Cat Song ~Theme of UPA
Cat Song ～Theme of UPA
Song Information
Artist: UPA & NORA
Composition: Traditional
Arrangement: Hiroyuki Togo
BPM: 127
Length: 1:37
Genre: FUNK
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- Cat Song ～Theme of UPA is a funk arrangement of a simple piano piece of unknown origin called Der Flohwalzer (The Flea Waltz), which is known in Japan as ねこふんじゃった (Neko funjatta, literally "I Stepped on the Cat").
- Another arrangement of Der Flohwalzer by Neko M@mma Team, titled neko fun jitter, can be found in ノスタルジア.
- An 8-bit arrangement of Cat Song ～Theme of UPA appears in beatmania GB.
Trivia
- In beatmania (Europe), Cat Song ～Theme of UPA's title and genre were changed to CAT SONG and CHEESE, respectively.
- In beatmania GB, its title is shown as CAT SONG ～Theme of UPA.
- Before beatmania BEST HITS, Cat Song ～Theme of UPA's artist is shown as UPA&NORA.
- Cat Song ～Theme of UPA is the only song to have appeared on five beatmania console releases (APPEND YebisuMIX, BEST HITS, Europe, WonderSwan, and GB) but never in an arcade beatmania title.
- Part of Cat Song ～Theme of UPA's movie, which depicts a cat attempting to capture a mouse much like the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Tom and Jerry, was later recycled in あ！ ことりになっちゃった！'s movie.
- In beatmania GB, CAT SONG ～Theme of UPA runs at 131 BPM.
Song Production Information
beatmania maniac-tracks Booklet
The original song is one that everyone knows: "Neko Funjatta".
I came up with this song with the theme of being a starting point for people who are new to beatmania.
By the way, the "UPA" in the title is the name of my friend's pet cat.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania GB difficulty rated from 1 to 5. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 154 | - | - | 154 | - | - |
| beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| beatmania BEST HITS | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| beatmania (Europe) | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| beatmania for WonderSwan | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania GB | ※1 | - | - | - | - | - |
※ Denotes chart has been changed from the original chart (total notes: 155).