Choo Choo TRAIN

This song also appears in SEGA's rhythm games. For information on this, see the SilentBlue page on this song.

Choo Choo TRAIN

Song Information

Cover Version

Choo Choo TRAIN's banner.

Artist: (J-POP)
Composition: Keizo Nakanishi
Lyrics: Arisu Sato
Original Artist: ZOO
Album: Choo Choo TRAIN (1991)
BPM: 123
Length: 1:43
First Music Game Appearance: DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE
• Toy'sMarch2

EXILE Version

Choo Choo TRAIN's jacket.

Artist: EXILE
Composition: Nakanishi Keizo
Arrangement: Iwato Takashi
Lyrics: Sato Arisu
Album: Choo Choo TRAIN (2003)
BPM: 115
Length: 1:42
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

The lines marked with * are only used in the cover version of Choo Choo TRAIN, while the EXILE version repeats the chorus instead (marked with ※).

Japanese

Fun Fun We hit the step step
肩を抱き合えば　We know We love Oh
Heat Heat (The) beat's like a skip skip
駆け出して跳び乗る　Choo Choo TRAIN

まだ知らない Zone
めざすよ Tonight
リアルな時が止まる Edge of time
誰も Cry or smile
昨日 I forget
脱ぎ捨てて自由になる Good trip

* 月明りに Freak
  誘えば My bro
  みんな巻き込み急ぐ edge of time
  胸に Who’s that guy
  届く I don't care
  Merry sympathy
  一つになる Just now

  Fun, fun, we hit the step, step
  So don't keep yourself to yourself, we know, we love, oh
  Heat, heat feels like a skip, skip
  To the paradise, take me please, oh Choo Choo TRAIN

※ Fun Fun We hit the step step
  肩を抱き合えば　We know We love Oh
  Heat Heat (The) beat's like a skip skip
  駆け出して跳び乗る　Choo Choo TRAIN

Romaji

Fun Fun We hit the step step
onaji kaze no naka We know We love Oh
Heat Heat (The) beat's like a skip skip
tokimeki wo hakobu yo Choo Choo TRAIN

mada shiranai Zone
mezasu yo Tonight
REAL na toki ga tomaru Edge of time
dare mo Cry or smile
kinoo I forget
nugi sutete jiyuu ni naru Good trip

* tsuki akari ni Freak
  sasoeba My bro
  minna maki komi isogu Edge of time
  mune ni Who's that guy
  todoku I don't care
  Merry sympathy
  hitotsu ni naru Just now

* Fun, fun, we hit the step, step
  So don't keep yourself to yourself, we know we love, oh
  Heat, heat feels like a skip, skip
  To the paradise, take me please, oh Choo Choo TRAIN

※ Fun Fun We hit the step step
  kata wo dakiaeba We know We love Oh
  Heat Heat (The) beat's like a skip skip
  kakedashite tobinoru Choo Choo TRAIN

Song Connections / Remixes

• Choo Choo TRAIN is a cover of the 1991 hit song of the same title by ZOO.
  • EXILE's leader, HIRO, is a former member of ZOO.
• The arcade DanceDanceRevolution titles use the EXILE cover of Choo Choo TRAIN, while DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION, DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE, and Toy'sMarch2 use an in-house cover of the song.
• Remixed covers of Choo Choo TRAIN have appeared in other BEMANI series:
  • CHOO CHOO TRAIN (dnb mix), by SLAKE feat. MIKA, in beatmania IIDX 10th style.
  • Choo Choo TRAIN -VENUS mix-, by VENUS, in REFLEC BEAT.

Trivia

• In DanceDanceRevolution STRIKE, Choo Choo TRAIN re-uses parts of the video of Look To The Sky(Trance Mix).
• Choo Choo TRAIN has never been available on an original soundtrack.
• Choo Choo TRAIN is EXILE's tenth single.
• Choo Choo TRAIN was used as the ending theme of TV Asahi's Uchimura produce (内村プロデュース) from October to December 2003.
• Choo Choo TRAIN was added to DanceDanceRevolution (2013) on July 18th, 2013.
• Choo Choo TRAIN was not included in the North American location test of DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
• Choo Choo TRAIN was removed from DanceDanceRevolution A on May 30th, 2016.

Music Comment

This song is a staple J-POP dance number!

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

Songs in DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION are labeled as Hajimete (はじめて) for the easiest difficulty, no difficulty label for the medium difficulty, and Muzukashii (むずかしい) for the hardest difficulty.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
Toy'sMarch difficulty rated from 1 to 5. Renda notes are counted as 1 note. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from tminfo.)

DANCE 86.4

Game	Difficulty
	Kids	Norinori	Fever	Love Love
				1P	2P
Notecounts / Bombs	64 / 0	128 / 6	193 / 12	124 / 4	124 / 4
DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION	No difficulty label

DanceDanceRevolution

Cover Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	96 / 0	126 / 27	199 / 14	251 / 16	- / - / -	129 / 28	200 / 16	258 / 13	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE	1	3	5	7	-	3	5	8	-

EXILE Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	46 / 1	100 / 6	164 / 13	213 / 7	- / - / -	101 / 2	159 / 8	219 / 8	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→A	1	3	6	8	-	3	6	8	-

Toy'sMarch

Game	Level
	Easy (かんたん)	Hard (むずかしい)
Notecounts	47	208
Toy'sMarch2	1	2