Hitch Hiker2

Hitch Hiker2

Song Information

Artist: good-cool
Composition/Arrangement: Tatsuya Furukawa
BPM: 137
Length: 1:45
Genre: WARP HOUSE
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Hitch Hiker2 is a sequel to Hitch Hiker, from beatmania IIDX 2nd style.
• A long mix of both Hitch Hiker and Hitch Hiker2, titled Hitch Hiker [Long Drive Mix], appears on the History of beatmania IIDX album.
  • A different long mix of Hitch Hiker and Hitch Hiker2, titled Hitch Hiker (Hitch Hiker / Hitch Hiker2), appears on good-cool's first album, good-cool super collection beatmania & pop'n music.

Trivia

• Kana is featured in Hitch Hiker2's overlays.
• Hitch Hiker2 is a hidden revival in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED. It can be unlocked by playing 30 rounds with an entry card.
  • As of beat #2 (December 22nd, 2004), it is playable by default.
• Hitch Hiker2's Double ANOTHER chart was removed when the song was revived in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED.
  • The original Double ANOTHER chart was never playable again. It received a new Double ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER.
• Hitch Hiker2 is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from October 2nd, 2019, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
• Hitch Hiker2 received LEGGENDARIA charts in beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER. They can be unlocked by fulfilling one of the requirements described in this article.
  • As of beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour, these charts are available by default.
  • Hitch Hiker2's Single LEGGENDARIA marks the first LEGGENDARIA chart rated Level 9.
• Hitch Hiker2 also appears as one of the background music selectable to play during Accel Rave Time (アクセルレイブタイム) in SEVEN'S BEAT (セブンスビート), a KONAMI medal redemption game.

Song Production Information

good-cool

I really wanted to create a sequel to my previous song, so I immediately worked on it.
The image feels like riding in a hitchhiked car while passing through various sceneries.
I hope everyone imagines what kinds of places they might be.
I'm sincerely thankful to dj TAKA for allowing me to create this track.

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

good-cool is considered to be the most versatile artist among those participating in the IIDX series, who has revived various forms of dance music in new ways, following the history of disco music.
However, one of the songs which marked his first appearance in 2nd style was a quick, cheerful, and happy tune, whose beat was bursting with an extremely glittering melody, which had never been seen in the beatmania sound until then.
That song is Hitch Hiker.
2nd style was a version which particularly contained high-quality house numbers throughout the IIDX series, and Hitch Hiker was labeled WARP HOUSE, a cutting-edge sound back then, so I was very excited that I was involved in its brilliant revival... so it's not just a memory, it returned! That song!
It's titled Hitch Hiker2.
This is probably the first time throughout the history of the beatmania series that a song is treated as a sequel and titled "2", just like movies.

The sound and movie starts with an intro which seems condensed from Hitch Hiker.
And then... let's just say it looks like hitching in a more amazing car this time (the scenery reflected outside the window of the car has considerably changed, right?).

By all means, please choose Hitch Hiker in the stage before you play Hitch Hiker2, and enjoy the long drive (but you need to clear it first... You can play it in LIGHT7 for SAFTY DRIVING. Definitely).

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7 in 4th style, 1 to 7+ in 5th through 6th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onward.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	370	420	609	665	976	518	880	864	975
beatmania IIDX 4th style	-	4	6	N/A	-	4	6	※N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style→6th style	-	4	6	N/A	-	↓5	↑7	※N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	4	6	N/A	-	5	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD	-	4	6	7	-	5	↑8	-	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→27 HEROIC VERSE	-	4	6	7	-	5	↑9	-	-
beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER→Present	-	4	6	7	9	5	9	9	10
beatmania IIDX 4th style CS	-	4	6	6	-	4	6	※6	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style CS	3	4	6	6	-	5	7	※7	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	6	7	-	5	9	-	-

※ Denotes chart is a duplicate of the 14KEY chart (total notes: 880).