Squeeze
Squeeze
Song Information
Artist: VENUS feat. Mutsuhiko Izumi
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: VENUS (DJ YOSHITAKA, Sota Fujimori)
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
BPM: 87-173 (DanceDanceRevolution), 173 (other BEMANI games)
Length: 1:45
Genre: WITHOUT YOU TONIGHT -VI- (ウィザウチュナイ-ゼクス-)
pop'n music Character: VENUS [SP-2P]
VJ: Steins
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA / DanceDanceRevolution (2013) / jubeat saucer / pop'n music Sunny Park / REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons- / SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- / ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2
Other Music Game Appearances:
- jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) BEMANIスタジアム pack 2
- REFLEC BEAT plus BEMANIスタジアム PACK 2
- ポップンリズミン BEMANIスタジアム2
Lyrics
Various soundbites. "VENUS" can be heard at the very end.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A rock remix of Squeeze featuring significantly more guitars by Mutsuhiko Izumi, titled Squeeze -GITADORA Mix-, appears in GITADORA.
- Squeeze shares a sample with another Sota Fujimori song, diagram.
- Squeeze shares the "I don't know how to fly" sample with HAERETICUS.
- Squeeze samples the "Yeah! Yeah!" line from Brand New World, and the ending "VENUS" line from Wow Wow VENUS.
- In jubeat, Squeeze's EXTREME chart uses the "VENUS" pattern from Wow Wow VENUS' EXTREME chart, and the "Yeah! Yeah!" pattern from Brand New World's EXTREME chart.
- The "VENUS" sample is used at the end of FUJIMORI -祭- FESTIVAL.
- An extended version of Squeeze, titled Squeeze -Extended Mix-, can be found on VENUS' first album, DEUS. Unlike the game size version of Squeeze, Squeeze -Extended Mix- features vocals by Yoshitaka and TAG.
Trivia
- Squeeze is one of the songs part of the Second Half of the Nettou! BEMANI Stadium (熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム) event.
- As of REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!, Squeeze can be purchased from the REFLEC Shop after clearing it in the BEMANI Stadium Test (BEMANIスタジアム検定) added on July 24th, 2014.
- Squeeze marks the first VENUS song in BEMANI that does not have sung vocals.
- Squeeze is the first original VENUS song in the beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, jubeat, SOUND VOLTEX, and ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom series.
- It also marks the first appearances of either Sota Fujimori or Mutsuhiko Izumi in the SOUND VOLTEX series.
- Yoshitaka Nishimura, Sota Fujimori and Mutsuhiko Izumi appear on Squeeze's jacket.
- In pop'n music, instead of displaying its character's portrait, Squeeze displays its jacket (with the 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム logo) when selected.
- Squeeze's pop'n music songwheel genre, ウィザウチュナイ-ゼクス-, reads as "WITHOUT YOU TONIGHT -SECHS-".
- Squeeze's genre in beatmania IIDX was written as WITHOUT YOU NIGHT -VI-. This was fixed on March 27th, 2014.
- Squeeze currently has the highest rated difficulties of any VENUS song in the beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT and jubeat series.
- Squeeze might be named after the squeeze play, a maneuver in baseball.
Music Comment
Untranslated.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Character Information
None.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 12 from VOLZZA onwards.
SOUND VOLTEX difficulty rated from 1 to 16.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, SOUND VOLTEX @ wiki and Pop'n Music Fever.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 432 | 745 | 1257 | 478 | 854 | 1250 | {{{8}}} | {{{9}}} |
| beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 11 | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 136 / 1 | 194 / 17 | 272 / 22 | 477 / 11 | - / - / - | 198 / 18 | 289 / 13 | 473 / 14 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→Present | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | — | 6 | 10 | 15 | — |
jubeat
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 263 | 431 | 751 |
| jubeat saucer→Present | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| jubeat plus | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| jubeat plus (Android) | 4 | 8 | 10 |
pop'n music
| Game | Standard | Battle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | Normal | Hyper | EX | Normal | Hyper | |
| Notecounts | 157 | 426 | 660 | 1145 | 363 | 592 |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | 11 | 29 | 41 | 47 | 16 | 23 |
REFLEC BEAT
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | Special | |
| Notecounts | 222 | 344 | 655 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-→groovin'!! Upper | 5 | 8 | 10+ | - |
| REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→Present | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT plus | 5 | 8 | 10+ | - |
SOUND VOLTEX
| Game | Level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novice | Advanced | Exhaust | Infinite | Gravity | |
| Max Chain | 519 | 1084 | 1532 | — | — |
| Effected By | Hermit♣club | Hermit♣club | Hermit♣club | — | — |
| Jacket Artists | XTC | XTC | XTC | — | — |
| SOUND VOLTEX II→Present | 5 | 11 | 14 | — | — |
ポップンリズミン
| Game | Difficulties | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hyper | EX | |
| Notecounts | 278 | 338 | 407 |
| ポップンリズミン | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム | |
|---|---|
| Main Event Songs | IX (GITADOROCK ver.) - Engraved Mark - HYENA (Live Edit feat. 96) - PUNISHER - Stella Sinistra Squeeze (GITADORA Mix) - デッドボヲルdeホームラン - マインド・ゲーム 轟け！恋のビーンボール！！ (96バット砲炸裂！GITADORAシリーズMVP弾！) - 野球の遊び方 そしてその歴史 ～決定版～ |
| Crossover Songs | DanceDanceRevolution: True Blue - 恋はどう？モロ◎波動OK☆方程式！！ - VEGA - Daily Lunch Special GITADORA: いきもの失格 - 少年リップルズ - RAGNAROK - Never Look Back in Sorrow - 情操ディストピア - 愛は不死鳥の様に jubeat: December Breeze - 恋愛観測 - 8 -eight- - Condor pop'n music: 去る金合戦 - Sakura Sunrise - 7 Colors - 雷君 REFLEC BEAT: The Sealer ～ア・ミリアとミリアの民～ - フレッフレー♪熱血チアガール - Evans - sakura storm |