MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
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MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Song Information
Artist: Love machineguns
Composition/Arrangement: Toshio Sakurai, Hideyuki Ono, Yuei Uematsu
Lyrics/Vocals: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Trumpet: Hideyuki Ono
Trombone/All Saxophones: Jimmy Weckl
Guitars/Bass/Drum Programming: Toshio Sakurai
Recording Engineer: Akira Goshima
BPM: 182
Length: 1:20
Genre: SKA PUNK
Movie: yos
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Game Size
In the barrio you gotta learn how to survive Cause you never know When it's your turn to take a dive So you go through each day With your eyes in the back of your head You never know if you'll be alive or be dead That is why always have it You carry a midnight special Never leave home without it Always better with a midnight special In the dark on the street Never know who you're gonna meet No problem you got a midnight special
Long Version
In the barrio you gotta learn how to survive Cause you never know when it's your turn to take a dive ☆ So you go through each day With your eyes in the back of your head You never know if you'll be alive or be dead LITTLE JOHNYY SMITH, they nearly laid that boy to rest But he's still alive - thank God, he must be heaven blessed But you know that somewhere There's a bullet that says your name You can't avoid the danger it's part of this game ★ That is why always have it You carry a midnight special Never leave home without it Always better with a midnight special In the dark on the street Never know who you're gonna meet No problem you got a midnight special ☆ repeat ★ repeat |
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of MIDNIGHT SPECIAL can be found on the GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX soundtracks album.
- An acoustic version of MIDNIGHT SPECIAL appears as a bonus track on the GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX soundtracks album.
Trivia
- Until GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL's BPM was shown as ??? BPM.
- MIDNIGHT SPECIAL received a unique, different video in DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE. This video was later carried over to DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA. Its video eliminates all on-screen dancers.
- In DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2, Dancing Stage Unleashed2, DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE and DanceDanceRevolution X2, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL's title and artist were capitalized as Midnight Special and Love Machineguns respectively.
- DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA capitalized the artist as Love machineguns.
- Midnight Special can be unlocked in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 by playing any 20 songs.
- Midnight Special can be automatically unlocked in DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE if you have save data of GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS on your memory card.
- MIDNIGHT SPECIAL is currently the only musical appearances of both Toshio Sakurai and Yuei Uematsu on an arcade release of DanceDanceRevolution.
- MIDNIGHT SPECIAL is one of the unlockable songs of the ULTIMATE FESTIVAL!! ULTIMATE GATE event of GITADORA OverDrive.
- It received a new jacket in GITADORA OverDrive.
- Despite that MIDNIGHT SPECIAL's BPM is shown as 182, it actually ranges from 182 to 187 BPM.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2. and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
Difficulty for early GF/DM games rated from 1 to 10 stars. GF/DM difficulty for GF5/dm4 and beyond 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 | 101 / 12 | 144 / 21 | 236 / 11 | 267 / 14 | - / - / - | 190 / 3 | 244 / 11 | 274 / 8 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / STR!KE / DS Unleashed2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA US/EU CS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | — | 7 | 10 | 12 | — |
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Original Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 346 | 534 | 663 | 269 | 269 | 269 | 312 | 312 | - | - | - | - |
| GF3/dm2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF4/dm3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ↑5 | ↑7 | ↓6 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 | 37 | 71 | 86 | 48 | 51 | 54 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF7/dm6 | ↓29 | ↓50 | ↓72 | ↓12 | ↓16 | ↓31 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF8/dm7 | ↓21 | ↓48 | ↑74 | ↑18 | ↑21 | ↑33 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF8/dm7 power-up ver.→GF/DM V2 | 21 | 48 | 74 | ↓16 | ↓19 | ↓32 | 27 | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V3→V8 | 21 | 48 | ↓68 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 27 | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| GF3/dm2 CS | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V3 CS | 21 | 48 | 68 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 27 | 36 | - | - | - | - |
XG & GITADORA Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 240 | 485 | 662 | - | 228 | 269 | 269 | - | 188 | 312 | 312 | - |
| GITADORA OverDrive→Tri-Boost | 3.10 | 5.40 | 6.75 | - | 3.50 | 5.40 | 6.75 | - | 3.30 | 5.20 | 6.70 | - |
| GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE | ↑3.15 | ↓5.00 | ↓6.50 | - | ↓3.10 | ↓4.80 | ↓6.20 | - | ↓2.75 | ↓4.65 | ↓6.00 | - |
| GITADORA Matixx→Present | ↑4.00 | ↑5.30 | ↑6.70 | - | ↑3.50 | ↑5.25 | ↑6.60 | - | ↑2.80 | ↑4.90 | ↑6.35 | - |