Ska a gogo

Ska a gogo

Song Information

ska a go go's banner.

ska a go go (CLUB ANOTHER VER.)'s banner.

Ska a gogo's pop'n music 16 banner.

Artist: THE BALD HEADS (beatmania/beatmania III, IIDX, later DDR games), THE BALD HEAD (early DDR games, pop'n music)
Composition: Hiroshi Takeyasu
Arrangement: Hiroshi Takeyasu (beatmania IIDX, pop'n music NORMAL), dj TAKA (beatmania IIDX ANOTHER), DOCTOR S (pop'n music HYPER), KEN MATSUMOTO (EX)
Lyrics/Vocals: bongman (beatmania IIDX, pop'n music NORMAL/HYPER), ICHi (EX)
BPM: 144-160 (beatmania IIDX, pop'n music NORMAL/HYPER), 170 (EX)
Length: 1:22
Genre: SKA (スカ)
pop'n music Character: Hone [12-3P]
VJ: MiZKiNG & VJ GYO (beatmania IIDX), ? (beatmania (US))
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 2ndMIX (NORMAL), beatmania completeMIX2 (HYPER), beatmania CORE REMIX (EX)
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX
• beatmania III
• DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON
• pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE

Lyrics

Get down to the sound of the groovy beats! 
Straight burning heart! 

mine wanna regend of man rock 
logo of dj surfurin' by jungle man clue man wanna lost a mam 

All night DJ's surfing through the mountains. 
Always you know from the man style. 
You let you know lot of a play style. 
Say Hah! Hah!! Hah!!! 

La, la.maz maz... sexy lalala....come on and get at it. 
Come and get at dj 
La, la.mouse mouse... sexy..come on and get at DJ 
Oh natural love...

Song Connections / Remixes

• The beatmania 2ndMIX complete and pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE AC ♡ CS pop'n music 14 FEVER! original soundtrack versions of Ska a gogo are different from the game-size version.
• In beatmania IIDX substream, Ska a gogo received an ANOTHER chart by dj TAKA. This ANOTHER chart is a slightly different and extended version, and it was later titled ska a go go (CLUB ANOTHER VER.) on DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2.
• Available since beatmania completeMIX2, a remixed version of Ska a gogo by DOCTOR S, titled SKA A GO GO (PERFECT MIX), was used as the ANOTHER chart version of Ska a gogo.
  • This version is also used as the pop'n music HYPER chart of Ska a gogo.
• A remix of Ska a gogo by KEN MATSUMOTO, titled SKA a go go (SKA CORE MIX), can be found on beatmania CORE REMIX.
  • The ANOTHER chart of SKA a go go (SKA CORE MIX) is used as the pop'n music EX chart of Ska a gogo.

Trivia

SKA A GOGO's pop'n music 15 banner.

• Ska a gogo was spelled as SKA a go go on the first beatmania series, with the exception of beatmania completeMIX2, where it was capitalized as SKA A GO GO.
  • The title was spelled as ska a go go on the beatmania IIDX and DanceDanceRevolution series.
  • The title was spelled as SKA A GOGO on pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE. The genre on the banner was capitalized as SKA as well.
  • The title was spelled as SKA a go go on the pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE AC ♡ CS pop'n music 14 FEVER! original soundtrack.
• ska a go go received brand-new ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX substream, and a different 14KEY chart. The latter is exclusive to substream, as the original 14KEY chart was restored in beatmania IIDX 2nd style.
• ska a go go has never been on a CS beatmania IIDX release (not counting beatmania, which only has the original beatmania version playable).
• ska a go go received brand-new BEGINNER and Double HEAVY charts in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• Ska a gogo has never been on a CS release of pop'n music.
• Ska a gogo marked Hiroshi Takeyasu's last appearance in beatmania until perfect sunrise 4 years later in beatmania THE FINAL.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 from 1st style to substream, and 1 to 7 in 2nd style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 9 from CLUB VERSION to 5thMIX, and from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 through Sunny Park. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	-	359	456	-	514	575	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX substream	-	-	5	N/A	-	※5	N/A	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 2nd style	-	-	5	N/A	-	5	N/A	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

※ This chart was only used in beatmania IIDX substream (total notes: 508). The original chart was restored the following game.

DanceDanceRevolution

Original Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	98 / 0	175 / 0	281 / 0	327 / 0	- / - / -	175 / 0	281 / 0	329 / 0	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	—	6	8	9	—	6	8	—	—
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA	1	6	8	9	—	6	8	9	—
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1	—	6	8	9	—	6	8	—	—
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	—	6	8	9	—	6	8	—	—

CLUB ANOTHER Version

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	203 / 0	337 / 0	383 / 0	- / - / -	203 / 0	337 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	—	6	8	9	—	6	8	—	—
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.2	—	6	8	9	—	6	8	—	—
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	—	6	8	9	—	6	8	—	—

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	313	349	616	855	313	447
pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE→16 PARTY♪	15	26	37	38	15	22