IF YOU WERE HERE
IF YOU WERE HERE
Song Information
2ndMIX Version
Artist: JENNIFER
Composition/Arrangement: F.T.K
Lyrics: Piccolina
Vocals: JENNIFER
Album: Dancemania EXTRA (1998)
BPM: 145
Length: 1:16
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
X2 Version
Artist: JENNIFER
Composition/Arrangement: F.T.K
Lyrics: Piccolina
Vocals: JENNIFER
Album: Dancemania EXTRA (1998)
BPM: 145
Length: 1:40
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X2
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
The train's gone, and I am standing alone. I think of you and wonder if you think of me, too. I'm back to the town that I was born in To think of my life and to start it over with you. Cause, you know, we've been in a maze of love And we are losing control to get away. Here I am walking on the hill in this town Like in my childhood that seems like yesterday. If you were here with me You could feel the way I do now. If you were here with me You could see what I am looking for now.
Song Connections / Remixes
- The full version of IF YOU WERE HERE was playable at the AOU Show location test for DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX, but did not appear in the final release.
- A speed remix of IF YOU WERE HERE, titled IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX), can be found on the Dancemania SPEED 4 album.
- A short version of IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX) appears in DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.
- An 8-bit arrangement of IF YOU WERE HERE appears in DanceDanceRevolution GB.
- A hardcore remix of IF YOU WERE HERE by L.E.D.-G, titled IF YOU WERE HERE(L.E.D.-G STYLE REMIX), appears in DanceDanceRevolution X2.
- A new cut of IF YOU WERE HERE, with the same title, can be played in DanceDanceRevolution X2.
- Though the cut for IF YOU WERE HERE's X2 version adds no lyrics, it expands the second part of the intro, adds in a beatless segment right after the chorus, and has the cut end further in. (the 2ndMIX version clips out the audio before it can completely fade)
- A eurobeat remix of IF YOU WERE HERE, titled IF YOU WERE HERE (Quiqman Mix), appears on the Dancemania EURO★MIX HAPPY PARADISE album
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- On the back cover of DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX Dreamcast Edition, IF YOU WERE HERE is misspelled as IF YOU WARE HERE.
- IF YOU WERE HERE received a Double MANIAC chart in DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.
- In DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX, IF YOU WERE HERE's BPM was displayed as 146.
- IF YOU WERE HERE received a BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
- The charts of the X2 version of IF YOU WERE HERE are based on the 2ndMIX version's chart, but with the addition of Freeze Arrows.
- This version of IF YOU WERE HERE has never been on a CS release of DanceDanceRevolution.
- The X2 version of IF YOU WERE HERE was the only song of the Dancemania revivals in DanceDanceRevolution X2 that appears on the DanceDanceRevolution X2 Original Soundtrack album.
- The 2ndMIX version of IF YOU WERE HERE received CHALLENGE charts in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX. Unlike the X2 version's CHALLENGE charts, these charts don't have Shock Arrows.
- The jacket of the 2ndMIX version of IF YOU WERE HERE is actually its CD image from early DanceDanceRevolution titles with its old banner at the bottom.
- Its video is actually the background animation used in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX's 2ndMIX MODE.
- While the 2ndMIX version of IF YOU WERE HERE was removed in DanceDanceRevolution (2013), the X2 version was not.
- It is the only one of the Dancemania revivals from DanceDanceRevolution X2 to not be removed from DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
- IF YOU WERE HERE marks Kazuya Takase's first appearance in BEMANI.
- IF YOU WERE HERE is one of Riyu Kosaka's favorite DanceDanceRevolution songs.
- IF YOU WERE HERE was removed from DanceDanceRevolution A on May 30th, 2016.
- In DanceDanceRevolution GB, IF YOU WERE HERE runs at 142 BPM.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from the original game to 2ndMIX rated from 1 to 8, 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
DanceDanceRevolution
2ndMIX Version
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 73 / 0 | 150 / 0 | 170 / 0 | 210 / 0 | 341 / 5 / 0 | 150 / 0 | 187 / 0 | 225 / 0 | 326 / 1 / 0 |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX→3rdMIX PLUS | - | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX→5thMIX | - | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX | - | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution GB | - | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution BEST HITS | ※1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution CS US | ※1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
※ This chart is different from the later BEGINNER chart (total notes: 75).
X2 Version
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 90 / 4 | 179 / 11 | 217 / 18 | 266 / 22 | 156 / 8 / 26 | 193 / 12 | 232 / 16 | 282 / 20 | 174 / 12 / 24 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X2→A | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
DanceDanceRevolution Solo
| Game | 6 Panels | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Trick | Maniac | |
| Notecounts | 150 | 170 | 224 |
| DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo | 5 | 6 | 7 |