321 STARS

Song Information

321 STARS' pop'n music banner.

321STARS' jacket.

Artist: DJ SIMON
Composition/Arrangement: Kiyotaka Sugimoto
BPM: 192
Length: 1:24
Genre: TECHNO POP (テクノポップ)
pop'n music Character: KINOKO BOY [8]
pop'n CG design: shio
VJ: yaku (beatmania), VJ GYO (CS DistorteD), ? (USA)
Jacket design: moroEX
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania completeMIX 2
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

Samples of "3", "2", "1", "the stars", and "hi" can be heard.

Song Connections / Remixes

The orangenoise shortcut song Like a surfing borrows some parts of 321 STARS' melody.
321 STARS shares the "hi" sample with OTENAMI Hurricane, from beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ.

Trivia

321STARS' banner.

The title, 321 STARS, is a reference to Kiyotaka Sugimoto's birthday, March 21st (3/21).
321 STARS is the only returning original song in beatmania ClubMIX which did not receive new charts.
Along with the other BEMANI songs crossed over to pop'n music 8, 321 STARS displays ♪♪♪♪♪ as the artist. This has never changed.
KINOKO BOY does not have a 2P color.
321 STARS received a brand-new Double NORMAL chart in beatmania THE FINAL, replacing its original chart.
321 STARS received an EX chart in pop'n music 9. This chart was carried to pop'n music 8 CS.
Counting jumps, 321 STARS' Single EXPERT chart has exactly 321 steps in it in DanceDanceRevolution, a reference to its name.
- Unfortunately, due to jumps counting as one step for combo purposes in all future DanceDanceRevolution titles after EXTREME, this little in-joke is lost.
  - A similar joke occurred with 321 STARS in pop'n music with its NORMAL chart; if one achieved a full combo in pop'n music 8, it was 321 (MAX COMBO in earlier pop'n music game was the song's notecount total minus 1). Once the MAX COMBO got updated in later pop'n music games to include all of a song's notes, though, this joke was lost once more.
In the DanceDanceRevolution series, 321 STARS is titled as 321STARS.
321STARS received a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2.
321 STARS is one of the six revived beatmania songs that can be found in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS.

Music Comment

This popular beatmania song makes its appearance in pop'n!

Song Production Information

beatmania

The running gag of this techno pop song, is "1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 222222222, 3, 2, 1, Hiiiii~" with the feel of an adorable, fast-moving hyper amusement facility (?), like a clockwork mini theater.

Underneath the warm melody is some kind of surreal world, where vigorous drums pound out high-octane beats. (DJ SIMON)

pop'n music

Original Simonman

I will now answer the question about how to read this song title.
It is read as "three-two-one-stars".

CS Information Data

DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS (America)

You have unlocked the song "321STARS" by DJ SIMON. Combining a really unique mix of sounds and a variety of beats and tempos, "321STARS" is one of the most entertaining songs to choose when playing with friends. Get ready to 3,2,1 start dancing to this song!

Video Production Information

beatmania completeMIX 2

The main background is a boy on his keyboard, with the image of him clacking away with like he's hacking. It's personally my favorite animation. (yaku)

Character Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. beatmania (2006) difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
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 obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
Game	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	276	413	588	436	436	626
beatmania completeMIX 2	5	6	7	5	6	7
beatmania ClubMIX	↓4	6	N/A	↓4	6	N/A
beatmania THE FINAL	4	↑7	↑9	※4	9	↑9
beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→III THE FINAL	4	7	9	5	7	9
beatmania APPEND ClubMIX	4	6	N/A	4	6	N/A
beatmania (2006)	-	6	-	-	6	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	5	8	10	※4	6	9

※ Denotes chart has been changed from from the older AC chart (total notes: 294).

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
Game	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	276	413	588	294	436	626	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	-	5	8	10	4	6	9	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
Game	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	95 / 0	146 / 5	239 / 15	308 / 7	- / - / -	147 / 5	241 / 7	307 / 7	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2	2	4	6	8	-	4	7	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	4	5	9	11	-	5	8	11	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP/US	2	4	6	8	-	4	7	8	-
Dancing Stage Fusion CS	2	※6	※7	※8	-	※4	※7	※8	-
DanceDanceRevoluion ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2	N/A	4	6	8	-	4	7	8	-

※ These charts don't have Freeze Arrows in the PlayStation version of Dancing Stage Fusion CS.

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
Game	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	188	322	591	824	305	498
pop'n music 8	9	21	29	-	15	24
pop'n music 9	↓7	↑22	↑31	40	15	24
pop'n music 10→17 THE MOVIE	7	22	31	↓39	15	24
pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝→20 fantasia	7	22	↑32	39	15	24
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	28	38	45	15	24
pop'n music 8 CS	7	22	31	40	15	24