Fly Above

Fly Above

Song Information

Fly Above's jacket.

Artist: Sota Fujimori
Composition/Arrangement: Sota Fujimori
Lyrics/Vocals: AiMEE
BPM: 150
Length: 2:11
Genre: DREAM TRANCE
Movie: Taiyo Yamamoto
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat (2021)
• jubeat Ave.

Lyrics

Ooh I wanna take you 
Up here where the air is clear
Where clouds & sunlight paint the sky
That is where I want to fly

Ooh let me take you 
Beyond everything that we know
Up here it's beautiful
Leave behind every sorrow
Fly away

And we'll be flying in heaven
We'll float through the sky
And we'll be flying in heaven
Love lifts us high
And we are flying to heaven 
To find peace of mind
And we are flying to heaven
We're leaving the world behind

If you ever wanna dream
Come & I'll take you with me
The sky, it has no boundaries
When love gives you wings

Away, far above the crystal clouds
Soaring tumbling through midair
We'll see the troubles melt away
We'll always want to be there
In heaven.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Parts of Fly Above, particularly at the end of the song, are reinterpretations of Winning Anthem 05, in which Sota also composed for KONAMI's soccer game Winning Eleven / Pro Evolution Soccer.
• The full version of Fly Above, titled Fly Above -Album Extended-, appears in Sota Fujimori's first album, SYNTHESIZED.
• A remix of Fly Above, titled Fly Above -Electrance Mix-, appears in Sota Fujimori's second album, SYNTHESIZED2.
• A piano arrangement of Fly Above, titled Fly Above -Piano Version-, appears in Sota Fujimori's third album, SYNTHESIZED3.
• A speed remix of Fly Above by Ryu☆, titled Fly Above (Ryu☆ Remix), appears in the cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion- CD.
  • A different version of Fly Above (Ryu☆ Remix), titled Fly Above (Ryu☆Remix SLver), appears in the Ryu BEST -SUNLiGHT- CD.
• A remix of Fly Above by PHQUASE, titled Fly Above (Vicissitude Remix), appears in the beatmania IIDX 20th Anniversary Tribute BEST album
  • A short version of Fly Above (Vicissitude Remix) appears in beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE.
• A rock remix of Fly Above by Terminalcode_featZJSWF, titled Fly Above -Band ver.-, appears in the beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE exclusive album BEMANI曲をバンドで演奏してみた.
  • A short version of Fly Above -Band ver.- later appeared in コナステ GITADORA.
• A symphonic arrangement of Fly Above was performed at the BEMANI SYMPHONY Concert 2022 event.

Trivia

• Fly Above is Sota Fujimori's first song with vocalist Aimee Blackschleger.
  • It's also Aimee's second appearance in the beatmania IIDX series, after Blue Rain in beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS.
• Fly Above is one of the songs featured on the BEMANI SONGS ～Best of beatmania IIDX～ video.
• Fly Above is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from January 4th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
  • From April 20th, 2022, it is available by default in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020).
• Fly Above was added to jubeat (2021) on January 6th, 2022.
  • It was later added to plus mode on June 8th, 2022 as part of the beatmania IIDX pack 5.
• Fly Above is one of the FROM IIDX-01 unlocks of jubeat Ave.'s LIGHT CHAT unlocking system. It could be unlocked from October 19th to November 8th, 2022, and from February 22nd to March 14th, 2023.
  • In jubeat beyond the Ave., it could be unlocked through LIGHT CHAT from October 18th to November 7th, 2023.
• Fly Above is one of the BEMANI cassette tape songs hidden in METAL GEAR SURVIVE.

Song Production Information

Sota Fujimori

For me, the image of heaven was the basis for this song. I listened around and imagined transformers in the sky flying above me, which gave me the idea for this.

SYNTHESIZED was released recently, so there is a long version of this song. If you have time, please listen to it.

The movie for the song is great, it has truly amazing images. The video and overall performance are great.

It's now time to forget all your troubles, and let's go travel up to the sky!!!

Video Production Information

Taiyo Yamamoto

During the production of the video, I imagined flying swiftly, then soaring.
For Fly Above, I imagined a little knob flying. I felt that it was ideal for this video.
For the lyrics in the middle of the video, try singing with it if you feel lucky, or watch over someone's shoulder.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	191	482	815	1016	-	412	894	1061	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present	-	5	6	8	-	5	8	9	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	2	5	6	8	-	5	8	9	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	6	8	-	5	8	9	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	5	6	8	-	-	-	-	-

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	307	491	824
jubeat (2021)	3	6	9.3
jubeat Ave.→Present	3	6	9.3