PARANOiA
PARANOiA
Song Information
Original Charts
Artist: 180
Composition/Arrangement: NM SEQUENCE
BPM: 180
Length: 1:40
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution
Other Music Game Appearances:
- DanceDanceRevolution (PS3) DanceDanceRevolution Greatest Hits
- DanceDanceRevolution S+ PARANOiA Pack
X-Special Charts
File:PARANOiA X-Special.png
PARANOiA (X-Special)'s album art.
Artist: 180
Composition/Arrangement: NM SEQUENCE
BPM: 180
Length: 1:40
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None, but there are several soundbites, such as "electric", "down", "sound!", "feel so good", and "bring it all down".
Song Connections / Remixes
- PARANOiA is the first song of the long-running PARANOiA series. Other songs in the series are:
- PARANOiA MAX ~DIRTY MIX~, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX.
- PARANOiA KCET ~clean mix~, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution CS.
- PARANOiA MAX (CLUB VER.), which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSION 2.
- PARANOiA Rebirth, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX.
- PARANOIA EVOLUTION, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution Solo BASS MIX.
- The song medley, PARANOiA jazzy groove + TRIP MACHINE CLIMAX + DEAD END, which can be found in Dance Maniax 2ndMIX.
- PARANOiA ETERNAL, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX.
- PARANOIA survivor, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
- PARANOIA survivor MAX, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
- PARANOiA -Respect-, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection.
- PARANOiA ~HADES~, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2.
- PARANOiA Revolution, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX.
- PARANOiA (kskst mix), which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX.
- PARANOiA shares the "sound!" vocal sample with R壱萬 from beatmania IIDX 4th style.
Trivia
- PARANOiA marks Naoki Maeda's debut in BEMANI.
- PARANOiA is the first and only KONAMI original introduced in DanceDanceRevolution, available as a FINAL STAGE-only song.
- The Internet Ranking version of DanceDanceRevolution introduced two new KONAMI original songs, TRIP MACHINE and MAKE IT BETTER.
- Much like other songs of the PARANOiA series, PARANOiA's artist, 180, is a reference to its BPM.
- However, PARANOiA's real BPM is not a constant 180 BPM, instead it changes from a minimum of 169.81 to a maximum of 183.67 BPM.
- The robot in PARANOiA's background and album art is based off of Tetsushin Kongouki (金剛寺鉄心), one of the playable characters of the KONAMI game FIGHTING武術 (FIGHTING WU-SHU).
- PARANOiA is the only song in the DanceDanceRevolution series to appear in almost every DanceDanceRevolution title, being absent only in DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX and DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-.
- PARANOiA received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
- PARANOiA's banner was updated in DanceDanceRevolution X, changing the title font.
- PARANOiA (X-Special) is one of the X-Special EXTRA STAGEs in DanceDanceRevolution X, which can be played from 2/12/2009.
- To play PARANOiA (X-Special) in DanceDanceRevolution X, you must get a AA or better on any song in the DanceDanceRevolution folder before the FINAL STAGE.
- As of 10/1/2009, PARANOiA (X-Special) was unlocked for normal play.
Song Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from the original game to 2ndMIX rated from 1 to 8, 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
Original Charts
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 138 / 0 | 264 / 0 | 275 / 0 | 319 / 0 | - / - / - | 254 / 0 | 309 / 0 | 382 / 0 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution→2ndMIX | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | — | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX→4thMIX PLUS | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DDRMAX2 | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | — | 7 | 9 | 11 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | — | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution US CS | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| Dancing Stage EuroMIX CS | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| Dancing Stage PARTY EDiTiON | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME JP CS | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 JP CS | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution (PS3) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution S+ | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution Dance Wars | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
X-Special Charts
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - | 371 / 12 / 0 | - / - | - / - | - / - | 352 / 42 / 0 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present | — | — | — | — | ↑13 | — | — | — | ↑14 |