Celebrate

Not to be confused with the WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST cover of Celebration from beatmania (2006).

celebrate

Song Information

celebrate's banner.

Artist: JJ COMPANY
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: where 2
BPM: 134
Length: 1:40
Genre: SOUL CLASSIC
VJ: VJ GYO (overlays by MiZKING)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON

Lyrics

Game Size

celebrate, celebrate
every night's the night
celebrate, we celebrate
what a groovin' night

You wanna fly to the moon in the sky
You wanna shake up your body
wonderland awaits you there
I know you never regret

lookin' for a vision
You don't need to reason
ah, ah
some say you gonna
some say you wanna be there
it's all good

celebrate, celebrate
every night's the night
celebrate, we celebrate
what a groovin' night

knocking on heaven's door
lovely misty serenade it's all there

celebrate, celebrate
every night's the night
celebrate, we celebrate
what a groovin' night...

Long Version

celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night You wanna fly to the moon in the sky You wanna shake up your body wonderland awaits you there I know you never regret lookin' for a vision You don't need to reason ah, ah some say you gonna some say you wanna be there it's all good celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night pa pa pa yah pa pa pa yah pa got you goin' funky rhythm pa pa pa yah pa got you movin' knocking on heaven's door lovely misty serenade it's all there celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night lookin' for a vision You don't need to reason ah, ah some say you gonna some say you wanna be there it's all good some say you gonna some say you wanna be there it's all good celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of celebrate can be found on the beatmania IIDX Original Soundtracks album.
• The ANOTHER chart version of celebrate sounds quite different from the NORMAL/HYPER charts, including extra bongos.
• celebrate shares several similarities with Earth, Wind and Fire's Boogie Wonderland.

Trivia

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

• celebrate and Be in my paradise mark Larry Dunn's debut songs in BEMANI.
  • celebrate being crossed over also marks his first appearance in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• celebrate received ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX substream.
  • It then received a brand-new set of ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 2nd style.
• celebrate received LIGHT charts in beatmania IIDX 4th style.
• celebrate received a BEGINNER and a new Double HEAVY chart in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• In DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-, celebrate's background videos are a direct rip of LET'S GROOVE's background videos from DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-. This includes positions where the videos change from one another with the exception of the end of the song where it loops one additional video continuously.
  • It shares this same specific trait with LOVE THIS FEELIN', which is also in DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-.

Song Production Information

beatmania IIDX

dj nagureo

In this Soul Classic song produced by dj nagureo, complex horn sections and soulful vocals make you feel nostalgic.
I was surprised to have learned about a player who happens to be an acquaintance of the artist involved, JJ COMPANY is a very high-profile staff member. The fancy arrangement makes it interesting for games as well.
beatmania takes a step into the 70s with this song, who knows what else the future holds?

DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1

The dance scene in the 70's was dominated by soul music that took the funky parts of stoically evolved funk and sublimated them into pop music.
If you are familiar with the dance scene of that era, you will find it hard to believe that this is the first time you have heard celebrate.
The band, which seems to have numbered close to 20 members, the light percussion, the Earth Wind and Fire-like brass riffs, and the male and female choruses that use a lot of falsetto (back voices), all of these characteristics are well captured in the latest "hot-selling" phrases of that time. Between the music genres of beatmania, which have a wide range of the latest music, one can suddenly feel the history of dance music itself.

CS Information Data

DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-

You have failed Game Mode for the first time! As a result, you have unlocked the song "celebrate" by JJ COMPANY. Now you can celebrate your first failure in style, but don't give up on your dreams to be the ultimate dancer!

Video Production Information

beatmania IIDX

VJ GYO

I recall that the image of this song came to me even as soon as I heard it, and then I was puzzled. After all, the singing and performance scenes were the first things that jumped out at me, and the image was then fixed in my mind.
It was unfortunate that we could not shoot such scenes this time due to various reasons, but the dance team, brown sugar, is originally active in the soul and R&B scene, and with the help of this authentic dance, I feel that we managed to finish the film.
The dance and beach scenes were shot in Japan, but I think we were able to get closer to the CLASSIC SOUL image by adding some landscape footage from the U.S. and other countries, and then adjusting the image quality.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX rated from 1 to in 1st style through substream, and 1 to 7 in 2nd style through 4th style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB VER. through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, and 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.

beatmania IIDX

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	-	280	427	-	-	417	457	-
beatmania IIDX	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-
beatmania IIDX substream	-	-	5	N/A	-	-	5	N/A	-

Current Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	254	280	446	-	415	417	476	-
beatmania IIDX 2nd style	-	-	5	N/A	-	-	5	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 4th style	-	4	5	N/A	-	4	5	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS	-	4	5	5	-	4	5	5	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	72 / 0	166 / 0	188 / 0	260 / 0	- / - / -	183 / 0	262 / 0	226 / 18	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 1	-	※5	-	-	-	※5	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	4	5	8	-	5	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA	1	4	5	8	-	5	8	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1	-	4	5	8	-	5	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	4	5	8	-	5	8	-	-
DDRMAX US CS	-	4	5	8	-	5	8	※8	-

※ These BASIC charts are different from the later BASIC charts:

• Single BASIC (total notes: 174).
• Double BASIC (total notes: 191).

※ This Double HEAVY chart is a copy of the Double STANDARD chart (total notes: 262).