Heavy rotation

This song also appears in SEGA's rhythm games. For information on this, see the SilentBlue page on this song.

ヘビーローテーション

Song Information

Cover Version

ヘビーローテーション's DanceDanceRevolution / jubeat (2021) jacket.

Composition: Yoh Yamazaki
Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
Original Artist: AKB48
Album: ヘビーローテーション (2010)
BPM: 155-175
Length: 2:05 (HELLO! POP'N MUSIC, DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX), 1:58 (DanceDanceRevolution (2013/2014), jubeat (2021))
First Music Game Appearance: HELLO! POP'N MUSIC
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
• jubeat (2021)

Original Version

ヘビーローテーション's arcade jubeat / REFLEC BEAT jacket.

ヘビーローテーション's DanceEvolution ARCADE jacket.

Artist: AKB48
Composition: Yoh Yamazaki
Arrangement: Yusuke Tanaka
Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
Vocals: AKB48
Album: ヘビーローテーション (2010)
BPM: 155-175
Length: 1:58
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat copious
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceEvolution ARCADE
• REFLEC BEAT limelight

Lyrics

Japanese

1！2！3！4！

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
頭の中 ガンガン鳴ってるMUSIC
HEAVY ROTATION

POPCORN が弾けるように
「好き」という文字が踊る
顔や声を思うだけで
いても立ってもいられない
こんな気持ちになれるって
僕はついているね

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
君に会えて どんどん近づくその距離に
MAX HIGH TENSION

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
HEARTの奥 ジャンジャン溢れる 愛しさが
HEAVY ROTATION

HEAVY ROTATION

Romaji

1! 2! 3! 4!

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
atama no naka gangan natteru MUSIC
HEAVY ROTATION

POPCORN ga hajikeru yoo ni
"suki" toyuu moji ga odoru
kao ya koeo omou dake de
ite mo tatte mo irarenai
konna kimochi ni narerutte
boku wa tsuite iru ne

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
kimi ni ae te dondon chikazuku sono kyori ni
MAX HIGH TENSION

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
HEART no oku janjan afureru itoshi sa ga
HEAVY ROTATION

HEAVY ROTATION

English

1！2！3！4！

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
Mega volume MUSIC in my head
HEAVY ROTATION

Like POPCORN popping
The letter of "love" is dancing
Just thinking of your face and voice
I can't help but do something
I can be this kind of feeling
I'm lucky.

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
I met you and get close enough to you
MAX HIGH TENSION

I WANT YOU!
I NEED YOU!
I LOVE YOU!
Back of the HEART is full of love
HEAVY ROTATION

HEAVY ROTATION

Song Connections / Remixes

• DanceDanceRevolution and HELLO! POP'N MUSIC use a cover version of ヘビーローテーション, while jubeat, REFLEC BEAT and DanceEvolution ARCADE use the original version of the song.
  • From DanceDanceRevolution (2013) onwards, the DanceDanceRevolution series uses a shorter version of the ヘビーローテーション cover, cutting out the number count sequence from the intro.
    • jubeat (2021) also uses this cut of the cover version.
• Another cover of ヘビーローテーション appears in ANDAMIRO's PUMP IT UP PRIME JP EDITION.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.

• ヘビーローテーション later appeared in AKB48's 2010 album, ここにいたこと.
• In DanceEvolution ARCADE, ヘビーローテーション had a beginner-friendly choreography, with only Light difficulty, and marked as a separate song with a かんたん振り付け note and with a shoshinsha mark as a difficulty level.
• ヘビーローテーション's jacket in HELLO! POP'N MUSIC features RIE♥chan and SANAE♥chan.
• ヘビーローテーション received new charts in DanceDanceRevolution (2013), to match its new song cut.
  • Due to the new cut, ヘビーローテーション is included twice in the DanceDanceRevolution master song list.
• ヘビーローテーション was removed from DanceDanceRevolution (2014) on March 7th, 2016.
  • It was also absent from the North American location tests of DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
• ヘビーローテーション was removed from REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2 on October 3rd, 2016.
• ヘビーローテーション received an EXTREME chart in jubeat (2021) on June 15th, 2021.
• ヘビーローテーション was removed from DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX on September 17th, 2024.

Song Production Information

None.

Choreography Information

Anna Makino

This was my first experience with motion capture, and it was interesting to see the character in the game move as my alter ego.
I'd be happy if the number of games featuring dancing will increase in the future, and that people from a wide range of generations can enjoy them.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
DanceEvolution difficulty rated from 1 to 5.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and jubeat@Wiki.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Old Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	85 / 0	166 / 19	298 / 33	385 / 36	- / - / -	168 / 19	295 / 31	388 / 38	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX	2	4	9	11	-	5	9	11	-

New Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	83 / 0	159 / 19	285 / 33	365 / 36	- / - / -	164 / 19	284 / 31	368 / 38	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→2014	2	4	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	2	4	9	11	-	5	9	11	-

DanceEvolution

Game	Level
	Light	Standard	Extreme	Master
Dancer	ひかり(かんたん振付はあかり)
Choreographer	牧野アンナ
Notecounts	66	83	101	109
DanceEvolution ARCADE location test	5
DanceEvolution ARCADE	↓4

jubeat

Original Version

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	206	494	494
jubeat copious→copious APPEND	2	5	8

Cover Version

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	206	400	486
jubeat (2021)	2	5	7

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	74	190	283	-
REFLEC BEAT limelight→VOLZZA 2	2	4	7	-