HUNTING FOR YOU

HUNTING FOR YOU

Song Information

Hunting for you's banner.

Artist: Togo Project feat. Megu & Scotty D.
Composition/Arrangement: Hiroyuki Togo
Lyrics: Scotty D.
Vocals: Megu, Scotty D.
BPM: 105
Length: 1:13 (arcade beatmania) 1:32 (beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX, DanceDanceRevolution)
Genre: R&B
VJ: ? (beatmania), ? (beatmania (2006))
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania (2006)
• beatmania III
• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA

Lyrics

Game Size

No more will I wait
I've got to make my move
You'd never treat me wrong
If you knew how I'm feelin'
Baby can't you see?
To make you mine, oh mine
I'll turn things upside down (upside down)
Hunting for you
Why don't you love me?

(Oh oh oh) I want some kissin' cuz you know what I'm missin'
(Yeah) The earth goes quakin' when you're keepin' me shakin'
(Oh) Gonna start my chasing now
I wanna catch you and make you meow

You're the sweetest
How can I win your heart?
In a moment I'll crash
Nothing will calm me down
'Til you really love me
Darlin', hold me tight

No more will I wait
I've got to make my move
You'd never treat me wrong
If you knew how I'm feelin'
Baby can't you see?
To make you mine, oh mine
I'll turn things upside down (upside down)
Hunting for you
Why...

Long Version

★ No more will I wait I've got to make my move You'd never treat me wrong If you knew how I'm feelin' Baby can't you see? To make you mine O mine I'll turn things upside down Hunting for you Why don't you love me? You're the sweetest How can I win your heart? In a moment I'll crash Nothing will calm me down Till you really love me Darlin' hold me tight No more will I cry My face wants me to smile Life won't be this way If I knew with what I'm dealin' Baby it's too late I can't go back in time To tell myself to stop Hunting for you Why don't you need me? RAP: I want some kissin' cuz you know what I'm missin' The earth goes quakin' when you're keepin' me shakin' Gonna start my chasing now—I wanna catch you and make you meow I'm the weakest But now I'll take control Of myself and of you Just like an animal Going after its prey I will make you mine ★ Repeat Hunting for you Why don't you love me?

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of HUNTING FOR YOU can be found on the beatmania GOTTAMIX Original Soundtracks album.
• An 8-bit arrangement of HUNTING FOR YOU by Gaku Hirose appears in beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス.
• A remix of HUNTING FOR YOU by P&ART SASANOOOHA, titled Hunting for You -P&ART SASANOOOHA mix-, can be found on the beatmania THE FINAL Original Soundtrack album.
• An extended version of HUNTING FOR YOU, titled Hunting for you beatmania-DA!! Special Version, can be found in beatmania BEST打!! and beatmania打打打!!.
• The arcade beatmania version of HUNTING FOR YOU is shorter than the version that appears in beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX and OSTs.
  • beatmania (2006) and the DanceDanceRevolution series use the OST-length version of the song.

Trivia

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• In beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX and beatmania European Edit, HUNTING FOR YOU's title is capitalized as Hunting for You.
  • In beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス and beatmania THE FINAL, it is shown as Hunting For You.
  • In the DanceDanceRevolution series, it was capitalized as Hunting for you.
• In beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX and beatmania BEST HITS, Hunting for You's artist is shown as Togo Project featuring Megu & Scotty D..
  • In beatmania 4thMIX and the beatmania III series, it is shown as TOGO PROJECT feat. MEGU & SCOTTY D.
  • In beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down- and beatmania completeMIX 2, it was changed to Togo Project featuring Megu & Scotty D.
  • beatmania European Edit shows it as Togo Project (feat. Megu & Scotty D.).
    • The April 20th, 1999 prototype of beatmania European Edit uses the GOTTAMIX artist instead.
• Hunting for You placed fifth at the popularity poll as to what songs should be included in beatmania BEST HITS [1].
• HUNTING FOR YOU received ANOTHER charts in beatmania completeMIX 2.
  • The Single ANOTHER chart was carried to the beatmania III series in beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX, while the Double ANOTHER chart was carried in beatmania III THE FINAL.
• Hunting for you is the only new, non-CS beatmania crossover in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
• Hunting for you received new graphics and a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4.
  • Curiously, this Double BEGINNER chart can be found unused in the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA data.
• Hunting for you was still present in the location test of DanceDanceRevolution X, with its new foot ratings.

Song Production Information

beatmania Append GOTTAMIX

Togo of "Togo Project"

R&B is shaking up the modern J-POP scene.
The debut of Hikaru Utada definitely had a lot to do with it, but now artists are popping up like mushrooms in a rainy forest... Even looking at the charts, they used to be dominated by Komuro-style dance pop until just recently, but now I can feel the march of time. Record companies may make themselves more popular just by crowning themselves as a "female R&B vocalist" label, but there's just so many of them that I get a little fed up.

"R&B... Popular Black American music that debuted in the 1940s. Due to the sheer diversity in musical and performance styles - such as harmonic ballads, or jump blues in jazz combo form - no clear criteria for a definition has been established."
(Excerpt from 'beatmania GOTTAMIX Official Guide', published by NTT)

... So it says. The characteristics of Japan's currently popular J-R&B genre are as follows.

1. Female vocalists with emotional singing and a sense of fashion both styled after Black women.
2. A slightly bouncy groove of around 100 BPM. The rhythm tracks use methods from breakbeats.
3. A "sad" minor seventh cyclical chord progression. ("Minor seventh" being the name of a musical chord, not a new version of 'Ultraseven'...)
4. Simple bass phrases. The backing is somewhat low-key.

That's an explanation of the genre from a sound producer's perspective, but that's about it, right?
For those of you who like the genre, your local store these days will have plenty of CDs lined up, so listen to a wide variety of albums.

In 'Hunting for you' for GOTTAMIX, I used a sequencer to compose everything except for the guitar.
I like the song itself, too (I actually wrote the melody some years ago, so I'm quite fond of it.)
The vocalist is Megumi Oka, who's scheduled to make her CD debut with a certain major record company. The English lyrics and rapping are courtesy of the mysterious (?) DJ Scotty D. The stocky, fierce-looking character that pops up in the game during the song is actually him! (When he takes off his sunglasses, he has really gentle eyes.)

A long version of the song will be included on 'GOTTAMIX Original Soundtracks' (KMCA-24 <LC428>), set to be released by Konami Music Entertainment on Friday, August 27th.
The remix has tighter bass, and is a great listen, so be sure to check it out. See ya later!

beatmania 4thMIX

Here's another song ported over from GOTTAMIX on PlayStation. The track is your basic R&B number that has a catchy melody and rapping.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9. beatmania (2006) difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

4thMIX Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	151	181	280	237	278	367
beatmania 4thMIX→5thMIX	2	3	-	2	3	-
beatmania completeMIX 2	↑3	3	5	↑3	3	5
beatmania THE FINAL	↓2	3	↑6	3	↑5	↑7
beatmania III	2	3	-	2	3	-
beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→APPEND 7thMIX	2	3	5	2	3	-
beatmania III THE FINAL	2	3	5	2	3	5
beatmania APPEND 4thMIX	2	3	-	2	3	-
beatmania APPEND 5thMIX	3	3	5	3	3	5

GOTTAMIX Charts

Standard Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	216	-	-	338	-	-
beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX	3	-	-	3	-	-
beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス	※3	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania BEST HITS	3	-	-	3	-	-
beatmania European Edit (prototype)	4	-	-	4	-	-
beatmania European Edit	3	-	-	3	-	-
beatmania (2006)	3	-	-	3	-	-

※ Denotes chart has been changed from the original chart (total notes: 175).

Hard version Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	340	-	-	437	-	-
beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX	5	-	-	5	-	-
beatmania BEST HITS	5	-	-	5	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	44 / 0	75 / 5	139 / 22	230 / 12	- / - / -	79 / 3	154 / 17	244 / 16	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	1	2	5	7	-	2	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution X location test	1	3	5	9	-	3	6	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4	N/A	2	4	7	-	3	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS JP	1	2	5	7	-	2	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA2 CS NA/EU	1	2	5	7	-	2	5	7	-

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4 Double BEGINNER chart: Total notes: 42 / 0.