HELPLESS

HELPLESS

Song Information

Original Version

HELPLESS' jacket.

HELPLESS' DanceDanceRevolution banner.

Artist: TAEKO
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Lyrics: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Vocals/Chorus: TAEKO
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
Trumpets: Hideyuki Ono, Omi Kawai
BPM: 140
Length: 1:23
Genre: SAMBA
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 Song Pack #11

Long Version

HELPLESS (Long Version)'s jacket.

Artist: TAEKO
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Lyrics: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Vocals/Chorus: TAEKO
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Gut Guitar Solo: Toshio Sakurai
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
Trumpets: Hideyuki Ono, Omi Kawai
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
BPM: 136
Length: 4:15
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Game Size

Smile and you've taken me by surprise
For a while I'm content just to look in your eyes

I was alone but I never felt lonely
My heart was reserved for you only

Helpless
When you touch me I'm powerless
I need you so much baby I'm helpless

Long Version

Lie on the deck of this open yacht
Watch the sky the Caribbean Sea is so hot
Feeling the wind; I can smell the sea
And I hear how the ocean is calling to me

I never knew all the world had to show me
I never let anyone know me - 'cause you know
I was the girl with the strongest defenses
Safe inside my world of pretenses

Smile and you've taken me by surprise
For a while I'm content just to look in your eyes

But when you touch me it feels just like magic
Makes my years almost tragic - oh baby
I was alone but I never felt lonely
My heart was reserved for you only

Helpless
When you touch me I'm powerless
I need you so much baby I'm helpless

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of HELPLESS can be found on the GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX soundtracks and GUITARFREAKS & drummania VOCAL COLLECTION albums.
  • Another long version, featuring a gut guitar solo by Toshio Sakurai, appears as HELPLESS (Long Version) in GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX. This long version later appeared on the GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX Soundtracks album as HELPLESS (Guitar Long Version).

Trivia

• HELPLESS marks vocalist Taeko Shibata's debut in BEMANI.
• In Percussion Freaks 2ndMIX, the Korean release of drummania 2ndMIX, HELPLESS' background animations were slightly modified, changing the graphics of a dancing woman to silhouettes. Curiously, these changes were also applied in the Japanese releases starting from GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX.
• HELPLESS is available in GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 through GITADOCHANKO in April 2006.
  • As of June 1st, 2006, HELPLESS has been automatically unlocked for play in Standard Mode.
• HELPLESS (Long Version) was originally available as a prize in GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6's BATTLE MODE event. The song became available for purchase for 800 BP at the BATTLE ITEM COUNTER on July 6th, 2009.
• HELPLESS (Long Version) has never been on a CS release of GuitarFreaks & DrumMania.

Song Production Information

HELPLESS

Untranslated.

HELPLESS (Long Version)

I made this based on the Long Ver. from the soundtrack CD. On the soundtrack CD this song had a piano solo, but this time we tried with a gut guitar solo. A stylish gut guitar solo, right?

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
Difficulty for early GF/DM games rated from 1 to 10 stars. GF/DM difficulty for GF5/dm4 and beyond rated from 1 to 99. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	77 / 0	139 / 8	196 / 39	258 / 7	- / - / -	147 / 8	184 / 35	258 / 7	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 DLC	N/A	3	5	7	-	3	5	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3 DLC	N/A	3	5	7	-	3	5	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4 DLC	N/A	3	5	7	-	3	5	8	-

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 DLC Double BEGINNER chart: Total notes: 84 / 0.

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Version

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	354	505	598	338	338	338	190	190	-	-	-	-
GF3/dm2	3	4	5	4	6	8	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF4/dm3	3	4	5	↑6	↑8	8	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5	34	55	70	60	68	77	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V2	↓26	↓48	↓54	↓29	↓42	↓53	20	28	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V3→V8	26	48	↑56	29	42	53	20	28	-	-	-	-
GF3/dm2 CS	3	4	5	4	6	8	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-

Long Version

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	1158	1671	2111	933	933	933	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5	45	68	87	60	68	79	-	-	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V6→V8	↓41	↓54	↓72	↓33	↓45	↓55	-	-	-	-	-	-