BREAK OUT

This page is for the KONAMI original song BREAK OUT by Thomas Howard Lichtenstein, which appears in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series. For the licensed cover of the 1986 Swing Out Sister song BREAK OUT remixed by Orange Lounge in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD, please see BREAK OUT (Remixed by Orange Lounge).

BREAK OUT

Song Information

BREAK OUT's jacket.

Artist: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Composition/Other Instruments & Programming: Kazuhiro Senoo
Arrangement: Kazuhiro Senoo, Toshio Sakurai
Guitar/Bass: Toshio Sakurai
Lyrics/Vocals: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
BPM: 110
Length: 1:24
Genre: FUNK
Movie: ヲグチ
First Music Game Appearance: drummania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GITADORA EXCHAIN
• GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX

Lyrics

BREAK THE BOUNDARIES. MY PHILOSOPHY

THERE I WAS TALKING TO SOME FRIENDS JUST THE OTHER DAY
THEY SAID I BETTER GIVE IT UP & FIND SOME OTHER WAY
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BEAUTY IN THE EXPERIENCE
MY DUTY IS TAKING IT GIVING IT TAKING IT GIVING IT
UP ALL THE WAY TO ITS FRUITION NO MIND POLLUTION
OR CONFUSION, DISILLUSION, WHO CONTROLS THE DISTRIBUTION?
IS IT A THING OF THE PAST? THINK OF THE FUTURE
IS IT A BLAST? SHOULDN'T YOU WONDER? THAT'S THE TRUTH
NOT A BLUNDER, HEAR THE THUNDER?
BREAK THE BOUNDARIES, MY PHILOSOPHY (4X)

"BREAK"

YOU CAN SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE BEING LIKE "THE GOOD GUYS"
DOING LIKE YOU SHOULD GUYS (AND YOU KNOW JUST WHAT I MEAN)
YOU PUSHIN' & YOU SHOVIN' AND YOU NEVER GET NO LOVIN'
DON'T STOP MOVIN' WHAT YOU NEED IS A LITTLE LIBERATION
FROM THOSE UPRIGHT UPTIGHT FOOLS IN THEIR SCHOOLS
YOU GOT TO BREAK OUT SHAKE OUT
TAKE THE WOMAN AND YOU MAKE OUT
DON'T STOP LIVING KNOW YOU GOTTA
BREAK THE BOUNDARIES. MY PHILOSOPHY

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

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• BREAK OUT marks Kazuhiro Senoo's first song composition for BEMANI.
• BREAK OUT is available in GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 through GITADOCHANKO in February 2006.
  • As of June 1st, 2006, BREAK OUT has been automatically unlocked for play in Standard Mode.
• BREAK OUT is one of the Part 2 unlocks of the Tsuioku no GITADORA 1999~2002 (追憶のギタドラ1999～2002) event. It could be unlocked from March 20th to April 16th, 2019.
  • On December 29th, 2019, it could be unlocked in GITADORA NEX+AGE by clearing it in Deluxe Mode as part of the Deluxe kaikin challenge campaign (Deluxe解禁チャレンジキャンペーン).
    • It can also be unlocked as part of the Atsui natsu koso GITADORA da! Campaign (あつい夏こそギタドラだ！キャンペーン), from August 19th to September 27th, 2020.
• BREAK OUT received a new jacket in GITADORA EXCHAIN.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

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.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	343	383	546	344	344	344	205	205	-	-	-	-
GF3/dm2	4	5	8	8	8	8	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF4/dm3	4	5	8	8	↑10	↑9	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5	31	48	77	81	87	93	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V2→V8	↓25	↓47	↓56	↓44	↓55	↓69	24	35	-	-	-	-
GF3/dm2 CS	4	5	8	8	8	8	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	194	352	459	605	148	224	343	365	117	169	205	205
GITADORA EXCHAIN	2.70	3.80	5.00	7.30	2.90	5.10	6.40	7.40	2.80	4.90	6.10	6.90
GITADORA NEX+AGE→Present	↑2.75	↑3.90	↑5.10	7.30	↓2.85	↓5.05	↑6.45	↑7.45	↑2.90	↓4.85	↑6.15	6.90