IF YOU WERE HERE

IF YOU WERE HERE

Song Information

2ndMIX Version

IF YOU WERE HERE (2ndMIX)'s jacket.

Artist: JENNIFER
Composition/Arrangement: F.T.K
Lyrics: Piccolina
Vocals: JENNIFER
Album: Dancemania EXTRA (1998)
BPM: 145
Length: 1:16
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

X2 Version

IF YOU WERE HERE (X2)'s jacket.

Artist: JENNIFER
Composition/Arrangement: F.T.K
Lyrics: Piccolina
Vocals: JENNIFER
Album: Dancemania EXTRA (1998)
BPM: 145
Length: 1:40
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X2
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

The train's gone, and I am standing alone.
I think of you and wonder if you think of me, too.
I'm back to the town that I was born in
To think of my life and to start it over with you.

Cause, you know, we've been in a maze of love
And we are losing control to get away.
Here I am walking on the hill in this town
Like in my childhood that seems like yesterday.

If you were here with me
You could feel the way I do now.
If you were here with me
You could see what I am looking for now.

Song Connections / Remixes

• The full version of IF YOU WERE HERE was playable at the AOU Show location test for DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX, but did not appear in the final release.
• A speed remix of IF YOU WERE HERE, titled IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX), can be found on the Dancemania SPEED 4 album.
  • A short version of IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX) appears in DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.
• An 8-bit arrangement of IF YOU WERE HERE appears in DanceDanceRevolution GB.
• A hardcore remix of IF YOU WERE HERE by L.E.D.-G, titled IF YOU WERE HERE(L.E.D.-G STYLE REMIX), appears in DanceDanceRevolution X2.
• A new cut of IF YOU WERE HERE, with the same title, can be played in DanceDanceRevolution X2.
  • Though the cut for IF YOU WERE HERE's X2 version adds no lyrics, it expands the second part of the intro, adds in a beatless segment right after the chorus, and has the cut end further in. (the 2ndMIX version clips out the audio before it can completely fade)
• A eurobeat remix of IF YOU WERE HERE, titled IF YOU WERE HERE (Quiqman Mix), appears on the Dancemania EURO★MIX HAPPY PARADISE album

Trivia

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• On the back cover of DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX Dreamcast Edition, IF YOU WERE HERE is misspelled as IF YOU WARE HERE.
• IF YOU WERE HERE received a Double MANIAC chart in DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.
• In DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX, IF YOU WERE HERE's BPM was displayed as 146.
• IF YOU WERE HERE received a BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• The charts of the X2 version of IF YOU WERE HERE are based on the 2ndMIX version's chart, but with the addition of Freeze Arrows.
  • This version of IF YOU WERE HERE has never been on a CS release of DanceDanceRevolution.
• The X2 version of IF YOU WERE HERE was the only song of the Dancemania revivals in DanceDanceRevolution X2 that appears on the DanceDanceRevolution X2 Original Soundtrack album.
• The 2ndMIX version of IF YOU WERE HERE received CHALLENGE charts in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX. Unlike the X2 version's CHALLENGE charts, these charts don't have Shock Arrows.
• The jacket of the 2ndMIX version of IF YOU WERE HERE is actually its CD image from early DanceDanceRevolution titles with its old banner at the bottom.
  • Its video is actually the background animation used in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX's 2ndMIX MODE.
    • In DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX's PRO MODE, this background animation is shown in the monitors of the BIG SCREEN background dance stage and is not full-screen.
• While the 2ndMIX version of IF YOU WERE HERE was removed in DanceDanceRevolution (2013), the X2 version was not.
  • It is the only one of the Dancemania revivals from DanceDanceRevolution X2 to not be removed from DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
• IF YOU WERE HERE marks Kazuya Takase's first appearance in BEMANI.
• IF YOU WERE HERE is one of Riyu Kosaka's favorite DanceDanceRevolution songs.
• IF YOU WERE HERE was removed from DanceDanceRevolution A on May 30th, 2016.
• In DanceDanceRevolution GB, IF YOU WERE HERE runs at 142 BPM.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from the original game to 2ndMIX rated from 1 to 8, 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

2ndMIX Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	73 / 0	150 / 0	170 / 0	210 / 0	341 / 5 / 0	150 / 0	187 / 0	225 / 0	326 / 1 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX→3rdMIX PLUS	-	5	6	7	-	6	7	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX→5thMIX	-	5	6	7	-	6	7	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME	1	5	6	7	-	6	7	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX	2	7	8	10	14	8	9	10	14
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX	-	5	6	7	-	6	7	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution GB	-	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution BEST HITS	※1	5	6	7	-	6	7	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution CS NA	※1	5	6	7	-	6	7	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection	1	5	6	7	-	6	7	7	-

※ This chart is different from the later BEGINNER chart (total notes: 75).

X2 Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	90 / 4	179 / 11	217 / 18	266 / 22	156 / 8 / 26	193 / 12	232 / 16	282 / 20	174 / 12 / 24
DanceDanceRevolution X2→A	2	6	7	10	6	9	10	10	9

DanceDanceRevolution Solo

Game	6 Panels
	Basic	Trick	Maniac
Notecounts	150	170	224
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo	5	6	7