this time I tried a slightly different approach.<br>
I decided to stop the process of thinking about the melody &rarr; thinking about the lyrics &rarr; arranging &rarr; singing, and tried something like humming the song (including lyrics that fit the phrase so that it would be easy to sing) &rarr; thinking about the melody &rarr; arranging. It became very easy to sing. If you are tired of hard songs, please try to choose this song to relax.

== Video Production Information ==
=== Akira Wakui ===
The atmosphere of this song was very different from the [[SACCHARINE SMILE|previous]] [[GET GOING|songs]] I was in charge of, so I expressed it in a different style.<br>
The production process was also different from the last time, in that I tried to express myself by valuing the images from the photographic materials I had collected, rather than storyboarding from the beginning.

=== Takemaru ===
Healing vocals, healing sounds... I was in a healing mode listening to it.<br>
The graphic I received was a healing angel, too.<br>
I tried to make a warm and soft movie about "Let's all be healed!", but how did it go?

== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania difficulty rated from 1 to 99 from GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX onwards. (Ratings obtained from [http://www.bemaniwiki.com BEMANIWiki 2nd].)

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