Going up

going up

Song Information

going up's jacket.

going up's DanceDanceRevolution jacket.

Original Version

Artist: colors
Composition: Taka
Arrangement/All Instruments: colors
Lyrics: Hiro
Vocals: koyomi
BPM: 212
Length: 1:58
Movie: 御船麻砥, たかたん
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution X2
• GITADORA (Mobile)
• GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3

Chinese Version

Artist: 色彩乃夢
Composition: Taka
Arrangement/All Instruments: colors
Lyrics: Weng Beibei
BPM: 212
Length: 1:57
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X2
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

壊れそうなほど熱を持った銀色の metalic heart 
高鳴る鼓動　誘われ　久しぶりの幕開けさ

誰も止められない speed 散らし 
ホコリ立ててモザイク　僕の顔が見えるかい？

燃え出した過去の記憶を　灰になるまで抱いて 
地平線に未来響かすと誓ったのさ 
夜明けを背に

※ 
I'm just going up 
刺さる風も味方にして登る　もう迷わない 
本能のまま走る　後悔はいらない 
妄想でもいいから叫ぶよ

※repeat

Song Connections / Remixes

• A Chinese version of going up, with the same title but credited to 色彩乃夢, appears in DanceDanceRevolution X2.

Trivia

• going up marks Takayuki Ishikawa's first original song in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series.
  • It also marks colors' first appearance in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• going up is available for play in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 as an unlockable song in Pleasure Box 6 (June 6th, 2012).
• going up (and its Chinese version) can be unlocked in DanceDanceRevolution X2 from December 1st, 2010.
  • going up's GuitarFreaks & DrumMania video is used and is full-screen in DanceDanceRevolution, eliminating any on-screen dancers
• The Chinese version of going up could be played on the DanceDanceRevolution series by playing going up's CHALLENGE chart.
  • going up's Chinese version marks the second time that Takayuki Ishikawa uses his Shikisai no yume (色彩乃夢) alias, after Desire.
  • As of DanceDanceRevolution A, the Japanese version of going up will be played instead.
• going up has never been on a CS release of DanceDanceRevolution.
• going up received an updated jacket in GITADORA.
• The main character from going up's video, Seigetsu (青月), would later become a selectable character in GITADORA OverDrive's Battle System.
• Through an unknown glitch in DanceDanceRevolution A, going up can be played on Double BEGINNER difficulty. The Double BEGINNER "chart" is rated Level 20, but contains no steps at all. If played, the song will be cleared automatically with a D grade.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	117 / 4	296 / 0	398 / 0	491 / 0	352 / 0 / 46	269 / 7	391 / 0	489 / 0	347 / 0 / 43
DanceDanceRevolution X2	3	7	10	13	11	7	11	14	12
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	3	7	10	↓12	11	7	11	↓13	12

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	402	748	1105	549	549	549	669	669	-	549	549	549
GF/DM V→V2	26	45	77	34	45	70	36	62	-	45	55	80
GF/DM V3→V8	26	45	↑82	34	45	↑76	36	62	-	45	55	80
GF/DM V CS	26	45	77	34	45	70	36	62	-	45	55	80

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	340	678	1105	-	314	506	549	-	319	669	669	-
GF/DM XG3	2.70	4.60	7.65	-	3.20	5.30	7.20	-	1.90	3.50	4.95	-
GITADORA→Present	↑3.55	↑5.25	↑8.00	-	↑4.00	↑5.85	↑7.55	-	↑2.80	↑4.25	↑5.55	-
GITADORA (Mobile)	3.55	5.25	8.00	-	4.00	5.85	7.55	-	2.80	4.25	5.55	-