MOON
MOON
Song Information
Artist: dj TAKA feat. Erika Mochizuki
Composition/Arrangement: dj TAKA
Lyrics/Vocals: Erika Mochizuki
BPM: 156
Length: 1:59 (beatmania IIDX, pop'n music), 1:34 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Genre: AISYU-EURO (哀愁ユーロ)
pop'n music Character: YUKI [13]
pop'n CG design: CHIHI
Beat'n Groovy Character: SAKURA [BnG]
VJ: F-FLY (DistorteD), SEKIYAMA with DJ (GOLD→Present)
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 13 カーニバル
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Game Size
just a waiting for your call with smile at over rainy day side so lonely my heart is stay midnight but I can't forget memories It's slave of sadness oh baby is not here yer I wish your love again like a little girl a quick of fate over and over miss you where are we arrive? please tell me ever lasting love! shining shining moonlight flash my future tell me reality resounded with I love you I can't keep back tears I wanna arrive at once destination twinkle twinkle starlight looking for my many precious day remember promises you say you love me I wonder where you are? searchin' for happiness
Long Version
just a waiting for your call with smile at over rainy day side so lonely my heart is stay midnight but I can't forget memories it's slave of sadness oh baby is not here yet I wish your love again like a little girl a quick of fate over and over miss you where are we arrive? please tell me ever lasting love! ※shining shining moonlight flash my future tell me reality resounded with I love you I can't keep back tears I wanna arrive at once destination twincle twincle starlight looking for my many precious day remember promisses you say you love me I wonder where you are? searchin' for happiness don't you know mistake under the stars I did't know either only the fate we knew 'it mistake becouse I love you forever but I don't say to you, stay with me far away to the way of that moon lonely little girl times goes by deeper and deeper fall you I wanna take you out baby you are only snine shining shining moon light looking my dream and my memories nobody knows star light line so tell me destiny I wanna feel you once again future to shine twincle twincle starlight with you tonight take me happiness I can not it forget you, it cross the moon night I love you forever I trust your trust, so my desire the shouting star light to darkness into the sky I can't take it love bright all for you kiss and smile again I love you feeling twinkle twinkle destiny all mistery romance waiting shamble blow the moon ※ repeat
Song Connections / Remixes
- A remix of MOON by AKIRA YAMAOKA, titled MOON -Sun Mix-, can be found on dj TAKA's first album, milestone.
- A long version of MOON, titled MOON -EXTENDED-, can be found on the pop'n music request best! album. This long version was arranged by TSU-NA (MUSELINKS).
- The DanceDanceRevolution series use a shorter version of MOON, mostly removing the intro.
Trivia
- "AISYU-EURO" (哀愁ユーロ) translates to "sorrow euro".
- MOON received a new video in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD.
- MOON is Erika Mochizuki's first (and so far, the only) song where she has provided the vocals on the pop'n music series.
- In the DanceDanceRevolution series, MOON's artist was changed to dj TAKA feat. Erika.
- MOON appears as DLC for both the American and Japanese versions of pop'n music (Wii), in the Euro and 超上級エクストリームセット packs respectively.
- In the American version of pop'n music (Wii), MOON's title and artist were capitalized as Moon and Dj Taka feat. Erika Mochizuchi respectively.
- According to dj TAKA, MOON was made late into production of pop'n music 13 カーニバル, when wac asked him to make a song for the game. TAKA made MOON over the course of a month.
- wac also wanted MOON to have a video when if it ever came to beatmania IIDX. It didn't initially, but eventually received one (see above).
- MOON marks the first time YUKI has received a new sprite/animations since HONEまでートトゥナイト in pop'n music 4.
Music Comment
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Song Production Information
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Video Production Information
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Character Information
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Difficulty & Notecounts
Beat'n Groovy difficulty rated from 1 to 8.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts | 185 | 436 | 1067 | 1118 | 436 | 1048 | — |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | — |
| beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→Present | — | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | — |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | — |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 100 / 0 | 100 / 10 | 240 / 6 | 315 / 7 | - / - / - | 104 / 8 | 247 / 3 | 330 / 3 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | — | 3 | 6 | 8 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution X | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | — | 1 | 8 | 10 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present | 3 | 3 | 7 | ↓10 | — | 1 | 8 | 10 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | — | 3 | 6 | 8 | — |
pop'n music
| Game | Standard | Battle | PSP-Exclusive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Button | Normal | Hyper | EX | Normal | Hyper | 5B Hyper | 7 Button | 7B Hyper | |
| Notecounts | 203 | 448 | 834 | 1134 | 447 | 834 | ? | ? | ? |
| pop'n music 13 カーニバル→17 THE MOVIE | 12 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 20 | 31 | - | - | - |
| pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝→20 fantasia | 12 | ↓22 | 33 | ↑40 | 20 | 31 | - | - | - |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | ↓27 | 39 | 46 | 20 | 31 | - | - | - |
| pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS | 12 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 20 | 31 | - | - | - |
| Beat'n Groovy | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| pop'n music portable 2 DLC | 12 | 22 | 33 | 40 | - | - | 22 | 19 | 30 |