Celebration
Not to be confused with the beatmania IIDX song celebrate by JJ COMPANY.
Celebration
Song Information
Remixed Version
Artist: WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST
Arrangement: WaveGroup, DJ TK-ST
Original Artist: Kool & The Gang
BPM: 121
Length: 2:01
Genre: SOUL MIX
VJ: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania (USA)
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Cover Version
Artist: Wavegroup
Arrangement: WaveGroup
Original Artist: Kool & The Gang
BPM: 121
Length: 1:46
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3 DLC
Other Music Game Appearances:
Original Version
Artist: Kool and the Gang
Composition/Lyrics: Ronald Nathan, Bell Claydes, Charles Smith, George Melvin Brown, James "J.T." Taylor, Robert Spike Mickens, Earl Eugene Toon Jr., Dennis Ronald Thomas, Robert Earl Bell, Eumir Deodato
Album: Celebrate! (1980)
BPM: 121
Length: 1:49
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution (2010)
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Remixed Version
Party with you... Everyone around the world, come on! Celebrate good times, come on! Celebrate good times, come on! There's a party going on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter, too We're gonna celebrate your party with you Come on now Celebration Let's all celebrate and have a good time Celebration We gonna celebrate and have a good time It's time to come together It's up to you What's your pleasure Everyone around the world, come on! Party with you... Pa-party with you...
Cover Version
Yahoo! It's a celebration Yahoo! It's a celebration Celebrate good times, come on! Let's celebrate Celebrate good times, come on! Let's celebrate There's a party goin' on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter too We gonna celebrate your party with you, come on now Celebration Let's all celebrate and have a good time Celebration We gonna celebrate and have a good time It's time to come together It's up to you, what's your pleasure Everyone around the world Come on! Yahoo! It's a celebration Yahoo! Celebrate good times, come on! Woohoo-hoo! Celebrate good times, come on! It's a celebration |
Original Version
Yahoo! It's a celebration Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate) There's a party goin' on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter too We gonna celebrate your party with you Come on now, celebration Let's all celebrate and have a good time Celebration We gonna celebrate and have a good time It's time to come together It's up to you, what's your pleasure? Everyone around the world come on! Yahoo! It's a celebration Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate) We're gonna have a good time tonight Let's celebrate, it's all right We're gonna have a good time tonight Let's celebrate, it's all right, baby We're gonna have a good time tonight (Celebration) Let's celebrate, it's all right We're gonna have a good time tonight (Celebration) Let's celebrate, it's all right |
Song Connections / Remixes
- The version of Celebration used in beatmania (USA) is a remix of the cover featured in Karaoke Revolution, cover which is used in DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3. The original Kool & The Gang version is used in DanceDanceRevolution (2010).
- Celebration is sampled in LET'S GET DOWN, from DanceDanceRevolution.
- A MIDI version of Celebration appears in My First DanceDanceRevolution.
- Celebration was covered by Kylie Minogue and released as a single in 1992.
Trivia
- Celebration is Kool and the Gang's only #1 hit.
- An orgel version of Celebration can be found in EMI's version of the DanceDanceRevolution 3D Book, a crane game prize made to promote the upcoming Japanese release of DanceDanceRevolution New Moves, which ended up being cancelled.
Song Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania (USA) difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
beatmania
Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
Notecounts | 298 | - | - | 390 | - | - |
beatmania (USA) | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
beatmania IIDX
Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
Notecounts | 177 | 220 | 352 | - | 329 | 431 | - | {{{8}}} | {{{9}}} |
beatmania (USA) | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | - | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
DanceDanceRevolution
Cover Version
Game | Single | Double | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 79 / 0 | 145 / 0 | 190 / 0 | 231 / 0 | - / - / - | 145 / 0 | 190 / 0 | 231 / 0 | - / - / - |
DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3 DLC | N/A | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | 4 | 5 | 7 | - |
Original Version
Game | Single | Double | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 102 / 0 | 147 / 12 | 231 / 24 | 289 / 26 | - / - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - / - |
DanceDanceRevolution (2010) / hottest party 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |