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:

Lyrics

Some vocal samples 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 diagram, from beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA.
  • Squeeze shares the "I don't know how to fly" sample with HAERETICUS, from beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle and REFLEC BEAT limelight.
  • Squeeze shares the "Yeah! Yeah!" sample with Brand New World, WITHOUT YOU TONIGHT from pop'n music Sunny Park.
    • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • From DanceDanceRevolution (2014) onwards, Squeeze appears in the DanceDanceRevolution (2014) folder instead of the (2013) folder.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

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 to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.
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 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2.
SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH to III GRAVITY WARS difficulty rated from 1 to 16, and 1 to 20 from IV HEAVENLY HAVEN onwards.
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→Qubell 4 8 10
jubeat clan 4 ↓7 10
jubeat festo→Present 4 7 10.3
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→VOLZZA 2 5 8 11 -
REFLEC BEAT plus 5 8 11 -


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→III 5 11 14 - -
SOUND VOLTEX IV→Present 5 11 ↑16 - -
SOUND VOLTEX III コナステ 5 11 16 - -

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