Under the Sky

Under the Sky

Song Information

Under the Sky's jacket.

Artist: 南さやか(BeForU) with platoniX
Composition/Arrangement: Tatsuya "Tatsh" Shimizu
Lyrics: Junko Hirata
Vocals: Sayaka Minami
BPM: 170
Length: 2:02 (beatmania IIDX), 1:30 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Genre: J-EUROTRANCE
VJ: F-FLY
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA

Lyrics

Japanese

見上げた　この青空の色が眩しすぎて
忘れかけた大事なものさえ
僕らに気づかせてくれたね

目前に広がる世界は
小さな出来事　ひとつで
変わってゆくから。。。

吹き抜ける風を受けて
あの空の向こうへ
やわらかな風が今日も
僕らをすりぬけて

夢の続きがあるなら　迷わずに飛び出そう
両手を空にかざして　心のドアを開けて
明日を見つめて歩いてゆこう

Romaji

Miageta kono aozora no iro ga mabushi sugite
Wasure kaketa daiji na mono sae
Bokura ni kizukasete kureta ne

Me no mae ni hirogaru sekai wa
Chiisana dekigoto hitotsu de
Kawatte yuku kara ...

Fuki nukeru kaze wo ukete
Ano sora no mukou e
Yawaraka na kaze ga kyou mo
Bokura wo surinukete

Yume no tsuzuki ga aru nara mayowazu ni tobi dasou
Ryoute wo sora ni kazashite kokoro no doa wo akete
Asu wo mitsumete aruite yukou

Song Connections / Remixes

• The ANOTHER version of Under the Sky differs slightly from its NORMAL/HYPER counterpart.
• A longer, slower version of Under the Sky, titled Under the Sky ~SAYAKA's solo new version~, appears on BeForU's second album, BeForU II.
• A happy hardcore remix of Under the Sky by Ryu☆, titled Under the Sky (Ryu☆ Remix), appears on the cyber beatnation 1st conclusion album.
• The DanceDanceRevolution series use a shorter version of Under the Sky.

Trivia

Under the Sky's banner.

Under the Sky's English banner.

• Under the Sky is one of the beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY preview songs in beatmania IIDX 10th style CS. To unlock it, you must complete any combination of either ARCADE MODE, DAN MODE, or EXPERT MODE three times.
• On the American and European versions of DanceDanceRevolution, Under the Sky's artist is romanized as SayakaMinami(BeForU) with platoniX.
• Under the Sky's Single EXPERT chart is infamous for its sudden increase in difficulty, as most of the chart uses just simple patterns with 4th notes, with the exception of the final part, which has a long stream of 8th notes with crossovers.
• Under The Sky's Single BEGINNER and Single BASIC charts have the same stepcount except that the Single BASIC chart has 2 Freeze Arrows.
• In the American iTunes page of the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 Original Soundtrack, Under the Sky's artist was changed to SayakaMinami (BeForU). However, Under the Sky's artist was changed again to Unknown, at an unknown date.
  • Also the uncut beatmania IIDX version is used instead of the DanceDanceRevolution cut on this soundtrack.
• Under the Sky was thought to have been revived as it was playable at the location test of beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem, but was removed when the final version of the game was released. It was later revealed to be a secret revival.
• Under the Sky was still present in the location test of DanceDanceRevolution X, with its new foot ratings.
• Under the Sky is one of the unlockable revivals in DanceDanceRevolution X2. It can be unlocked by reaching ENJOY LEVEL 70.
  • As of February 23rd, 2011, Under the Sky has been unlocked for normal play.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated 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	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	202	458	710	875	390	670	830
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	1	5	7	9	4	7	9
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→15 DJ TROOPERS	—	5	7	9	4	7	9
beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem→Present	—	5	7	9	4	7	9
beatmania IIDX 10th style CS	—	5	7	7	4	7	7
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS	2	5	7	9	4	7	9

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	64 / 0	64 / 2	117 / 9	197 / 21	- / - / -	93 / 0	177 / 8	213 / 5	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	1	1	3	6	—	2	5	6	—
DanceDanceRevolution X (location test)	2	2	4	8	—	3	6	7	—
DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present	2	2	↑5	↑11	—	3	6	↑8	—
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS JP	1	1	3	6	—	2	5	6	—
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA2 CS US/EU	1	1	3	6	—	2	5	6	—