Squeeze

Squeeze

Song Information

Squeeze's jacket.

Squeeze's pop'n music banner.

Artist: VENUS feat. Mutsuhiko Izumi
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: VENUS (DJ YOSHITAKA, Sota Fujimori)
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
BPM: 87-173 (DanceDanceRevolution), 173 (other BEMANI games)
Length: 1:45
Genre: WITHOUT YOU TONIGHT -VI- (ウィザウチュナイ-ゼクス-)
pop'n music Character: VENUS [SP-2P]
VJ: Steins
Jacket design: XTC
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA / DanceDanceRevolution (2013) / jubeat saucer / pop'n music Sunny Park / REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons- / SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- / ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) BEMANIスタジアム pack 2
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 61
• REFLEC BEAT plus BEMANIスタジアム PACK 2
• ポップンリズミン BEMANIスタジアム2

Lyrics

Various soundbites can be heard, including "VENUS" at the very end.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A rock remix of Squeeze featuring significantly more guitars by Mutsuhiko Izumi, titled Squeeze -GITADORA Mix-, appears in GITADORA.
• Squeeze shares a sample with another Sota Fujimori song, diagram.
• Squeeze shares the "I don't know how to fly" sample with HAERETICUS.
• Squeeze samples the "Yeah! Yeah!" line from Brand New World, and the ending "VENUS" line from Wow Wow VENUS.
  • In jubeat, Squeeze's EXTREME chart uses the "VENUS" pattern from Wow Wow VENUS' EXTREME chart, and the "Yeah! Yeah!" pattern from Brand New World's EXTREME chart.
  • The "VENUS" sample is also used at the end of FUJIMORI -祭- FESTIVAL.
• An extended version of Squeeze, titled Squeeze -Extended Mix-, can be found on VENUS' first album, DEUS. Unlike the game size version of Squeeze, Squeeze -Extended Mix- features vocals by Yoshitaka and TAG.

Trivia

• Squeeze is one of the songs part of the Second Half of the Nettou! BEMANI Stadium (熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム) event.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution A, it can be unlocked through EXTRA SAVIOR.
  • In REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! and REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper, Squeeze can be purchased from the REFLEC Shop after clearing it in the BEMANI Stadium Test (BEMANIスタジアム検定) added on July 24th, 2014.
    • From REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA onwards, Squeeze is playable by default.
• Squeeze marks the first VENUS song in BEMANI that does not have sung vocals.
• Squeeze is the first original VENUS song in the beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, jubeat, SOUND VOLTEX, and ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom series.
  • It also marks the first appearances of either Sota Fujimori or Mutsuhiko Izumi in the SOUND VOLTEX series.
• Yoshitaka Nishimura, Sota Fujimori, and Mutsuhiko Izumi appear on Squeeze's jacket.
• In pop'n music, instead of displaying its character's portrait, Squeeze displays its jacket (with the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム logo) when selected.
• Squeeze's pop'n music songwheel genre, ウィザウチュナイ-ゼクス-, reads as "WITHOUT YOU TONIGHT -SECHS-".
• Squeeze's genre in beatmania IIDX was written as WITHOUT YOU NIGHT -VI-. This was fixed on March 27th, 2014.
• Squeeze currently has the highest rated difficulties of any VENUS song in the beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT, and jubeat series.
• Squeeze might be named after the squeeze play, a maneuver in baseball.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Character Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 from VOLZZA onwards.
SOUND VOLTEX difficulty rated from 1 to 16.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, SOUND VOLTEX @ wiki and Pop'n Music Fever.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	432	745	1257	478	854	1250	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present	-	5	8	11	5	8	11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	136 / 1	194 / 17	272 / 22	477 / 11	- / - / -	198 / 18	289 / 13	473 / 14	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→Present	4	6	9	15	-	6	10	15	-

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	263	431	751
jubeat saucer→Present	4	8	10
jubeat plus	4	8	10
jubeat plus (Android)	4	8	10
jukebeat	4	8	10

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	157	426	660	1145	363	592
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	11	29	41	47	16	23

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	222	344	655	-
REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-→groovin'!! Upper	5	8	10+	-
REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→Present	5	8	11	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	5	8	10+	-

SOUND VOLTEX

Game	Level
	NOVICE	ADVANCED	EXHAUST	MAXIMUM	EXCEED
Max Chain	519	1084	1532	-	-
Effected By	Hermit♣club	Hermit♣club	Hermit♣club	-	-
Jacket Artists	XTC	XTC	XTC	-	-
SOUND VOLTEX II→Present	5	11	14	-	-

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	278	338	407
ポップンリズミン	4	6	8

熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム
Main Event Songs	IX (GITADOROCK ver.) - Engraved Mark - HYENA (Live Edit feat. 96) - PUNISHER - Stella Sinistra Squeeze (GITADORA Mix) - デッドボヲルdeホームラン - マインド・ゲーム 轟け！恋のビーンボール！！ (96バット砲炸裂！GITADORAシリーズMVP弾！) - 野球の遊び方　そしてその歴史　～決定版～
Crossover Songs	DanceDanceRevolution: True Blue - 恋はどう？モロ◎波動OK☆方程式！！ - VEGA - Daily Lunch Special GITADORA: いきもの失格 - 少年リップルズ - RAGNAROK - Never Look Back in Sorrow - 情操ディストピア - 愛は不死鳥の様に jubeat: December Breeze - 恋愛観測 - 8 -eight- - Condor pop'n music: 去る金合戦 - Sakura Sunrise - 7 Colors - 雷君 REFLEC BEAT: The Sealer ～ア・ミリアとミリアの民～ - フレッフレー♪熱血チアガール - Evans - sakura storm