Drivin'

Drivin'

Song Information

Drivin's banner.

Artist: NAOKI feat.Paula Terry
Composition/Arrangement: NAOKI
Lyrics/Vocals: Paula Terry
BPM: 155
Length: 1:35
Genre: HYPER EUROBEAT
VJ: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 8th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA

Lyrics

I knew it had to be you
Fill me with your love
When I thought all was lost
You said "come take my hand"
Take you for a drive, drivin' in my open car

The wind blowing in our hair
Living life without a care
Baby you're so real, baby so strong
I know we can't go wrong

We're drivin' in your car
We have never gone this far
Now the time has come for us
To spend the night together now

Drivin' in your car
You come straight into my heart
Soon I will be yours
And we'll spend tonight together

We're drivin' in your car
Who knew we would come this far
I can't wait for us to spend the whole
Night together now

You drive me in your car
Nothing can keep us apart
I know you and me will be
Always be forever more

Song Connections / Remixes

• A downbeat remix of Drivin' by Yu Takami, titled Drivin' (undulated mix), appears on the V-RARE SOUNDTRACKS vol.8: beatmania IIDX 8th style album.
• Drivin' appears in Power 2 Shuffle Mix, from DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE.

Trivia

• Drivin' marks Paula Terry's first original beatmania IIDX song.
• Drivin' features VJ GYO's characters Mika, Yuri, and Akane in the video.
• According to NAOKI, Drivin' was originally to be titled in Japanese and sung in Japanese to go with the other songs in 8th style he named/were sung in Japanese (蒼い衝動 and 桜), as well as the difficulty of writing English lyrics for his songs (a possible reference to him writing the lyrics to D2R earlier that year). It was through trial and error with Paula Terry that the song was finished.
  • VJ GYO also notes that the video for Drivin' was made based off the instrumental version of the song, before the lyrics were wrapped up or even the name of the song was known, possibly due to NAOKI's difficulty when working on the song.
• A picture showing a new banner for Drivin' appears in the manual for DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4, despite the song not being in the game.
  • Similarly, the official DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 website had a gameplay screenshot of Drivin', but the song is not included in the game.
• Drivin' was still present in the location test of DanceDanceRevolution X, with its new foot ratings.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX to 10th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ (up to 9th style) or 8 (10th style), from 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	227	465	663	897	482	650	799
beatmania IIDX 8th style→11 IIDX RED	—	4	7	N/A	4	6	N/A
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	—	4	7	10	4	6	7
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→14 GOLD	—	4	7	10	4	6	↑8
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→16 EMPRESS	—	4	7	10	4	6	↑9
beatmania IIDX 8th style CS	—	4	7	7	4	6	7
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	2	4	7	10	4	6	9

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	68 / 7	126 / 10	223 / 32	394 / 12	- / - / -	117 / 10	225 / 32	371 / 24	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	1	3	6	9	—	2	6	9	—
DanceDanceRevolution X (location test)	2	4	7	13	—	4	7	13	—
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS JP	1	3	6	9	—	2	6	9	—
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage UNIVERSE	N/A	3	6	9	—	2	6	9	—