Far Away (VENUS)

This page is for the KONAMI original song by VENUS that appears in REFLEC BEAT limelight. For the cover of the song by Nickelback that appears in DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY, please see Far Away (HOTTEST PARTY).

Far Away

Song Information

Far Away's jacket.

Artist: VENUS
Composition/Arrangement: Sota Fujimori
Lyrics/Vocals: DJ YOSHITAKA
BPM: 160
Length: 1:40
pop'n music Genre: WITHOUT YOU TONIGHT -III- (ウィザウチュナイ-トロワ-)
pop'n music Character: VENUS [SP-1P]
Jacket design: XTC
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT limelight
Other Music Game Appearances:

• pop'n music Sunny Park
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 29
• REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 18
• ポップンリズミン VENUSパック1

Lyrics

Japanese

気にしないですぐに　Far Away! 
こころ踊る　今日は　Friday! 
戸惑うなら　僕と　Show Time! 
届かない思い出に　Good Bye!

この町　この場所から　遠いあの未来へ 
飛び立つ気があるなら　もう一度　Wake up! Someday!

Far Away!　君が見えるよ 
輝くDay by Day　もっと空へ高く 
Far Away! The shooting Star! 
だれよりも強く 
Far Away! The grooving Night! 
このままじゃWithout You Night!

Song Connections / Remixes

• A game-size instrumental version of Far Away, titled Far Away -instrumental-, appears on the REFLEC BEAT limelight ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.
  • The full version of Far Away's instrumental version appears on VENUS' ZEUS mini-album (bundled with REFLEC BEAT colette ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2).
• An extended version of Far Away, titled Far Away -Extended Mix-, also appears on VENUS' ZEUS mini-album, as well on VENUS' first album, DEUS.
• A "live" medley of Survival Games and Far Away, titled Survival Games ～Far Away　-Live Simulation Mix-, appears on the REFLEC BEAT colette ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.1 album.
• The final line of the song, ending in "Without you night", is a reference to Survival Games' first line, which is also "Without you (to)night".

Trivia

• Far Away marks the third collaboration between Yoshitaka Nishimura and Sota Fujimori under their VENUS alias in BEMANI.
  • Under the VENUS alias, they also worked on the arrangement for 1/3の純情な感情, also from REFLEC BEAT limelight.
• In REFLEC BEAT limelight, Far Away is unlocked by playing Survival Games with the ROSE explosion effect. However, both the song and the effect have to be unlocked first:
  • Survival Games is unlocked by reaching the final part of REFLEC BEAT limelight's Glass Stage 1-2.
  • The ROSE explosion effect is unlocked by clearing 175 chosen songs.
• In REFLEC BEAT colette, Far Away is unlocked by reaching Stage 7 of Pastel Adventure (パステルアドベンチャー) in limelight Mountain.
  • As of REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!, Far Away is available by default.
• Far Away was added to pop'n music Sunny Park on November 20th, 2013 as part of the 1,000,000 Wow Wow Kinen! pop'n demo Without You Tonight (100万Wow Wow記念！ポップンでもウィザウチュナイ) event.
• Far Away's pop'n music songwheel genre, ウィザウチュナイ-トロワ-, reads as "WITHOUT YOU TONIGHT -TROIS-".

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	Easy	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	160	333	690	943	327	705
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	9	25	37	44	14	29

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	202	253	373	—
REFLEC BEAT limelight→Present	4	6	9	—
REFLEC BEAT plus	4	6	9	—
REFLEC BEAT +	4	6	9	—

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	104	175	263
ポップンリズミン	2	4	7