Y&Co. is dead or alive

Song Information

Artist: Y&Co.
Composition/Arrangement: Y&Co.
BPM: 145-876
Length: 2:05
Genre: 90's RAVE
VJ: Steins
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Soundbites include "Y&Co. is dead or alive".

Song Connections / Remixes

A long version of Y&Co. is dead or alive can be found on Y&Co.'s album, BEST HIT YCO.
A spiritual successor to Y&Co. is dead or alive, titled Y&Co. is still alive, can be found on S2TB Recording's J-RAVE Nation compilation.

Trivia

Y&Co. is dead or alive has the highest BPM of any beatmania IIDX song to date, surpassing the previous record of 455 BPM set by Spooky.
Y&Co. is dead or alive is most likely a homage to the song "James Brown is Dead" by L.A. Style, and its answer-back song, "James Brown is Still Alive!!" by Holy Noise featuring The Global Insert Project.
Y&Co. is dead or alive is Steins' first beatmania IIDX video.
Y&Co. is dead or alive received Single and Double Black ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.

Song Production Information

There is no meaning to the title. It does not matter who the group is or the game....

The original title "○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ is dead" was dangerous because that would imply that we were actually dead. (Laughs)

Video Production Information

Hello, beatmania fans. This is my first movie I've made.
I'm Steins, thank you.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Textage.cc.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
Game	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	黒 (Black)	Normal	Hyper	Another	黒 (Black)
Notecounts	296	569	921	1222	1478	549	936	1202	1414
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→17 SIRIUS	-	5	9	10	-	5	10	11	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	3	5	9	10	12	5	10	11	12