Sandstorm

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Sandstorm

Song Information

Original Version

 
Sandstorm's banner.

Artist: Darude
Composition/Arrangement: Ville Virtanen
Album: Sandstorm (1999)
BPM: 136
Length: 1:26
First Music Game Appearance: DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-
Other Music Game Appearances:

Cover Version

 
Sandstorm's jacket.

Composition: Ville Virtanen
Original Artist: Darude
Album: Sandstorm (1999)
BPM: 136
Length: 1:30
First Music Game Appearance: UBeat
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • A radio edit of Sandstorm and a remix by JS16, titled Sandstorm (JS16 Remix), appear on the Sandstorm single.
  • The original version of Sandstorm is used in DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution- and the location test of the arcade release of jukebeat, while the location test of UBeat and the jubeat series use a cover version of Sandstorm.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
  • Sandstorm reached #1 in Norway and was the world's best-selling single in 2000.
  • Sandstorm is Darude's debut single. The song later appeared on his debut album Before the Storm in September 2000.
  • Sandstorm is part of the "Darude - Sandstorm" Internet meme, in which the song title refers to any unknown song.
  • Sandstorm's background videos in DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution- are direct rips of 夜空ノムコウ's background videos from DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-. This includes positions where the videos change from one another with the exception of one video (circle8) which was replaced with a different video (stairs1).
  • Sandstorm's charts and difficulties in the location test of UBeat are different from the charts and difficulties in jubeat knit. However, they use the same jacket.
    • The cover version of Sandstorm was replaced by the original song when the game version was updated from UBeat to jukebeat, and it also received different charts, difficulties and jacket.
  • Sandstorm was removed from jubeat saucer and later revived in the same game as part of saucer's song swap system. For further information on which dates was removed/revived, see this page.
  • Sandstorm was removed from jubeat festo on September 14th, 2020.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

CS Information Data

DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-

"Sandstorm" by Darude is a monster trance/club anthem that has torn up every club, dance chart, available airwave and dance compilation across the world. Darude is one of the hottest acts in the dance scene and "Sandstorm" is one of the most recognized dance songs of this century. For more information on Darude, check out www.grooviliciousmusic.com

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and jubeat@Wiki.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows - / - 103 / 25 153 / 30 216 / 36 - / - / - 114 / 18 172 / 13 250 / 20 - / - / -
DDRMAX CS US - 4 6 8 - 4 6 8 -

jubeat

jubeat Charts

Game Level
Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts 181 370 562
jubeat knit→festo 2 6 8
jubeat plus 2 6 8

UBeat Charts

Game Level
Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts ? ? ?
UBeat 3 8 9

jukebeat Charts

Game Level
Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts ? ? ?
jukebeat location test 3 6 7
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