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(→‎Trivia: It's a typical mistranslation. Perhaps it is a mistranslation from "Nanda" instead of "Naniwa"? (In Japanese, "nani-" and "nan-"/"nam-" often switch. In addition, "難波" is read not only as "Naniwa" but also as "Nanba"/"Namba".))
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* Somebody Stole My Gal received a new ENJOY MODE jacket in [[AC pnm 17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]], which replaced the old text (なにわ, ''naniwa'') with Somebody Stole My Gal's title.
* Somebody Stole My Gal received a new ENJOY MODE jacket in [[AC pnm 17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]], which replaced the old text (なにわ, ''naniwa'') with Somebody Stole My Gal's title.
* Somebody Stole My Gal was the final license from pop'n music 9 to be removed from the pop'n music arcade games, staying all the way up until [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]].
* Somebody Stole My Gal was the final license from pop'n music 9 to be removed from the pop'n music arcade games, staying all the way up until [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]].
* Naniwa, the genre of Somebody Stole My Gal, can be translated as "What the!?". The word itself was the former name of the Osakan region of Japan. P-1&P-2 are dressed in stereotypical outfits of a Japanese ''manzai'' comedy duo, complete with the mannerisms of the stand-up acts and paper fan.
* Naniwa, the genre of Somebody Stole My Gal, is a Japanese place name derived from the "fish garden" [https://www.kkr.mlit.go.jp/plan/suishin/index300.html] or "fast waves" [https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNAS08ABE01_T00C14A7AA1P00/]. The word itself was the former name of the Osaka region of Japan. P-1&P-2 are dressed in stereotypical outfits of a Japanese ''manzai'' comedy duo, complete with the mannerisms of the stand-up acts and paper fan.
* Somebody Stole My Gal is the ''only'' licensed cover in pop'n music to appear on the MUSIC PLAYER for pop'n music in [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]].
* Somebody Stole My Gal is the ''only'' licensed cover in pop'n music to appear on the MUSIC PLAYER for pop'n music in [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]].



Revision as of 08:57, 1 November 2022

Somebody Stole My Gal

Song Information

Somebody Stole My Gal's pop'n music banner, as of pop'n music 16.

Artist: ♪♪♪♪♪
Composition: Leo Wood
BPM: 208-217
Length: 2:02
pop'n music Genre: NANIWA (ナニワ)
pop'n music Character: P-1&P-2 [TV&ANIME]
pop'n CG designer: ちょび。
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 9
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • A chiptune version of Somebody Stole my Gal arranged by Jimmy Weckl appears in KONAMI's 1990 Japan-only puzzle game Moai-kun (モアイくん) for the Nintendo Famicom. It plays in every even-leveled song in the game.

Trivia

Somebody Stole My Gal's pop'n music old banner.
  • Somebody Stole My Gal is a popular song originally composed by Leo Wood in 1918. A later cover by Ted Weems and his orchestra in 1922 helped propel it to a million-selling song that year. It has since been covered by many bands, and heard in several films.
  • Somebody Stole My Gal's charts were made by wac.
  • Somebody Stole My Gal received a new ENJOY MODE jacket in pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, which replaced the old text (なにわ, naniwa) with Somebody Stole My Gal's title.
  • Somebody Stole My Gal was the final license from pop'n music 9 to be removed from the pop'n music arcade games, staying all the way up until pop'n music 20 fantasia.
  • Naniwa, the genre of Somebody Stole My Gal, is a Japanese place name derived from the "fish garden" [1] or "fast waves" [2]. The word itself was the former name of the Osaka region of Japan. P-1&P-2 are dressed in stereotypical outfits of a Japanese manzai comedy duo, complete with the mannerisms of the stand-up acts and paper fan.
  • Somebody Stole My Gal is the only licensed cover in pop'n music to appear on the MUSIC PLAYER for pop'n music in beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE.

Music Comment

That familiar comedy song appears!

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever.)

Game Normal Mode Battle Mode
5-Buttons NORMAL HYPER EX NORMAL HYPER
Notecounts 247 315 729 - 224 313
pop'n music 9→20 fantasia 9 14 27 - 11 15
pop'n music 9 CS 9 14 27 - 11 15