Stick Around

Stick Around

Song Information

Artist: Megu with Scotty D.
Composition/Arrangement: Shuichi Kobori
Lyrics: Scotty D.
Vocals: Megumi Oka, Scotty D.
BPM: 134
Length: 2:01
Genre: 2STEP
Movie: Yasi
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 6th style -new songs collection-
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 8th style

Lyrics

Game Size

So many days we wasted under the sky
Watching the sun go up and come down again

So many nights we ended up counting the stars
Until we realized that sheep should have been the subject

When I am with you with you with you
The universe is gonna stop
I wanna be with you with you with you
Wherever you are, you see you in my eyes

Why do we stick around like this?
I love to share the rhythm of our talking
How can we keep repeating the same old lines?
You and I make everything feel so new

Why do we stick around like this?
I want to spend the rest of my life with you
How do we know we'll be together?
I always knew it since we met

One and One do not make Two
A man and woman make a bigger One

So many moments we were looking for this answer

Long Version

So many days we wasted under the sky Watching the sun go up and come down again So many nights we ended up counting the stars Until we realized that sheep should have been the subject When I am with you with you with you The universe is gonna stop I wanna be with you with you with you Wherever you are, you see you in my eyes Why do we stick around like this? I love to share the rhythm of our talking How can we keep repeating the same old lines? You and I make everything feel so new Why do we stick around like this? I want to spend the rest of my life with you How do we know we'll be together? I always knew it since we met So many hugs we showed everyone in town I didn't care what they ever thought of us So many kisses starting up a hundred sparks Shedding the brightest light to blind the people who watch us When I'm close to you to you to you The world is gonna disappear I'm close to you to you to you I hear your heartbeat in harmony with mine Why do we stick around like this? I love to share the rhythm of our talking How can we keep repeating the same old lines? You and I make everything feel so new Why do we stick around like this? I want to spend the rest of my life with you How do we know we'll be together? I always knew it since we met One and One do not make Two A man and woman make a bigger One So many moments we were looking for this answer

Song Connections/Remixes

• The full version of Stick Around, titled Stick Around -full size-, appears on the V-RARE SOUND TRACK 2 CD. It later appeared on the beatmania IIDX 7th style Original Soundtrack album.
• A remix of Stick Around by Togo, titled Stick Around -twilight bossa 'Togo'mix-, also appears on the V-RARE SOUNDTRACK 2 CD. It later appeared, titled as Stick Around (twilight bossa 'Togo'mix), on the beatmania IIDX 8th style Original Soundtrack album.

Trivia

• Megumi Oka herself appears in Stick Around's video, along with a very brief appearance by Scott Dolph.
• Stick Around marks Scott Dolph's only original contribution to beatmania IIDX.
• Stick Around marks the only collaboration between Shuichi Kobori and Megumi Oka in BEMANI.
  • It's also Shuichi Kobori's first BEMANI song with vocals.

Song Production Information

Megumi Oka

Hello, it's nice to meet you (is it?), I'm Megumi Oka.
KOBO's composition of "Stick Around" is an example of extra energy = charm!
This expression is perfect!
I think of extra energy as something kind and fun, not as something brash like being lazy and cutting corners...
I've encountered various kinds songs while singing them, but this song provides a nice feeling.
As a performer, I ideally don't flirt and seek others, and "Stick Around" allowed me to fulfil my selfish wish to be with an office worker.
Well! I want you to pay attention to the exceptional and Sweet lyrics by Scott, who has helped me since "Hunting for you".
Please experience this nice "exclusive" feeling in the game and sound (laughs)... (Tokyo native Megu)

Scotty D.

I was requested to write these lyrics, and immediately after I first heard this song, I was inspired and thought, "instead of passionate love, let's make the theme about a warm feeling of love!".
I tried to write the lyrics about a couple sharing ordinary days together, and the feelings of a girl who cherishes such times as treasure.
In the chorus, "Why do we stick around like this?", the girl's answer to the man's question and the "One and One" sounds cute, and I like it a lot, if I may say so myself, who wrote these lyrics.
I liked it so much, that I kept praising myself at the recording place, "Hmm..! These lyrics are wonderful!".
By the way, I'm singing the male part in the chorus.
My face briefly appears in the game's video, so I apologize that my appearance doesn't completely match the song's image or the singing voice, and to those who really thought about this, I'd like to say: "Ignore it!!!"

Video Production Information

Yasi

I honestly like this song. It was "surprising" in a good way that kobo wrote a song like this.
Meanwhile, I cursed myself for not being able to show this kind of charm from kobo, who I worked together with for so long.
I think it was difficult for him to be busy creating data as his main job while composing, and I regret that I should've quickly mastered KAGE's six ways to use people, who said that something good comes out of criticizing them many times.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 6th through 9th style, and 1 to 8 in 10th style.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	231	263	296	483	-	327	441	-	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style CS	2	2	3	3	-	3	4	-	-
beatmania IIDX 8th style CS	-	2	3	3	-	3	4	-	-
beatmania IIDX 8th style	-	2	3	N/A	-	3	4	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→10th style	-	2	3	N/A	-	3	↑5	-	-