The Reflex

Song Information

THE REFLEX's banner.

The Reflex's jacket.

Artist: Duran Duran
Composition/Lyrics: Duran Duran
Producers: Alex Sadkin, Ian Little, Duran Duran
Album: Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
BPM: 126 (DanceDanceRevolution), 124-127 (jukebeat)
Length: 1:35 (DanceDanceRevolution), 1:52 (jukebeat), 2:09 (pop'n music)
First Music Game Appearance: DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-
Other Music Game Appearances:

jukebeat Duran Duran pack
pop'n music (Wii)

Lyrics

The lines marked with an asterisk (*) are only present on the DanceDanceRevolution cut of The Reflex.

You've gone too far this time
And I'm dancing on the valentine
I tell you somebody's fooling around
With my chances on the danger line
I'll cross that bridge when I find it
Another day
To make my stand, oh oh
High time is no time for deciding
If I should find a helping hand, oh oh

Why don't you use it?
Try not to bruise it?
Buy time don't lose it

* Why don't you use it?
  Try not to bruise it?
  Buy time don't lose it

The reflex is a lonely child
Who's waiting by the park
The reflex is a door to finding
Treasure in the dark
And watching over lucky clover
Isn't that bizarre
Every little thing the reflex does
Leaves you answered with a question mark

Song Connections / Remixes

The Reflex has been covered by KYLIE MINOGUE in a duet with Ben Lee.
The Reflex's 7" and 12" singles remixes were made by Nile Rodgers, from Chic.
The pop'n music series uses a different, longer cut of The Reflex.

Trivia

In the DanceDanceRevolution series, The Reflex's title and artist are capitalized as THE REFLEX and DURAN DURAN, respectively.
THE REFLEX received a BEGINNER chart in Dancing Stage EuroMIX2.
THE REFLEX's background is a snapshot of a MotionJPEG video in the MAX-EXTREME video directory, "jsgrma", containing numerous rings of teal circles
- Similarly, its banner is a snapshot of another animation, "jscrba", a twisting peach blob which only appears in THE REFLEX's DDRMAX2 script.
THE REFLEX does not run at a constant 126 BPM in the DanceDanceRevolution. The tempo fluctuates throughout the song, ranging from 124 to 128 BPM.
THE REFLEX received a new BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME, replacing its old one.
- This BEGINNER chart has five more notes than THE REFLEX's Single LIGHT chart.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

CS Information Data

DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS (America)

"THE REFLEX" by DURAN DURAN is the internationally huge 80's hit from the new wave band. "THE REFLEX" was first released in 1983 on the album "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" and this single climbed to the top of the charts in the U.K. and hit #1 in the U.S.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
No difficulty ratings are shown for ポップンミュージック and its American/European counterparts. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Zenius -I- vanisher.com.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
Game	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	97 / 0	92 / 9	196 / 2	292 / 12	- / - / -	112 / 3	176 / 12	267 / 8	- / - / -
DDRMAX2	-	2	5	8	-	2	5	7	-
Dancing Stage EuroMIX2	※1	2	5	8	-	2	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME	1	2	5	8	-	2	5	7	-
DDRMAX2 CS JP	-	2	5	8	-	2	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS US	1	2	5	8	-	2	5	7	-

※ This chart is different from the later BEGINNER chart. (Total notes: 56 / 0)

jubeat

Game	Level
Game	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	159	320	461
jukebeat	2	5	7

pop'n music

Game	Game Type
	1 Player		2 Player
	Standard	Challenge	1P	2P
Notecounts	144	224	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}
pop'n music (Wii) / pop'n rhythm	N/A	N/A	N/A