LUV CAN SAVE U
LUV CAN SAVE U
Song Information
Artist: HIDEKI NAGANUMA
Composition/Arrangement: Hideki Naganuma
BPM: 140
Length: 2:07
Genre: NEO 80's EURO ELECTRO
VJ: Fukutomi WAVE (overlays by NAGI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:
- jubeat saucer
- jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) saucer pack 05
- jukebeat KONAMI music pack 29
Lyrics
Cool bed Do you really think love can save you? I never choose a party in your stupid game Do you really think love can save you? I don't know what you're lookin' for My heart is on fire but my blood is frozen Everybody loves me but you Love me my dear But just don't touch Everybody loves me but you And a broken heart is all I got Cool bed Do you really think love can save you? I never choose a party in your stupid game Do you really think love can save you? I don't need this no more Everybody, -verybody, -verybody Everybody, -verybody Everybody loves me but you Love me my dear. But just don't touch Everybody loves me but you And a broken heart, broken heart is all I got So tell it, girls Yo, I don't need this no more Cool bed
Song Connections / Remixes
- The "love can save you" voice sample was used in an earlier beatmania IIDX song, route 80s.
- A long version of LUV CAN SAVE U, titled LUV CAN SAVE U [luv can extend u mix], appears on the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
Trivia
- LUV CAN SAVE U marks the first appearance of Hideki Naganuma in a BEMANI game. He is best known for his musical contributions to Sega's Jet Set Radio game series, as well as the Nintendo DS game Sonic Rush.
- He also made "Sky 2 High" for the anime adaptation of "Air Gear" under his "skankfunk" alias.
- If a AAA rank is obtained, an alternate image will show up at the end of LUV CAN SAVE U, like in Round and Round.
- LUV CAN SAVE U was added to jubeat saucer on November 1st, 2012. It was later removed on April 1st, 2013, and it was later revived on May 20th, 2013.
- It was removed again on September 1st, 2013. It was revived again on October 28th, 2013.
- In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, LUV CAN SAVE U and HIDEKI NAGANUMA are spelled as Luv Can Save U and Hideki Naganuma.
Song Production Information
HIDEKI NAGANUMA
In my teenage years, I listened to a lot of 80s Eurobeat, which really influenced my musical style.
So, hearing that the musical style was making a comeback, I decided to make a Neo 80s song to my taste.
While I wanted to express a feeling of nostalgia, I also wanted to use modern musical creations and arrangements.
I used the key of A minor to express the feeling of loneliness, and then change it to the major key only for a moment.
The four lines in the chorus, particularly the line in the chorus "Broken Heart", work really well with the rhythm of the song.
I think that I have finished a suitable song for a music game like beatmania IIDX 20.
Video Production Information
NAGI
From the moment that I heard this song, I was impressed and felt drawn towards it.
Whoa, I think it was very cool!
So I started to imagine what animation to make and I kept thinking about a character battling against an enemy winning and losing....
And as the story started to come together, I started becoming more excited and said "Yes! Let's make an animation!"
And the results....
Animators are gods (-゛-；)
Well...Ummm.....
I really wanted to do more for the animation than what I could actually put in the actual movie, so next time, I'll try to be more devoted to my work.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from jubeat@Wiki and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts | — | 295 | 720 | 1069 | 300 | 699 | 1416 |
| beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present | — | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
jubeat
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 357 | 653 | 922 |
| jubeat saucer→Present | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| jubeat plus | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| jubeat plus (Android) | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| jukebeat | 4 | 8 | 9 |