LOVE SO GROOVY

LOVE SO GROOVY

Song Information

LOVE SO GROOVY's banner.

LOVE SO GROOVY (CLUB 2P VER.)'s banner.

Artist: LOVEMINTS
Composition/Arrangement: LOVEMINTS
Lyrics: chappy
BPM: 141
Length: 1:52
Genre: SOUL
Movie: MiZKiNG (beatmania, beatmania IIDX (generic video and overlays)), ? (beatmania (2006))
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania (2006)
• beatmania IIDX
• beatmania III
• DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2

Lyrics

You're everything , my love for you
Everyday I'm watching you
You're everything , I thinking of you
You make me feel so dream
Love so groovy
Always I wanna be with you
You know I fall in love with you

Song Connections / Remixes

• The Double version of LOVE SO GROOVY sounds different compared with the Single version. The Double version is known as LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version).
  • In DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSION 2, this version is titled LOVE SO GROOVY (CLUB 2P VER.).
• A portion of LOVE SO GROOVY is included in the medley BEMANI HIT TRACKS, from beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX.
• A remix of LOVE SO GROOVY by NITE SYSTEM, titled LOVE SO GROOVY (Nite's After Luv mix), can be found in beatmania 2ndMIX.
• Another remix of LOVE SO GROOVY by DJ SIMON, titled LOVE SO GROOVY ～SLEEP MIX～, can be found in beatmania CORE REMIX.
• An extended version of LOVE SO GROOVY, titled LOVE SO GROOVY beatmania-DA!! Special Version, can be found in beatmania打!! and beatmania打打打!!.
• An instrumental version of LOVE SO GROOVY, titled LOVE SO GROOVY (INSTRUMENTAL), can be found on the beatmania 2nd MIX complete album.

Trivia

• The superhero in LOVE SO GROOVY's original beatmania animations is called Konamiman (コナミマン), real name Tadanori Aizawa (相沢忠則).
• LOVE SO GROOVY can be briefly heard at beginning of the title screen music of beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX.
• LOVE SO GROOVY's charts were moved up to the HARD difficulty in beatmania 3rdMIX.
  • It also received brand-new NORMAL charts in beatmania 3rdMIX.
• LOVE SO GROOVY received brand-new NORMAL charts and ANOTHER charts in beatmania completeMIX 2.
  • The Single ANOTHER chart was carried to the beatmania III series in beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX, while the Double ANOTHER chart was carried in beatmania III THE FINAL.
• LOVE SO GROOYY's beatmania IIDX chart is the same as its beatmania chart, with keys 6 and 7 unused.
• LOVE SO GROOVY has never appeared on a CS beatmania IIDX release (not counting beatmania (2006), which only has the original beatmania version of the song playable).
• LOVE SO GROOVY was used as the CM song for DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1.
• The opera singer and clown from JET WORLD's video can be seen in LOVE SO GROOVY's DanceDanceRevolution background.

Song Production Information

beatmania

My own rendition of Shibuya-style soul (?). It samples and arranges a lot of phrases from '60s and '70s free soul and soft rock, so I think you'll enjoy hearing them if they're familiar to you.

beatmania completeMIX English site

9inch version

Groovy soul for all you lovers out there...

12inch version

Is love on your side?

beatmania CS / APPEND YebisuMIX Music Column site

Hiroyuki Togo

When you say "rock," there's all different kinds. In the same way, the genre of soul is also incredibly broad.
From the Southern soul, Philadelphia soul, and Motown of long ago, to the black contemporary, funk, and others that continue to the present day.

But in general, when people say "soul," they're often referring to black musicians from the '60s and '70s like James Brown or Otis Redding.
In the past, The Tunnels had a segment on their show called "Soul Tunnels"; the sound was just like that... to the current generation of old men and women in their late 30s or early 40s who were up to no good back in those days, that sweet sound makes them recall the long-lost days of their youth!

I'm a little younger than that generation, but back when I was in high school, I remember seeing men with afros and women in garish makeup all dancing with the same movements over in Yokohama at what is now called a "cluv" (the accent's on the "v" isn't it...?), back when it was still called a "discotheque" (did you know that!?).
We were still too young to step in, only able to catch mere glimpses of stylishly seductive adults having fun.

[Hiroshi] Takeyasu, who composed the soul track LOVE SO GROOVY for beatmania, is in the same age group as me. When I hear that great song LOVE SO GROOVY, it feels like it expresses the envy and longing from our generation at not being able to spend our youth in such an amazing era.
By the way, the musical mood that LOVE SO GROOVY has can be heard in female vocal groups like The Three Degrees (referred to as "Philadelphia soul") and The Supremes (referred to as "Motown sound"). Those of you who are drawn in by that kind of sound, give them a listen!

Until next time, have a wonderful BEAT PLAY LIFE.
(Hiroyuki Togo, Composer & Sound Director for beatmania on PlayStation)

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 6 through completeMIX and the original beatmania III, and 1 to 9 from completeMIX 2 and beatmania III CORE REMIX onwards.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in 1st and substream, and 1 to 7 in 2nd style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)

beatmania

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	140	169	-	192	227	-
beatmania→2ndMIX	※4	-	-	※4	-	-
beatmania 3rdMIX→completeMIX	4	4	-	4	4	-
beatmania CS	※4	-	-	※4	-	-
beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX	-	4	-	-	4	-
beatmania (2006)	※4	-	-	※4	-	-

※ Denotes charts are different from later NORMAL charts:

• Single NORMAL chart: total notes: 169.
• Double NORMAL chart: total notes: 227.

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	151	169	267	192	227	323
beatmania completeMIX 2	3	4	4	3	4	4
beatmania CORE REMIX	3	4	-	3	4	-
beatmania THE FINAL	3	4	4	↑4	4	↑5
beatmania III	4	4	-	4	4	-
beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→APPEND 7thMIX	4	4	4	4	4	-
beatmania III THE FINAL	4	4	4	4	4	4
beatmania APPEND ClubMIX	-	-	4	-	-	4

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	-	169	-	-	-	227	-	-
beatmania IIDX→2nd style	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Original Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	112 / 0	135 / 0	186 / 0	- / - / -	136 / 0	187 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	3	4	7	-	4	7	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1	-	3	4	7	-	4	7	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	3	4	7	-	4	7	-	-

CLUB 2P Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	108 / 0	137 / 0	187 / 0	- / - / -	138 / 0	185 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	3	4	7	-	4	7	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1	-	3	4	7	-	4	7	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	3	4	7	-	4	7	-	-