Y&Co. is dead or alive
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
None.
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.
- 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.
- Y&Co. is dead or alive is an unlockable revival song in beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS' ARENA MODE. It can be unlocked from June 7th, 2018 by collecting fifty ARENA CUBES.
- Its Black ANOTHER charts replace its old ANOTHER charts.
- From February 7th, 2019, its charts can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage via 天使の魔導書.
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.)
Old Charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | 黒ANOTHER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | 黒ANOTHER | |
| Notecounts | 296 | 569 | 921 | 1222 | 1478 | 549 | 936 | 1202 | 1414 |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→17 SIRIUS | - | 5 | 9 | 10 | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
New Charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 569 | 921 | 1478 | - | 549 | 936 | 1414 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS→Present | - | 5 | 9 | 12 | - | 5 | 10 | 12 | - |