Ska a gogo

Ska a gogo

Song Information

ska a go go's banner.

ska a go go (CLUB ANOTHER VER.)'s banner.

Ska a gogo's pop'n music 16 banner.

Artist: THE BALD HEADS (beatmania/beatmania III, IIDX, later DanceDanceRevolution games), THE BALD HEAD (early DanceDanceRevolution games, pop'n music)
Composition/Arrangement: Hiroshi Takeyasu
Lyrics/Vocals: bongman
BPM: 144-160
Length: 1:22
Genre: Ska (スカ)
pop'n music Character: Hone [12-3P]
VJ: MiZKiNG (beatmania, beatmania IIDX (generic video and overlays)), ? (beatmania (USA))
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX
• beatmania III
• DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON
• pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE

Lyrics

Get down to the sound of the groovy beats!
Straight burning heart!

mine wanna regend of man rock
logo of dj surfurin' by jungle man clue man wanna lost a mam

All night DJ's surfing through the mountains.
Always you know from the man style.
You let you know lot of a play style.
Say Hah! Hah!! Hah!!!

La, la.maz maz... sexy lalala....come on and get at it.
Come and get at dj
La, la.mouse mouse... sexy..come on and get at DJ
Oh natural love...

Song Connections / Remixes

• The beatmania 2ndMIX complete and pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE AC ♡ CS pop'n music 14 FEVER! original soundtrack versions of Ska a gogo are different from the game-size version.
• In beatmania IIDX substream, Ska a gogo received an ANOTHER chart by dj TAKA. This ANOTHER chart is a slightly different and extended version, and it was later titled ska a go go (CLUB ANOTHER VER.) on DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2.
• Available since beatmania completeMIX 2, a remixed version of Ska a gogo by DOCTOR S, titled SKA a go go ～PERFECT MIX～, was used as the ANOTHER chart version of Ska a gogo.
  • This version is also used as the pop'n music HYPER chart of Ska a gogo.
• A remix of Ska a gogo by KEN MATSUMOTO, titled SKA a go go ～SKACORE MIX～, can be found in beatmania CORE REMIX.
  • The ANOTHER chart of SKA a go go ～SKACORE MIX～ is used as the pop'n music EX chart of Ska a gogo.

Trivia

ska a go go's old banner.

SKA A GOGO's pop'n music 15 banner.

• Ska a gogo was spelled as SKA a go go on the first beatmania series, with the exception of beatmania completeMIX 2 and beatmania BEST HITS, where it was capitalized as SKA A GO GO.
  • The title was SKA a go go on the pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE AC ♡ CS pop'n music 14 FEVER! original soundtrack as well.
  • It was spelled as ska a go go on the beatmania IIDX and DanceDanceRevolution series.
  • It was spelled as SKA A GOGO on pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE. The genre on the banner was capitalized as SKA as well.
• SKA a go go's charts were moved up to the HARD difficulty in beatmania 3rdMIX.
  • It also received brand-new NORMAL charts in beatmania 3rdMIX.
• ska a go go received brand-new ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX substream, and a different 14KEY chart. The latter is exclusive to substream, as the original 14KEY chart was restored in beatmania IIDX 2nd style.
• ska a go go has never been on a CS beatmania IIDX release (not counting beatmania (USA), which only has the original beatmania version playable).
  • It received new charts in beatmania (USA).
• SKA A GOGO is one of the FIRE ROUTE unlocks of pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE's Waku-waku Mimi Nyami tankentai (わくわくミミニャミ探検隊) event.
• ska a go go received brand-new BEGINNER and Double HEAVY charts in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• Ska a gogo has never been on a CS release of pop'n music.
• Ska a gogo marked Hiroshi Takeyasu's last appearance in beatmania until perfect sunrise 4 years later in beatmania THE FINAL.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 from 1st style to substream, and 1 to 7 in 2nd style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 9 from CLUB VERSION to 5thMIX, and from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Original Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	215	359	-	394	514	-
beatmania 2ndMIX	※6	-	-	※6	-	-
beatmania 3rdMIX	6	6	-	6	6	-
beatmania completeMIX	↓4	6	-	↓4	6	-
beatmania completeMIX 2	4	6	-	4	6	-
beatmania CORE REMIX	4	6	-	4	6	-
beatmania THE FINAL	4	6	-	↑5	↑7	-
beatmania III	4	5	-	4	5	-
beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→THE FINAL	4	↑6	-	4	↑6	-
beatmania CS	※6	-	-	※6	-	-
beatmania BEST HITS	-	6	-	-	6	-

※ Denotes charts are different from later NORMAL charts:

• Single NORMAL chart: total notes: 359.
• Double NORMAL chart: total notes: 514.

beatmania (USA) Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	356	-	-	507	-	-
beatmania (USA)	7	-	-	7	-	-

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	-	359	456	-	514	575	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX substream	-	-	5	N/A	-	※5	N/A	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 2nd style	-	-	5	N/A	-	5	N/A	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

※ This chart was only used in beatmania IIDX substream (total notes: 508). The original chart was restored the following game.

DanceDanceRevolution

Original Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	98 / 0	175 / 0	281 / 0	327 / 0	- / - / -	175 / 0	281 / 0	329 / 0	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA	1	6	8	9	-	6	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-

CLUB ANOTHER Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	203 / 0	337 / 0	383 / 0	- / - / -	203 / 0	337 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.2	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	313	349	616	855	313	447
pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE→16 PARTY♪	15	26	37	38	15	22