MARIA (I believe... )

MARIA (I believe... )

Song Information

MARIA(I believe...)'s jacket.

Artist: NAOKI feat.PAULA TERRY
Composition/Arrangement: NAOKI MAEDA
Lyrics/Vocals: PAULA TERRY
BPM: 158
Length: 1:57 (beatmania IIDX), 1:22 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Genre: EUROBEAT
Movie: F-FLY (beatmania IIDX), ? (DanceDanceRevolution)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 9th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2
• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA

Lyrics

Believe

Ohhhh
Believe...

Don't be sad
Cause it can't be that bad
There's nothing to fear
Your broken heart will mend
And new love will come to you, shining through

Look, look at the stars
And you've got to visualize
There's someone to heal your heart
I know it's really true
I know they are waiting
Baby, waiting only, only for you
Just have faith, keep your head up
And won't you go for it

Believe in your dreams
Cause you can make them come true
Just let yourself go
You've got to believe
That happy times will come, just wait and see

Please just remember
When you're feeling down and blue
There is some who, wishing for
Someone just like you

Believe in your dreams
The world is waiting for you
It's all up to you
You've got to believe
It will be okay, another day

Believe in your dreams
Life is not what it seems
Just try to believe
Just make up your mind
Love will take you there, take you there

Song Connections / Remixes

• The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a shorter version of MARIA (I believe... ).

Trivia

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• In the DanceDanceRevolution series, MARIA (I believe... )'s title and artist were slightly changed to MARIA(I believe...) and NAOKI feat. PAULA TERRY respectively.
  • Before DanceDanceRevolution X2, its title was shown with a space between title and subtitle, as MARIA (I believe...).
• MARIA(I believe...) received a unique video in the DanceDanceRevolution series. In the arcade releases, it eliminates any on-screen dancers prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD.
  • This video can be found unused in the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro data. However, unlike Make A Difference that had its video extended, MARIA (I believe...)'s video is still based on the shorter version found in the DanceDanceRevolution series.

Song Production Information

NAOKI

I wrote this Eurobeat song after passing some kind of milestone.
During its production process, I often felt similar feelings to the time I worked on CAN'T STOP FALL'IN IN LOVE, and I completed this sorrowful, intense Eurobeat song after a long time... I was convinced of it. The vocalist who has the greatest compatibility with my Eurobeat sound is still Paula Terry.
As usual, I can't separate myself from Paula Terry's singing and magical lyrics.
By the way, the song title named "MARIA" can be compared to my current "feelings" in words.

Video Production Information

F-FLY

With NAOKI's explosive melodies, his NAOKI-world songs are pleasant and suited for sound games, right?
Personally, I like NAOKI's songs because they're easy to play.
(But I can only clear them on LIGHT7, how embarrassing)

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	312	375	804	983	-	375	861	983	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→11 IIDX RED	-	4	7	N/A	-	4	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	-	4	7	8	-	4	↑8	9	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→Present	-	4	↑8	↑9	-	4	8	9	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	2	4	7	7	-	4	7	7	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	8	9	-	-	-	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	96 / 5	132 / 28	202 / 12	277 / 10	- / - / -	131 / 28	202 / 14	278 / 14	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max	1	4	6	7	-	4	6	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE	1	4	6	7	-	4	6	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	1	4	6	7	-	4	6	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	3	5	8	11	-	5	9	12	-