Five fathoms (beatmania II special version)
five fathoms (beatmania II special version)
Song Information
Artist: EverythingButTheGirl
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Ben Watt
Vocals: Tracey Thorn
Album: Temperamental (1999)
BPM: 121
Length: 2:00
Genre: HOUSE
Movie: None
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 3rd style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
I drag the city late at night. It's in my mouth, it's in my hair. The people fill the city because The city fills the people, oh yeah. I cross the street, avoid the freeze - A city's warmer by a couple degrees. The smell of food. The smell of rain. I'm not immune - I love this tune. I wanna love more. There's a river in my head. I just wanna love more. There's a river in my head. I wanna love more. There's a river in my head. I just wanna love more. I wanna love more. I just wanna love more. I wanna love more. I just wanna love more.
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- Temperamental is EverythingButTheGirl's tenth album.
- five fathoms (beatmania II special version) cannot be found on any original soundtrack.
- five fathoms (beatmania II special version) displays its BPM in-game as 121 but its actual BPM is 122.
- During the video of five fathoms (beatmania II special version), gameplay of hiphopmania and Dancing Stage can be seen in the arcade (along with a few brief clips of Time Crisis 2 and Star Wars Arcade).
- BRILLIANT 2U, BUTTERFLY and BEMANI characters JANET, DREAD, and UNCLE Jam can be seen in the video.
- According to VJ GYO's video production information, five fathoms (beatmania II special version)'s video was filmed at a British amusement center.
- Location evidence within the video suggests Trocadero near Piccadilly Circus & Leicester Square.
Song Production Information
dj TAKA
Maybe many people in Japan still don't know EverythingButTheGirl, but they're a super famous artist worldwide.
This track uses a basic loop style with few sound materials, and creates strange plugging and unplugging sound effects, which are used as a house-styled technique, and is said to be a cool and stylish track.
This video features games from the BEMANI series, and while it seems like a mismatch at first glance, perhaps that's a cool point as well.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
Was this music video created as a tie-up with IIDX!? The more I think about it, D.D.R. and beatmania, who everyone knows as similar games to IIDX, show their gameplay and game screens.
Perhaps you're a bit attracted to this video from its high impact, but if you try to relax and devote yourself to this song, you should be able to feel an indescribable calming and comfortable sensation.
Both dj TAKA and GOLI stated these feelings, but you'll understand after listening to it several times, right~?
By the way, what do you all think about somewhat glimpsing into a British amusement center?
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 3rd style.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 168 | 416 | - | - | 170 | 414 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |