THE RACE

THE RACE

Song Information

THE RACE's banner.

Artist: CAPTAIN JACK
Composition/Lyrics: Udo Niebergall / Eric Sneo / Markus Ball
Album: Dancemania X4 (1999)
BPM: 143
Length: 1:32 (DanceDanceRevolution), 1:17 (beatmania)
Genre: DANCEMANIA
Movie: KAERU
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down-
• beatmania III

Lyrics

Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?

Oh, oh, oh, ejo,
Are you ready?

Oh, oh, oh, ejo,
Are you ready?

The wheels go round and round
You hear the scream - you hear the sound
You're fast - you're on the run
You give the best to be the one
Come on and join the journey
This is a journey into sound
As long the wheels are turning
The race is all around

Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?

Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?

Oh, oh, oh, ejo,
Are you ready?

Oh, oh, oh, ejo,
Are you ready?

Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?

Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?

Song Connections / Remixes

• The beatmania series use a shorter version of THE RACE.
• The full, unmixed version of THE RACE appears in CAPTAIN JACK's THE RACE EP.
• A speed remix of THE RACE, titled THE RACE (Power Drill Mix), appears on the Dancemania SPEED 7 album.

Trivia

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• THE RACE's correct title is THE RACE (Formula One Mix). This was never fixed.
  • However, the song is correctly credited in the DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
• THE RACE was one of the DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX preview songs available in DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX, with only its BASIC charts available for play.
• THE RACE was performed live in the D.D.R. KING OF FREESTYLE DANCERS event.
• THE RACE (hard version)'s charts were later put as the ANOTHER charts for THE RACE in beatmania completeMIX 2.

Song Production Information

CAPTAIN JACK, who debuted in 1995 with their eponymous single Captain Jack, is a duo consisting of military-clad rapper Franky Gee and vocalist Liza da Costa. It charted number one in the Netherlands and Hungary, with their debut album recording 4 million sales in Europe. Their second album, Operation Dance, released in 1997, had consecutive hits with Together and Forever and a cover of Madonna's Holiday. This song, The Race, is a roaring guitar track.

Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB VER. through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9.

beatmania

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	204	244	-	240	248	-
beatmania 5thMIX	3	4	-	3	4	-
beatmania APPEND 5thMIX	3	4	-	3	4	-

hard version Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	-	322	-	-	322	-
beatmania 5thMIX	-	5	-	-	5	-
beatmania APPEND 5thMIX	-	5	-	-	5	-

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	204	244	322	240	248	322
beatmania completeMIX 2	↑4	4	5	↑4	4	5
beatmania III	3	4	5	3	4	5

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	150 / 0	222 / 0	294 / 0	- / - / -	153 / 0	223 / 0	255 / 0	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX→4thMIX PLUS	-	3	5	7	-	4	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS	-	3	5	7	-	4	5	7	-

DanceDanceRevolution Solo

Game	6 Panels
	Basic	Trick	Maniac
Notecounts	126	171	206
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo	3	5	7