The Reflex
The Reflex
Song Information
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.
- A remix of The Reflex by Nile Rodgers, titled The Reflex (Dance Mix), can be found in The Reflex's 7" and 12" singles.
- 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 CS (North America), 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 (North 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 56 / 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 NA | ※1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | - |
※ This chart is different from the earlier BEGINNER chart. (Total notes: 97 / 0)
jubeat
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 157 | 157 |
| pop'n music (Wii) / pop'n rhythm | N/A | N/A | N/A | |