Sandstorm
Sandstorm
Song Information
Original Version
Artist: Darude
Album: Sandstorm single (1999)
BPM: 136
Length: 1:26
First Music Game Appearance: DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-
Other Music Game Appearances:none.
Cover Version
Artist: ♪♪♪♪♪
Original Artist: Darude
Album: Sandstorm single (1999)
BPM: 136
Length: 1:30
First Music Game Appearance: UBeat
Other Music Game Appearances:
- jubeat knit
- jubeat plus music pack 14
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A radio edit of Sandstorm and a remix by JS16, titled Sandstorm (JS16 Remix), appear on the Sandstorm single.
- The original version of Sandstorm is used in the American release of DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution- CS, while the location test of UBeat and jubeat knit use a cover version of Sandstorm.
Trivia
- Sandstorm reached #1 in Norway and was the world's best-selling single in 2000.
- Sandstorm is Darude's debut single. The song later appeared on his debut album Before the Storm in May 2001.
- Sandstorm is part of the "Darude - Sandstorm" Internet meme, in which the song title refers to any unknown song.
- Sandstorm's charts and difficulties in the location test of UBeat are different from the charts and difficulties in jubeat knit. However, they use the same jacket.
- Sandstorm was removed from jubeat saucer when the game was released. However, it was later revived on October 15th, 2012.
- It was then removed again on February 1st, 2013. It was revived again on April 1st, 2013.
- It was removed yet again on August 1st, 2013. It was revived yet again on December 1st, 2013.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and jubeat@Wiki.)
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | - / - | 103 / 25 | 153 / 30 | 216 / 36 | - / - / - | 114 / 18 | 172 / 13 | 250 / 20 | - / - / - |
| DDRMAX CS US | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | — |
jubeat
jubeat version
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 181 | 370 | 562 |
| jubeat knit→Present | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| jubeat plus | 2 | 6 | 8 |
UBeat version
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | ? | ? | ? |
| UBeat | 3 | 8 | 9 |