Celebrate
Not to be confused with the WaveGroup/DJ TK-ST cover of Celebration from beatmania (2006).
celebrate
Song Information
Artist: JJ COMPANY
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: where 2
Producer: dj nagureo
BPM: 134
Length: 1:40
Genre: SOUL CLASSIC
Movie: VJ GYO (overlays by MiZKING)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Game Size
celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night You wanna fly to the moon in the sky You wanna shake up your body wonderland awaits you there I know you never regret lookin' for a vision You don't need to reason ah, ah some say you gonna some say you wanna be there it's all good celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night knocking on heaven's door lovely misty serenade it's all there celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night...
Long Version
celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night You wanna fly to the moon in the sky You wanna shake up your body wonderland awaits you there I know you never regret lookin' for a vision You don't need to reason ah, ah some say you gonna some say you wanna be there it's all good celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night pa pa pa yah pa pa pa yah pa got you goin' funky rhythm pa pa pa yah pa got you movin' knocking on heaven's door lovely misty serenade it's all there celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night lookin' for a vision You don't need to reason ah, ah some say you gonna some say you wanna be there it's all good some say you gonna some say you wanna be there it's all good celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night celebrate, celebrate every night's the night celebrate, we celebrate what a groovin' night |
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of celebrate can be found in the beatmania IIDX Original Soundtracks album.
- The ANOTHER chart version of celebrate sounds different from the NORMAL/HYPER charts, including extra bongos.
- celebrate shares several similarities with Earth, Wind and Fire's Boogie Wonderland.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- celebrate and Be in my paradise are Larry Dunn's debut songs in BEMANI.
- celebrate being crossed over marks his first appearance in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
- celebrate received ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX substream. These charts were made by wac, as noted by his Ska a gogo's staff comments in the pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE website.
- It then received a brand-new set of ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 2nd style.
- celebrate received LIGHT charts in beatmania IIDX 4th style.
- celebrate received a BEGINNER and a new Double HEAVY chart in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
- In DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-, celebrate's background videos are a direct rip of LET'S GROOVE's background videos from DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-. This includes positions where the videos change from one another with the exception of the end of the song where it loops one additional video continuously.
- It shares this same specific trait with LOVE THIS FEELIN', which is also in DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-.
Song Production Information
beatmania IIDX
dj nagureo
In this Soul Classic song produced by dj nagureo, complex horn sections and soulful vocals make you feel nostalgic.
I was surprised to have learned about a player who happens to be an acquaintance of the artist involved, JJ COMPANY is a very high-profile staff member. The fancy arrangement makes it interesting for games as well.
beatmania takes a step into the '70s with this song, who knows what else the future holds?
DanceDanceRevolution
The dance scene in the '70s was dominated by soul music, that took the funky parts of stoically evolved funk and sublimated them into pop music.
If you're familiar with the dance scene of that era, you'll find it hard to believe that this is the first time you've heard celebrate.
The band, which seems to have almost 20 members, the light percussion, the Earth, Wind & Fire-like brass riffs, and the male and female choruses singing in falsettos (back voices), all of these characteristics are well captured in the latest "hot-selling" phrases of that time. Between the music genres of beatmania, which have a wide range of the latest music, one can suddenly feel the history of dance music itself.
CS Information Data
DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-
You have failed Game Mode for the first time! As a result, you have unlocked the song "celebrate" by JJ COMPANY. Now you can celebrate your first failure in style, but don't give up on your dreams to be the ultimate dancer!
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
I recall that the image of this song came to me even as soon as I heard it, and then I was puzzled. After all, the singing and performance scenes were the first things that jumped out at me, and the image was then fixed in my mind.
It was unfortunate that we could not shoot such scenes this time due to various reasons, but the dance team, brown sugar, is originally active in the soul and R&B scene, and with the help of this authentic dance, I feel that we managed to finish the film.
The dance and beach scenes were shot in Japan, but I think we were able to get closer to the CLASSIC SOUL image by adding some landscape footage from the U.S. and other countries, and then adjusting the image quality.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX rated from 1 to in 1st style through substream, and 1 to 7 in 2nd style through 4th style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB VER. through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, and 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
beatmania IIDX
Old Charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | - | 280 | 427 | - | - | 417 | 457 | - |
| beatmania IIDX | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX substream | - | - | 5 | N/A | - | - | 5 | N/A | - |
Current Charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 254 | 280 | 446 | - | 415 | 417 | 476 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 2nd style | - | - | 5 | N/A | - | - | 5 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style | - | 4 | 5 | N/A | - | 4 | 5 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 72 / 0 | 166 / 0 | 188 / 0 | 260 / 0 | - / - / - | 183 / 0 | 262 / 0 | 226 / 18 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 1 | - | ※5 | - | - | - | ※5 | - | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | - | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | - | 5 | 8 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1 | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | - | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC) | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | - | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| DDRMAX CS NA | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | - | 5 | 8 | ※8 | - |
※ These BASIC charts are different from the later BASIC charts:
- Single BASIC (total notes: 174).
- Double BASIC (total notes: 191).
※ This Double HEAVY chart is a copy of the Double STANDARD chart (total notes: 262).