Song Information
Artist: CAPTAIN JACK
Composition/Lyrics: Udo Niebergall / Eric Sneo / Markus Ball
Album: Dancemania X4 (1999)
BPM: 143
Length: 1:32 (DanceDanceRevolution), 1:17 (beatmania)
Genre: DANCEMANIA
Movie: KAERU
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?
Oh, oh, oh, ejo,
Are you ready?
Oh, oh, oh, ejo,
Are you ready?
The wheels go round and round
You hear the scream - you hear the sound
You're fast - you're on the run
You give the best to be the one
Come on and join the journey
This is a journey into sound
As long the wheels are turning
The race is all around
Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?
Oh, oh, oh, ejo,
Are you ready?
Oh, oh, oh, ejo,
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Ready for the race?
Are you ready?
Song Connections / Remixes
- The beatmania series use a shorter version of THE RACE.
- The full, unmixed version of THE RACE appears in CAPTAIN JACK's THE RACE EP.
- A speed remix of THE RACE, titled THE RACE (Power Drill Mix), appears on the Dancemania SPEED 7 album.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- THE RACE's correct title is THE RACE (Formula One Mix). This was never fixed.
- However, the song is correctly credited in the DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
- THE RACE was one of the DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX preview songs available in DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX, with only its BASIC charts available for play.
- In DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX, THE RACE reuses KUNG FU FIGHTING's background animations.
- THE RACE was performed live in the D.D.R. KING OF FREESTYLE DANCERS event.
- THE RACE (hard version)'s charts were later put as the ANOTHER charts for THE RACE in beatmania completeMIX 2.
- THE RACE is absent from hiphopmania completeMIX 2, the North American release of beatmania completeMIX 2.
Song Production Information
CAPTAIN JACK, who debuted in 1995 with their eponymous single Captain Jack, is a duo consisting of military-clad rapper Franky Gee
and vocalist Liza da Costa. It charted number one in the Netherlands and Hungary, with their debut album recording 4 million sales in Europe.
Their second album, Operation Dance, released in 1997, had consecutive hits with Together and Forever and a cover of Madonna's Holiday.
This song, The Race, is a roaring guitar track.
Video Production Information
It's a race, just like it says. I didn't have to think too hard about ideas, but it was a little tough since I'm no expert on cars.
The race queen's outfit is kind of questionable and she seems a little bashful. I wonder why she's wearing that getup?
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB VER. through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)
beatmania
Old Charts
| Game
|
SP Difficulty
|
DP Difficulty
|
| Normal
|
Hard
|
Another
|
Normal
|
Hard
|
Another
|
| Notecounts |
204 |
244 |
- |
240 |
248 |
-
|
| beatmania 5thMIX |
3 |
4 |
- |
3 |
4 |
-
|
| beatmania APPEND 5thMIX |
3 |
4 |
- |
3 |
4 |
-
|
hard version Charts
| Game
|
SP Difficulty
|
DP Difficulty
|
| Normal
|
Hard
|
Another
|
Normal
|
Hard
|
Another
|
| Notecounts |
- |
322 |
- |
- |
322 |
-
|
| beatmania 5thMIX |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
5 |
-
|
| beatmania APPEND 5thMIX |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
5 |
-
|
New Charts
| Game
|
SP Difficulty
|
DP Difficulty
|
| Normal
|
Hard
|
Another
|
Normal
|
Hard
|
Another
|
| Notecounts |
204 |
244 |
322 |
240 |
248 |
322
|
| beatmania completeMIX 2 |
↑4 |
4 |
5 |
↑4 |
4 |
5
|
| beatmania III |
3 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
5
|
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game
|
Single
|
Double
|
| Beginner
|
Basic
|
Difficult
|
Expert
|
Challenge
|
Basic
|
Difficult
|
Expert
|
Challenge
|
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows |
- / - |
150 / 0 |
222 / 0 |
294 / 0 |
- / - / - |
153 / 0 |
223 / 0 |
255 / 0 |
- / - / -
|
| DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX→4thMIX PLUS |
- |
3 |
5 |
7 |
- |
4 |
5 |
7 |
-
|
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
-
|
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX Dreamcast Edition |
- |
3 |
5 |
7 |
- |
4 |
5 |
7 |
-
|
| DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS |
- |
3 |
5 |
7 |
- |
4 |
5 |
7 |
-
|
DanceDanceRevolution Solo
| Game
|
6 Panels
|
| Basic
|
Trick
|
Maniac
|
| Notecounts |
126 |
171 |
206
|
| DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo |
3 |
5 |
7
|
