Cat Song ~Theme of UPA
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Cat Song ～Theme of UPA
Song Information
Artist: UPA & NORA
Composition: Traditional
Arrangement/Vocals: Hiroyuki Togo
BPM: 127
Length: 1:37
Genre: FUNK
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- Cat Song ～Theme of UPA is a funk arrangement of a simple piano piece of unknown origin called Der Flohwalzer (The Flea Waltz), which is known in Japan as ねこふんじゃった (Neko funjatta, literally "I Stepped on the Cat").
- Another arrangement of Der Flohwalzer by Neko M@mma Team, titled neko fun jitter, appears in ノスタルジア.
- An 8-bit arrangement of Cat Song ～Theme of UPA by Takeshi Iwakiri appears in beatmania GB.
Trivia
- In beatmania European Edit, Cat Song ～Theme of UPA's title and genre were changed to CAT SONG and CHEESE, respectively.
- In beatmania GB, its title is shown as CAT SONG ～Theme of UPA.
- Before beatmania BEST HITS, Cat Song ～Theme of UPA's artist is shown as UPA&NORA.
- Cat Song ～Theme of UPA is the only song to have appeared on five beatmania console releases (APPEND YebisuMIX, BEST HITS, European Edit, WonderSwan, and GB) but never in an arcade beatmania title.
- Part of Cat Song ～Theme of UPA's movie, which depicts a cat attempting to capture a mouse much like the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Tom and Jerry, was later recycled in あ！ ことりになっちゃった！'s movie.
- In beatmania GB, CAT SONG ～Theme of UPA runs at 131 BPM.
Song Production Information
beatmania maniac-tracks Booklet
The original song is one that everyone knows: "Neko Funjatta".
I came up with this song with the theme of being a starting point for people who are new to beatmania.
By the way, the "UPA" in the title is the name of my friend's pet cat.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania GB difficulty rated from 1 to 5. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 154 | - | - | 154 | - | - |
| beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| beatmania BEST HITS | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| beatmania European Edit | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| beatmania for WonderSwan | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania GB | ※1 | - | - | - | - | - |
※ Denotes chart has been changed from the original chart (total notes: 155).