BREAK OUT (Remixed by Orange Lounge)

This page is for the licensed cover of the 1986 Swing Out Sister song by Orange Lounge titled BREAK OUT. For the Thomas Howard Lichtenstein song of the same title, please see BREAK OUT.

BREAK OUT

Song Information

Artist: Remixed by Orange Lounge
Composition/Lyrics: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery, Martin Jackson
Arrangement: TOMOSUKE
Vocals: Shizue Tokui
BPM: 129
Length: 2:06
Genre: LOUNGE HOUSE
Movie: F-FLY
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

When explanations make no sense
When every answer's wrong
You're fighting with lost confidence
All expectations come

The time has come to make or break
Move on don't hesitate
Breakout

Don't stop to ask
Now you've found a break to make at last
You've got to find a way
Say what you want to say
Breakout

Don't stop to ask
Now you've found a break to make at last
You've got to find a way
Say what you want to say
Breakout

Some people stop at nothing

Don't stop to ask
Now you've found a break to make at last
You've got to find a way
Say what you want to say
Breakout

Don't stop to ask
Now you've found a break to make at last
You've got to find a way
Say what you want to say
Breakout

Song Connections / Remixes

• BREAK OUT is a lounge house remix of Swing Out Sister's 1986 song Breakout.
• BREAK OUT, along with SAMBA DE JANEIRO and SPRING RAIN(LLUVIA DE PRIMAVERA), are remixed Western songs that appear in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD. The concept is similar to that of beatmania IIDX 10th style with J-POP remixes.
• BREAK OUT shares a vocal sample with AYAKASHI, from SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS.

Trivia

• BREAK OUT is the final song in BEMANI under Tomosuke Funaki's Orange Lounge alias.
  • It also marks Shizue Tokui's last appearance in BEMANI.
    • It also marks her only song sung in English in BEMANI.
• BREAK OUT is one of the only two new arcade songs from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD that never received unique video or overlays, the other being Winning Eleven9 Theme(IIDX EDITION).

Song Production Information

TOMOSUKE

Since there was a Western music remix competition, TOMOSUKE volunteered to go first and said "I'll do it, me, TOMO-kun, Western music and TOMO-kun!".
As someone who loves Western music, there were too many songs I really wanted to remix, so it was difficult to narrow them down, but after having trouble here and there, I eventually narrowed them down in my mind to Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness), You've Got To Have Freedom, and this song, but I chose this song due to its popularity level.

The original song by Swing Out Sister was a big hit number in 1986. It isn't a crossover from Gitadora.
Perhaps many people know this song since it was often played throughout the city during the '80s revival boom some time ago.
As someone from the ACID JAZZ generation, this is a deeply memorable song, and is one of the best songs which still remains in my heart.
I also performed it in a band during my university days. I remember having trouble making it groovy.
The original mid-tempo song had an exciting intro phrase, and very impressive funky brass and drums, but since it's Orange Lounge, I tried to retain the original's delicious parts, while arranging it with an Orange Lounge style.
TOMOSUKE wants to make a second Western music remix as soon as possible.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	151	352	642	902	-	352	888	-	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD	1	4	7	9	-	4	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	1	4	7	9	-	4	7	-	-