Artist: SOUND HOLIC feat. Nana Takahashi
Composition: ZUN (Team Shanghai Alice)
Arrangement: SHU x GUCCI
Lyrics: Blue E
Vocals: Nana Takahashi
Album: 紅 -KURENAI- (2008)
BPM: 160
Length: 1:52 (all other BEMANI games), 2:44 (ポラリスコード)
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH
Other Music Game Appearances:
I wanna play with you once
Are you a fragile baby?
If so, I throw you away after use
I don't know why I'm alone now
Why don't you play with me? Hey!
You can never refuse my asking
Everything has the spot to be broken away
I only know where it's hidden away
C'mon baby! C'mon baby!
Come into my hand
Oh, it's so easy to grip & break down!!
Let's get along, baby, I'm never insane
You must enjoy to play
this game more and more and more
Hey! How are you feeling?
It's funny, isn't it?
Never to be seen, the game!
Let's get along, baby, beautiful fireworks
You can never run away
because we're the friends
So, don't mind to be dead,
play the funny game, yeah!
Grip & break down! fireworks tonight
N'ak kode tihs ot tuyg
Uk oyr'o non odi et ur us la kah
Ow o nom ur uyar a ot ira
Grip & break down!!
Let's get along, baby, I'm never insane
You must enjoy to play
this game more and more and more
Hey! How are you feeling?
It's funny, isn't it?
Never to be seen, the game!
Let's get along, baby, beautiful fireworks
You can never run away
because we're the friends
So, don't mind to be dead,
play the funny game, yeah!
Grip & break down! fireworks tonight
Song Connections / Remixes
The BEMANI series uses a slightly re-arranged version of Grip & Break down !!, with re-recorded vocals and guitars. This version is known in the SOUND VOLTEX series as Grip & Break down !! - SDVX Edit. -.
It was later released commercially via the 2016 album NANA HOLIC, and this version (without the subtitle) would appear in subsequent BEMANI titles.
Grip & Break down !! is a Eurobeat remix of U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか？, extra boss theme of the Touhou Project game 東方紅魔郷 ～ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
Another rearranged version of Grip & Break down !!, titled Grip & Break down!! - 2012 -, appears on the 東方PVD4 DVD.
Trivia
Grip & Break down !! - SDVX Edit. - was added to SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH on September 14th, 2012.
Grip & Break down !! - SDVX Edit. - was one of the qualifying round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
The jacket for both Grip & Break down !! and Grip & Break down !! - SDVX Edit. - is a slightly modified image of 紅 -KURENAI-'s jacket illustration, removing the text.
Grip & Break down !! received a NIGHTMARE chart in BeatStream アニムトライヴ on May 26th, 2016, unlockable via BEAST HACKER.
Grip & Break down !! is the only new license at DanceDanceRevolution A's launch that does not have its own unique video.
Grip & Break down !! - SDVX Edit. - received an EXCEED chart in SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR. It could be unlocked via ARENA STATION from April 25th to June 5th, 2022 (originally until May 29th, 2022), from October 20th to November 13th, 2022, from April 27th to May 15th, 2023, and from August 17th to September 4th, 2023.
Grip & Break down !! was added to DANCE aROUND on October 18th, 2023.
Grip & Break down !!'s DANCE aROUND choreography was created by LEO [1].
Grip & Break down !! is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from November 8th, 2023, by purchasing the SPECIAL music pack feat.Touhou Project vol.4 (スペシャル楽曲パック feat.東方Project vol.4).
It received brand-new CHALLENGE charts, which become available by purchasing both this and SPECIAL music pack feat.Touhou Project vol.3 (スペシャル楽曲パック feat.東方Project vol.3).
By purchasing both packs with an active subscription, Grip & Break down !!'s CHALLENGE charts can be played in DanceDanceRevolution A3.
Grip & Break down !! was added to ポラリスコード on May 30th, 2024.
Song Production Information
None.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
BeatStream difficulty rated from 1 to Kami (神) in アニムトライヴ.
DANCE aROUND difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2.
SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH to III GRAVITY WARS difficulty rated from 1 to 16, and 1 to 20 from IV HEAVENLY HAVEN onwards.
ポラリスコード difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from SOUND VOLTEX @ wiki and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
