Cherry&Raquel
Cherry&Raquel
Song Information
Artist: The Ebisu Singers
Composition/Arrangement: Hiroshi Takeyasu (GMD)
Chorus: togo, sana
Drums: sugi
BPM: 163
Length: 1:30
pop'n music Genre: LOUNGE (ラウンジ)
pop'n music Character: Reo★kun [2]
pop'n CG designer: shio
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 2
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- Before pop'n music Sunny Park, Cherry&Raquel's title was shown as Cherry & Raquel.
- Cherry & Raquel was a hidden song in pop'n music 2. To unlock it:
- Get an 80%+ GREAT rate on NEO ACO ((fly higher than)the stars) on FIRST STAGE.
- Play any song you wish on SECOND STAGE with 85%+ GREAT rate.
- Cherry & Raquel will then be playable on FINAL STAGE.
- Cherry&Raquel marks the first appearance of Hiroyuki Togo in the pop'n music series.
- It also marks the first appearance of Reo★kun as a rival character.
- In the Asian English arcade release of pop'n music 2, Cherry & Raquel's artist credit was changed to The Bostons.
- Reo★kun's name was changed to Leo as well.
- In pop'n music 3 and its CS counterpart, Cherry & Raquel's character was ice [3-7P].
- Cherry & Raquel received brand-new 5-Buttons and full Battle charts in pop'n music 8.
- Cherry & Raquel is one of the very few songs in pop'n music with a full set of Battle charts that has never received a regular HYPER chart.
- According to Hiroshi Takeyasu, Cherry&Raquel was originally created for beatmania IIDX, but was moved to pop'n music 2 after discussions with beatmania IIDX sound director dj nagureo.
- A brief clip of Cherry&Raquel plays in the menu of HITASURA MODE in pop'n music 9.
Music Comment
A special jazz-flavored mondo sound. Daba daba~.
Song Production Information
Actually, I started to create this song for beatmania IIDX. Initially, it was "acoustic lounge", but I recreated it because it didn't work well. After discussing with dj nagureo that this song didn't suit beatmania, it ended up being included in pop'n 2.
sugi performs the drums, while sana and togo perform the "daba daba" chorus. The participating members make a magnificent group.
Character Information
reo★kun, who's recently a club DJ, has also provided songs to beatmania. reo★kun's melody lines and sexy sighs make girls fall in love, once again!
★ Birthplace: Japan ☆ Hobbies: Walking in unknown cities.
● Likes: Chocolate. Cabbage. ○ Dislikes: Sea urchins. Snakes.
Difficulty & Notecounts
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
| Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Buttons | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | |
| Notecounts | 133 | 161 | - | - | 133 | 161 |
| pop'n music 2→4 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| pop'n music 8 | 6 | ↓12 | - | - | 6 | 16 |
| pop'n music 9 | ↓4 | 12 | - | - | 6 | 16 |
| pop'n music 10→20 fantasia | 4 | ↓11 | - | - | 6 | 16 |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | 17 | - | - | 6 | 16 |
| pop'n music 2 CS | - | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| pop'n music 3 CS | - | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| pop'n music 8 CS | 4 | 12 | - | - | 6 | 16 |
| pop'n music Lively | - | 17 | - | - | - | - |