HELPLESS
HELPLESS
Song Information
Original Version
Artist: TAEKO
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Lyrics: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Vocals/Chorus: TAEKO
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
Trumpets: Hideyuki Ono, Omi Kawai
BPM: 140
Length: 1:23
Genre: SAMBA
Movie: NOZZY
First Music Game Appearance: drummania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
- DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 Song Pack #11
- GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX
Long Version
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Artist: TAEKO
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Lyrics: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Vocals/Chorus: TAEKO
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Gut Guitar Solo: Toshio Sakurai
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
Trumpets: Hideyuki Ono, Omi Kawai
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
BPM: 136
Length: 4:15
Movie: NOZZY
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Game Size
Smile and you've taken me by surprise For a while I'm content just to look in your eyes I was alone but I never felt lonely My heart was reserved for you only Helpless When you touch me I'm powerless I need you so much baby I'm helpless
Long Version
Lie on the deck of this open yacht Watch the sky the Caribbean Sea is so hot Feeling the wind; I can smell the sea And I hear how the ocean is calling to me I never knew all the world had to show me I never let anyone know me - 'cause you know I was the girl with the strongest defenses Safe inside my world of pretenses Smile and you've taken me by surprise For a while I'm content just to look in your eyes But when you touch me it feels just like magic Makes my years almost tragic - oh baby I was alone but I never felt lonely My heart was reserved for you only Helpless When you touch me I'm powerless I need you so much baby I'm helpless |
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of HELPLESS can be found on the GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX soundtracks and GUITARFREAKS & drummania VOCAL COLLECTION albums.
- Another long version, featuring a gut guitar solo by Toshio Sakurai, appears as HELPLESS (Long Version) in GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX. This long version later appeared on the GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX Soundtracks album as HELPLESS (Guitar Long Version).
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- HELPLESS marks vocalist Taeko Shibata's debut in BEMANI.
- In PercussionFreaks 2ndMIX, the Korean release of drummania 2ndMIX, HELPLESS' background animations were slightly modified, changing the graphics of a dancing woman to silhouettes. Curiously, these changes were also applied in the Japanese releases starting from GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX.
- HELPLESS is available in GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 through GITADOCHANKO in April 2006.
- As of June 1st, 2006, it has been automatically unlocked for play in Standard Mode.
- HELPLESS (Long Version) was originally available as a prize in GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6's BATTLE MODE event. The song became available for purchase for 800 BP at the BATTLE ITEM COUNTER on July 6th, 2009.
- HELPLESS (Long Version) has never been on a CS release of GuitarFreaks & DrumMania.
Song Production Information
HELPLESS
Hideyuki Ono
TAEKO's sexy and powerful vocals are really good with the Latin rhythms!!
The roaring guitars and flashy horns make it even more exciting!!
This song was created with the hope that the audience will enjoy the fun of Latin music and at the same time have fun playing percussion.
The percussion instrument played in the game is the "timbales", which is used extensively in Latin music.
I want you to hit the timbales solo in a flowing way.
HELPLESS (Long Version)
Hideyuki Ono
I turned the piano solo into a gut guitar solo based on the long version of the soundtrack bonus track.
The result is even cooler and more stylish.
I never get tired of TAEKO's growing vocals, no matter how many times I listen to them.
Summer is Latin, after all.
Musician's Room 2
I made this based on the Long Ver. from the soundtrack CD. On the soundtrack CD this song had a piano solo, but this time we tried with a gut guitar solo. A stylish gut guitar solo, right?
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
Difficulty for early GF/DM games rated from 1 to 10 stars. GF/DM difficulty for GF5/dm4 and beyond rated from 1 to 99. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | - / - | 139 / 8 | 196 / 39 | 258 / 7 | - / - / - | 147 / 8 | 184 / 35 | 258 / 7 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 DLC | ⁂N/A | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3 DLC | ⁂N/A | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4 DLC | ⁂N/A | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | - |
⁂ Denotes that no proper chart data actually exists.
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Original Version
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 354 | 505 | 598 | 338 | 338 | 338 | 190 | 190 | - | - | - | - |
| GF3/dm2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF4/dm3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ↑6 | ↑8 | 8 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 | 34 | 55 | 70 | 60 | 68 | 77 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V2 | ↓26 | ↓48 | ↓54 | ↓29 | ↓42 | ↓53 | 20 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V3→V8 | 26 | 48 | ↑56 | 29 | 42 | 53 | 20 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| GF3/dm2 CS | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
Long Version
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 1158 | 1671 | 2111 | 933 | 933 | 933 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 | 45 | 68 | 87 | 60 | 68 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V6→V8 | ↓41 | ↓54 | ↓72 | ↓33 | ↓45 | ↓55 | - | - | - | - | - | - |