BODY
Not to be confused with B.O.D.Y..
BODY
Song Information
Artist: Tomoki Hirata
Composition: Tomoki Hirata
Arrangement: r24bm
Vocals: JD Braithwaite
BPM: 134
Length: 1:21
Genre: UK GARAGE
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Got the feelin' I'm goin' insane Am I dreaming? Is it night or is it day? Such a sweet thing, makes me wanna say, yeah Get on up, bring your body this way Stop it, stop it Don't try to make me stop it, don't run away (I just gotta have you, just wanna get closer to you) Stop it, stop it Don't try to make me stop it, don't run away (I just gotta have you, just bring your body to me) Stop it, stop it Don't try to make me stop it, don't run away (I just gotta have you, just wanna get closer to you) Stop it, stop it Don't try to make me stop it, don't run away (I just gotta have you, just bring your body to me) Baby Only you, can make me do you, baby Anyway you want me to Only you, can shake me, make me Cry like a baby! Stop it, stop it Don't try to make me stop it, don't run away
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of BODY, titled Body featuring JD Braithwaite (Airvox Vocal Mix), can be found on the beatmania TOMOKI HIRATA album.
- Two remixes of BODY, titled Body featuring JD Braithwaite (Airvox Dub Mix) and Body featuring JD Braithwaite (I.C.B. Club Vocal Mix), can also be found on the beatmania TOMOKI HIRATA album.
- A short version of Body featuring JD Braithwaite (I.C.B. Club Vocal Mix) can be found in Dance Maniax.
- Two remixes of BODY, titled Body featuring JD Braithwaite (Airvox Dub Mix) and Body featuring JD Braithwaite (I.C.B. Club Vocal Mix), can also be found on the beatmania TOMOKI HIRATA album.
Trivia
- BODY is known for losing sync due to an inaccurate BPM.
- In beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX, BODY's title, artist, and genre were Body, TOMOKI HIRATA ～remixed by r24bm, and STYLISH GARAGE, respectively.
Song Production Information
beatmania maniac-tracks Booklet
r24bm
Full-fledged Speed Garage from TOMOKI HIRATA.
It features handsome British gentleman J.D. Braithwaite on vocals and unravels into a gorgeous "world of night".
By the way, the UK music production team thought that beatmania was "a soccer game" (why?), and so apparently that's why the song has this title...
beatmania THE FINAL
TOMOKI HIRATA
BODY exudes powerful vocals throughout the whole song.
The year in which it was produced, 1997, was the era of speed garage, the forerunner to the now-popular genre of 2-step.
This song, which I created alongside then-top vocalist JD Braithwaite, was quite novel (at the time), and the innovative sound was my own personal attempt at new UK garage.
I'd like to take this platform to mention my gratitude towards the Bemani sound producers at Konami, and hope I can encounter fans of Bemani again in a new game.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 87 | - | - | 162 | - | - |
| beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| beatmania THE FINAL | 1 | - | - | ↑2 | - | - |
| beatmania III APPEND THE FINAL | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |