LA BAMBA

This page is for the MAMBO A GO GO instrumental cover of La Bamba. For the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA cover of the song, please see La Bamba.

LA BAMBA

Song Information

 
LA BAMBA's DanceDanceRevolution / ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom jacket.

Artist: メキシコ民謡
Composition: Mexican Traditional
Arrangement: BE BORN STUDIO
BPM: 179
Length: 1:32
Genre: Oldies
First Music Game Appearance: MAMBO A GO GO
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
  • The exact origin of LA BAMBA has never been discovered, with the earliest known recording of the song dating back to 1938, with Alvaro Hernández Ortiz's recording under the name of El Jarocho. The version best known is the 1958 version recorded by Ritchie Valens, which is the version MAMBO A GO GO's cover is based on.
  • The MAMBO A GO GO data credits LA BAMBA's artist as BE BORN STUDIO, although this artist is not shown in-game.
  • LA BAMBA's MAMBO A GO GO jacket can be seen on its DanceDanceRevolution banner.
  • On the American and European releases of DanceDanceRevolution before DanceDanceRevolution A, LA BAMBA's artist was romanized as Mexican Folk Song.
  • LA BAMBA received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA. This video is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD.
    • Its title was also capitalized as La Bamba in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 and Dancing Stage Max.
  • LA BAMBA was the only licensed song from DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME not removed in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
    • It is currently the longest surviving license in arcade DanceDanceRevolution history.
  • LA BAMBA is listed at the very beginning of the DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME folder from DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX until DanceDanceRevolution A, much like other licensed songs.

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
MAMBO A GO GO difficulty rated from 1 to 8.

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 99 / 0 119 / 8 209 / 16 305 / 10 - / - / - 118 / 6 211 / 14 282 / 14 - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 1 3 5 8 - 4 5 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present 3 4 8 11 - 4 8 10 -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP 1 3 5 8 - 4 5 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max 1 3 5 8 - 4 5 8 -
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX 3 4 8 11 - 4 8 10 -

MAMBO A GO GO

Game Difficulty
Easy Normal Hard Very Hard
Notecounts 284 284 464 536
MAMBO A GO GO 3 4 5 6