SEPTEMBER
This page is for the Earth, Wind & Fire song titled SEPTEMBER. For the 南波志帆 song of the same title, please see September.
SEPTEMBER
Song Information
Cover Version
Composition/Lyrics: Maurice White, Al McKay, Alta Sherral
Vocals/Chorus: Clyde Williams
Guitars: tiem-P
Bass: Ken Sasaki
Trumpet: Komizo Narita
Trombone: Kakuko Daimon
Drums: Osamu Yoshikawa
Original Artist: Earth, Wind & Fire
Album: SEPTEMBER (1978)
BPM: 125
Length: 1:38
Movie: 粕谷 宗弘 (WelzAnimationStudios), 八木 昌彦 (WelzAnimationStudios)
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock
Other Music Game Appearances:
Original Version
Artist: Earth, Wind & Fire
Composition/Lyrics: Maurice White, Al McKay, Alta Sherral
Album: SEPTEMBER (1978)
BPM: 119-129
Length: 2:00 (jukebeat), 2:14 (pop'n music)
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music (Wii)
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
The lines marked with an asterisk (*) are only present on the original version of September. Lines marked with ※ are only present on the pop'n music cut of the song, and fades out towards the end, after "Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day" is sung.
Do you remember the 21st night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders While chasing the clouds away Our hearts were ringing In the key that our souls were singing As we danced in the night Remember how the stars stole the night away Hey hey hey Ba de ya, say do you remember Ba de ya, dancing in September Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu Ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu Ba duda, badu, ba duda * My thoughts are with you Holding hands with your heart to see you Only blue talk and love Remember how we knew love was here to stay ※ Now December found the love that we shared in September Only blue talk and love Remember the true love we share today Hey hey hey Ba de ya, say do you remember Ba de ya, dancing in September Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day Ba de ya de ya de ya Ba de ya de ya de ya Ba de ya de ya de ya de ya Ba de ya de ya de ya Ba de ya de ya de ya Ba de ya de ya de ya de ya
Song Connections / Remixes
- The GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series uses a cover of SEPTEMBER, while jukebeat uses the original version of the song.
- A house remix of SEPTEMBER, titled September '99, appears in DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- SEPTEMBER is Earth, Wind & Fire's 13th single. The song later appeared on their compilation album The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 several days later.
- SEPTEMBER is one of Earth, Wind & Fire's highest charting singles, reaching as high as #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the UK Singles Chart.
- The cover version of SEPTEMBER is not a constant 125 BPM. The BPM changes are as follows: 121→124.5→125.5→126→127→128.
- In jukebeat and pop'n music, SEPTEMBER's title is capitalized as September.
Song Production Information
96-chan
To the nowadays young people, it's SEPTEMBER, right?
Do you know this song?
Adults who went to old, noisy discos, naturally know this song, right?
By all means, please play it with a mirror ball and afro hair set!
Pantaloons (pants with a wide trumpet hem) and platform London boots are also essential.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
No difficulty ratings are shown for ポップンミュージック and its American/European counterparts. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Zenius -I- vanisher.com.)
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Original Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 130 | 330 | 565 | 194 | 200 | 200 | 209 | 211 | - | 194 | 200 | 200 |
| GF/DM V4→V8 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 16 | 23 | - | 13 | 21 | 30 |
Other charts not shown on the above table:
- GF/DM V4 Drum EASY chart: Total notes: 114.
- GF/DM V4 Guitar EASY chart: Total notes: 164.
XG & GITADORA Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 126 | 302 | 546 | - | 164 | 197 | 200 | - | 155 | 208 | 211 | - |
| GF/DM XG→XG3 | 1.20 | 2.20 | 3.50 | - | 1.30 | 2.05 | 3.55 | - | 1.65 | 2.10 | 3.55 | - |
jubeat
jukebeat location test Charts
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | ? | ? | ? |
| jukebeat location test | 3 | 5 | 8 |
jukebeat Charts
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 190 | 340 | 694 |
| jukebeat | 3 | 5 | 8 |
pop'n music
| Game | Game Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Player | 2 Player | |||
| Standard | Challenge | 1P | 2P | |
| Notecounts | 135 | 195 | 160 | 160 |
| pop'n music (Wii) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |