CHECKING YOU OUT
CHECKING YOU OUT
Song Information
Artist: good-cool feat. JP Miles
Composition/Arrangement: Tatsuya Furukawa
Lyrics/Vocals: JP Miles
BPM: 108-216
Length: 1:42
Genre: HIP HOP
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Checkin you out, checkin you out, checkin you out, all night Checkin you out, checkin you out, checkin you out, you're just right! Checkin you out, checkin you out, checkin you out, all night You're just the kind of guy I like I've been checking you out all night You're just the kind of guy that I like You won't even let me out of your sight So stop playin cool, come on now baby make your move You're the kind of guy that makes me feel like I could win As I dance across the floor Watch me dance, watch me dance Watch me move, watch me move Watch me dance and make my move on you I've been checkin you out all night You're the kind of guy I like You've been checkin me out all night You've never let me out your sight! Checkin you out, checkin you out, checkin you out, all night Checkin you out, checkin you out, checkin you out, you're my type Checkin you out, checkin you out, checkin you out, you're so cool Don't be afraid, go on make that move Checkin you out...checkin you out!
Song Connections / Remixes
- An extended version of CHECKING YOU OUT appears on good-cool's first album, good-cool super collection beatmania & pop'n music.
- A house remix of CHECKING YOU OUT, titled CHECKING YOU OUT ~House Remix~, can be found on good-cool's third album, good-cool crazy operation.
Trivia
- According to VJ GYO, he wanted to create live-action videos for CHECKING YOU OUT and I'M FOR REAL, but eventually used CG for both of them.
- CHECKING YOU OUT's video features Mika.
- CHECKING YOU OUT received ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
- CHECKING YOU OUT has an audio glitch during its 51st measure in beatmania IIDX 9th style CS, where the last scratch note is not keysounded properly.
- CHECKING YOU OUT was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of the January 2016 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
- On May 18th, 2016, it became unlockable through the Akashic Explore event for players who did not already have it.
- From November 2016, it can be purchased with BITs.
- From April 20th, 2022, it is available by default in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020).
Song Production Information
good-cool
This song contains soulful vocals by a fascinating diva, JP Miles.
Although the genre is "HIP HOP", I tried to create this song with an emphasis on its melody, rather than going on an underground direction.
This song's selling point is the scratching, somehow!!
If you can get overcome the triple rhythms, you might be one step closer to becoming a real DJ.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
Rather than an ○○ award winning song, I listened to it while feeling an upper-ground R&B song with HIP-HOP elements, but when you try to play it during the game... you'll need extremely super scratching techniques, just like a real DJ battle.
It's exactly an endless scratching battle!
So for this movie, I tried to capture the duality of the song, and based on visuals conscious of upper-ground R&B, I tried to give it a rough and noisy effect, which looks like it's filled with scratches.
When the song title is sang in the lyrics, I moved the female character around with the right timing to make the movie eye-catching.
I really wanted to make a live-action video, but various circumstances led to a CG character being used as usual...
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 4th style, 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 193 | 339 | 481 | 700 | - | 339 | 482 | 703 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style→6th style | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 9th style→10th style | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED | - | 5 | ↑8 | N/A | - | 5 | ↑8+ | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→14 GOLD | - | 5 | ↑9 | 11 | - | 5 | ↑10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→18 Resort Anthem | - | ↑6 | 9 | 11 | - | ↑6 | ↑11 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle→Present | - | ↑7 | 9 | 11 | - | ↑7 | 11 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 9th style CS | - | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | 5 | 7 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | - | 6 | 11 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 7 | 9 | 11 | - | 7 | 11 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 7 | 9 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |