EGOISM 440

EGOISM 440

Song Information

EGOISM 440's jacket.

Artist: U1 High-Speed
Composition/Arrangement: U1-ASAMi
BPM: 55-440
Length: 1:37
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution (2014)
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Two vocal samples can be heard: "Do you think about me?" and "bass kick".

Song Connections / Remixes

• EGOISM 440 shares the "Do you think about me?" sample with Elisha and WONDER WALKER.

Trivia

• EGOISM 440 is one of the EXTRA STAGE songs of the Replicant D-ignition event of DanceDanceRevolution (2014). It can be played after obtaining all five orbs, by getting at least a AA rank on the EXPERT charts of the previous five Replicant D-ignition songs (chaos eater, Destination, HAPPY☆LUCKY☆YEAPPY, Samurai Shogun vs. Master Ninja, and Sand Blow). By obtaining EGOISM 440's orb, the player will immediately access MAX.(period) as the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE.
  • Note that by playing EGOISM 440, the player loses all the orbs, regardless of clearing the song or not.
  • Since August 6th, 2015, EGOISM 440 can be unlocked via the EXTRA ATTACK unlocking system, after unlocking the five previous Replicant D-ignition songs. Note that the SURVIVED BONUS meter has to be filled on BEGINNER, then BASIC, DIFFICULT, and then finally EXPERT.
    • EGOISM 440's CHALLENGE charts can be unlocked via EXTRA ATTACK after unlocking Over The “Period”'s EXPERT charts and MAX.(period)'s CHALLENGE charts.
• EGOISM 440 is the third song in DanceDanceRevolution to have a Single CHALLENGE chart rated Level 19, after Valkyrie dimension and PARANOiA Revolution.
  • It is also the fourth song in DanceDanceRevolution to have a Double CHALLENGE chart rated Level 19, after POSSESSION, Valkyrie dimension, and PARANOiA Revolution.
  • EGOISM 440's CHALLENGE charts currently have the second highest notecounts on non-long version songs of their respective playing styles:
    • Single CHALLENGE: 811 steps, behind Elemental Creation's 860.
      • Its Single CHALLENGE chart currently holds the highest amount of steps for any non-collaboration, non-long version song in the entire DanceDanceRevolution series.
    • Double CHALLENGE: 804 steps, behind Elemental Creation's 832.
  • EGOISM 440's CHALLENGE charts are also the first charts in the entire DanceDanceRevolution series to have GROOVE RADAR values above 200. The Single CHALLENGE chart has a STREAM value of 226, while the Double CHALLENGE chart has 270; both exceed 888's value of 200.
• Egoism is a philosophical theory that one's self is the motivation and goal for all of one's actions.
  • EGOISM 440's title might be a homage to PARANOiA by 180, due to referencing the main BPM of the song, and that egoism and paranoia are both thought processes that have a overly high level of self-importance.
• EGOISM 440's Single BEGINNER chart is the fourth BEGINNER chart in the DanceDanceRevolution series rated Level 9, after Fascination ~eternal love mix~, Valkyrie dimension, and osaka EVOLVED -毎度、おおきに!-.
  • It also has, with 261 steps, the second highest stepcount of any BEGINNER chart, beaten only by Elemental Creation's 285.
• EGOISM 440's BPM is displayed as 55-440 in accordance with the song's title, while it actually reaches up to 880 BPM.
  • Reaching up to 880 BPM, EGOISM 440 has the third highest BPM at any point in all BEMANI games, beaten only by gigadelic(m3rkAb4# R3m!x)'s 916 BPM from SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS, and Tohoku EVOLVED's 1020 BPM from DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX.
• EGOISM 440 has a unique video. However, it's in the background and is not full-screen.
  • This video reuses five DDRMAX-EXTREME background movies.
• EGOISM 440 is available for download via the 着信★うた♪ service. It is titled as EGOISM 440(フル).

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	261 / 1	287 / 2	428 / 5	620 / 10	811 / 6 / 0	294 / 2	419 / 4	583 / 6	804 / 1 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution (2014)→Present	9	10	13	17	19	10	14	17	19

Replicant D-ignition
NITRO vial-unlockable Songs	chaos eater (Blue) - Destination (Green) - HAPPY☆LUCKY☆YEAPPY (White) - Sand Blow (Yellow) Samurai Shogun vs. Master Ninja (Red)
Special Boss Songs	EGOISM 440 ENCORE EXTRA STAGE Songs: MAX.(period) - Over The “Period”