D2R

D2R

Song Information

D2R's jacket.

File:D2R(FREEZE Special).png

D2R("FREEZE" Special)'s jacket.

Artist: NAOKI
Composition/Arrangement: NAOKI MAEDA
Lyrics: Londell "Taz" Hicks, Andrea L. Hopkins, NAOKI MAEDA
Vocals: Londell "Taz" Hicks, Andrea L. Hopkins
BPM: 160
Length: 1:36
Genre: HYPER ROCK BEAT
Jacket design: RICE.C
VJ: VJ GYO (overlays by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 7th style / DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Everyone dance with me, everyone
(Get on the dance floor now!)
And this is your last chance for a dance tonight
(Aaaaaahhhhhhh, yeah!)

Ready, set, go - c'mon take a chance
Move away 'till forever, dance
There's plenty more, what we've got in store
But this jam don't start until we hit the floor
So c'mon everybody, from left to right
D2R is here, it's party night
If you want romance, forget this show
On the floor, party now, forevermore!

Everybody dance with me
Let the music move your feet (c'mon c'mon c'mon)
Everybody dance with me
Dance with me, let the music move your feet for me

C'mon, baby
Work that body
We're gonna dance, dance, dance
All day, all night, ooohh right

I'm gonna come back
With a rhyming fit
Below the deck
Here's another hit
Quicker to the steps
As high as I can see
Let your body jack
'Till you feel the beat

All I wanna say is on the count of three
Put your hands in the air where my eyes can see
9 to 5, bring it to the floor
So c'mon, make me run up and move!

Listen to the DJ play
Jams to make you wanna sway
So c'mon baby, take my hand, make some plan
Feel that romance is here to stay

Throw your hands up in the air
Wave them like you haven't got a care
I want you to romance with me, dance with me,
Help the music set your body free

D2R!

Song Connections / Remixes

• According to NAOKI's song production information on the beatmania IIDX 7th style official website, D2R was the foundation for BRILLIANT 2U, B4U and DYNAMITE RAVE prior to its debut.
• D2R is sampled in DDR MEGAMIX, from pop'n music 10.
• An instrumental version of D2R appears in the video inside KI・SE・KI, from BeForU's single of the same name.
• An arrangement of D2R is used as the RANDOM BGM in BOOM BOOM DANCE / Rhythm Party.

Trivia

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• D2R marks Naoki Maeda's only known BEMANI song he wrote the lyrics for.
• According to NAOKI, D2R was originally made back around the first DanceDanceRevolution game, but it was shelved until its rework in DDRMAX2.
• D2R marks the first appearance of Londell "Taz" Hicks, the announcer of the DanceDanceRevolution series from DDRMAX through SuperNOVA2, as a vocalist.
• The robot from B4U appears in D2R's background animations.
• D2R received a BEGINNER chart in Dancing Stage EuroMIX2.
• D2R("FREEZE" Special) is one of the My GROOVE RADAR (Myグルーヴレーダー) unlockable songs in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2. To unlock it, you must play songs that have charts which focus on the FREEZE parameter of the GROOVE RADAR.
  • As of April 10th, 2008, D2R("FREEZE" Special) has been unlocked for normal play.
• D2R's Double EXPERT chart was slightly altered in DanceDanceRevolution X, fixing a jump which was timed one 16th late.
• D2R's overlays were removed from the beatmania IIDX arcade games as of beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro due to technical issues.
• Since June 1st, 2017 in DanceDanceRevolution A, D2R("FREEZE" Special) no longer appears in the song selection screen if the player does not use an e-amusement pass.

Song Production Information

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CS Information Data

DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution-

"D2R" by NAOKI is the latest energetic masterpiece from the same artist behind hit Dance Dance Revolution songs like "DYNAMITE RAVE", "BRILLIANT 2U" and "B4U". Packed with high-energy rhythms, ultra-fast rap vocals and soulful female vocals, "D2R" will have you tearing up the dance floor.

Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ from 7th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	363	494	671	823	-	525	665	-	-
beatmania IIDX 7th style→11 IIDX RED	-	5	6	N/A	-	5	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	5	6	8	-	5	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 7th style CS	3	5	6	6	-	5	6	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Original Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	124 / 0	147 / 5	236 / 29	327 / 7	- / - / -	138 / 4	238 / 10	332 / 0	- / - / -
DDRMAX2 location test	-	2	6	7	-	2	4	7	-
DDRMAX2	-	↑3	↓5	7	-	↑3	↑5	7	-
Dancing Stage EuroMIX2	1	3	5	7	-	3	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2	1	3	5	7	-	3	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	3	4	7	11	-	4	8	11	-
DDRMAX2 CS JP	-	3	5	7	-	3	5	7	-
DDRMAX2 CS US	1	3	5	7	-	3	5	7	-
Dancing Stage Fever (PS2)	1	3	5	7	-	3	5	7	-
DDR FESTIVAL	1	3	5	7	-	3	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS JP	1	3	5	7	-	3	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution S+	3	4	7	11	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution (PS3)	1	3	5	7	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution DANCE WARS	3	4	7	11	-	-	-	-	-

"FREEZE" Special

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	- / -	- / -	- / -	175 / 67 / 0	- / -	- / -	- / -	158 / 54 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	9
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	13
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 JP CS	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	9
DanceDanceRevolution X2 CS	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	13