Y&Co. is dead or alive

Song Information

Artist: Y&Co.
Composition/Arrangement: Tetsuya Tamura
BPM: 145-876
Length: 2:05
Genre: 90's RAVE
VJ: Steins
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Several vocal samples can be heard, including "Y&Co. is dead or alive".

Song Connections / Remixes

A long version of Y&Co. is dead or alive can be found on Y&Co.'s album, BEST HIT YCO.
A spiritual successor to Y&Co. is dead or alive, titled Y&Co. is still alive, can be found on S2TB Recording's J-RAVE Nation compilation.
Y&Co. is dead or alive shares a vocal sample with Lunatic Rough Party!!, from SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-.

Trivia

Y&Co. is dead or alive has the highest BPM of any beatmania IIDX song to date, surpassing the previous record of 455 BPM set by Spooky.
- Also, Y&Co. is dead or alive holds the fifth highest BPM at any point in all BEMANI games, only surpassed by EGOISM 440's 880 BPM from DanceDanceRevolution (2014), gigadelic(m3rkAb4# R3m!x)'s 916 BPM from SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS, 超☆超☆光☆速☆出☆前☆最☆速!!! スピード★スター★かなで's 999 BPM from SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN, and Tohoku EVOLVED's 1020 BPM from DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX.
Y&Co. is dead or alive is most likely a homage to the song James Brown is Dead by L.A. Style, and its answer-back song, James Brown is Still Alive!! by Holy Noise featuring The Global Insert Project.
Y&Co. is dead or alive is Seiichi Itagaki's first video in BEMANI.
Y&Co. is dead or alive received Black ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.

Song Production Information

Y&Co.

There is no meaning to the title. It does not matter who the group is or the game....

The original title "○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ is dead" was dangerous because that would imply that we were actually dead. (Laughs)

Video Production Information

Steins

Hello, beatmania fans. This is my first movie I've made.
I'm Steins, thank you.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
Game	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	黒ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	黒ANOTHER
Notecounts	296	569	921	1222	549	936	1202	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→17 SIRIUS	-	7	10	12	7	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	3	5	9	10	5	10	11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}