LUV CAN SAVE U

LUV CAN SAVE U

Song Information

LUV CAN SAVE U's jacket.

Artist: HIDEKI NAGANUMA
Composition/Arrangement: Hideki Naganuma
BPM: 140
Length: 2:07
Genre: NEO 80's EURO ELECTRO
VJ: Fukutomi WAVE (overlays by NAGI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceEvolution ARCADE
• jubeat saucer
• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) saucer pack 05
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 29

Lyrics

Cool bed

Do you really think love can save you?
I never choose a party in your stupid game
Do you really think love can save you?
I don't know what you're lookin' for

My heart is on fire but my blood is frozen

Everybody loves me but you
Love me my dear　But just don't touch
Everybody loves me but you
And a broken heart is all I got

Cool bed

Do you really think love can save you?
I never choose a party in your stupid game
Do you really think love can save you?
I don't need this no more

Everybody, -verybody, -verybody
Everybody, -verybody

Everybody loves me but you
Love me my dear. But just don't touch
Everybody loves me but you
And a broken heart, broken heart is all I got

So tell it, girls
Yo, I don't need this no more

Cool bed

Song Connections / Remixes

• The "love can save you" voice sample was used in an earlier beatmania IIDX song, route 80s.
• A long version of LUV CAN SAVE U, titled LUV CAN SAVE U [luv can extend u mix], appears on the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.

Trivia

• LUV CAN SAVE U marks the first appearance of Hideki Naganuma in a BEMANI game. He is best known for his musical contributions to Sega's Jet Set Radio game series, as well as the Nintendo DS game Sonic Rush.
  • He also composed Love Sensation and Sky-2-High for the anime adaptation of Air Gear under his skankfunk alias, whilst being the supervisor for the rest of the tracks.
• If a AAA rank is obtained, an alternate image will show up at the end of LUV CAN SAVE U, like in Round and Round.
• LUV CAN SAVE U was added to jubeat saucer on November 1st, 2012. It was later removed on April 1st, 2013, and it was later revived on May 20th, 2013.
  • It was removed again on September 1st, 2013. It was revived again on October 28th, 2013.
• In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, LUV CAN SAVE U and HIDEKI NAGANUMA are spelled as Luv Can Save U and Hideki Naganuma.
• LUV CAN SAVE U is the CHALLENGE7 unlock of DanceEvolution ARCADE's CHALLENGE category (CHALLENGEカテゴリー) unlocking system.

Song Production Information

HIDEKI NAGANUMA

In my teenage years, I listened to a lot of 80s Eurobeat, which really influenced my musical style.
So, hearing that the musical style was making a comeback, I decided to make a Neo 80s song to my taste.
While I wanted to express a feeling of nostalgia, I also wanted to use modern musical creations and arrangements.
I used the key of A minor to express the feeling of loneliness, and then change it to the major key only for a moment.
The four lines in the chorus, particularly the line in the chorus "Broken Heart", work really well with the rhythm of the song.
I think that I have finished a suitable song for a music game like beatmania IIDX 20.

Video Production Information

NAGI

From the moment that I heard this song, I was impressed and felt drawn towards it.
Whoa, I think it was very cool!
So I started to imagine what animation to make and I kept thinking about a character battling against an enemy winning and losing....
And as the story started to come together, I started becoming more excited and said "Yes! Let's make an animation!"
And the results....

Animators are gods (-゛-；)

Well...Ummm.....
I really wanted to do more for the animation than what I could actually put in the actual movie, so next time, I'll try to be more devoted to my work.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceEvolution difficulty rated from 1 to 5.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from jubeat@Wiki and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	295	720	1069	300	699	1416	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present	-	3	7	9	3	6	10	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

DanceEvolution

Game	Level
	Light	Standard	Extreme	Master
Dancer	翔
Choreographer	Yuu
Notecounts	50	76	128	240
DanceEvolution ARCADE	3

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	357	653	922
jubeat saucer→Present	4	8	9
jubeat plus	4	8	9
jubeat plus (Android)	4	8	9
jukebeat	4	8	9