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Length: 2:08 (beatmania IIDX), 1:35 (DanceDanceRevolution)<br>
Length: 2:08 (beatmania IIDX), 1:35 (DanceDanceRevolution)<br>
Genre: HOUSE<br>
Genre: HOUSE<br>
Movie: [[Yoshihiko Shiroki|shiro]] (overlays by [[Goli Matsumoto|GOLI]])<br>
Movie: [[Yoshiko Shiroki|shiro]] (overlays by [[Goli Matsumoto|GOLI]])<br>
Jacket design: [[Kanako Yonezawa|RICE.C]]<br>
Jacket design: [[Kanako Yonezawa|RICE.C]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC 7th style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC 7th style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]]<br>
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== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* A long version of Happy Wedding, titled ''Happy Wedding (for party mix)'', appears on the ''beatmania IIDX 7th style Original Soundtrack'' album.
* A long version of Happy Wedding, titled ''Happy Wedding (for party mix)'', appears on the [[beatmania IIDX 7th style Original Soundtrack]] album.
* The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a noticeably shorter version of Happy Wedding.
* The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a noticeably shorter version of Happy Wedding.


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{{Gallery}}
{{Gallery}}
* According to Takayuki, he wrote Happy Wedding in celebration of one of the then-current beatmania IIDX VJs getting married (he doesn't mention which one).
* According to Takayuki, he wrote Happy Wedding in celebration of one of the then-current beatmania IIDX VJs getting married (he doesn't mention which one).
** As noted on the [http://web.archive.org/web/20150507131328/http://www.konami.jp/am/bm2dx/bm2dx7/qanda_1st.html beatmania IIDX 7th style website's Q&A], even GOLI ''himself'' didn't know who got married.
* [[Celica]] appears throughout Happy Wedding's overlays. GOLI mentions in the song comments that the wedding dress Celica wears in the overlays is based on the same one the wife of the then-recent married VJ wore at their wedding.
* [[Celica]] appears throughout Happy Wedding's overlays. GOLI mentions in the song comments that the wedding dress Celica wears in the overlays is based on the same one the wife of the then-recent married VJ wore at their wedding.
** A special overlay with Celica will appear towards the end of Happy Wedding if the player manages to full-combo the song up to the point where the overlay would trigger.
** A special overlay with Celica will appear towards the end of Happy Wedding if the player manages to full-combo the song up to the point where the overlay would trigger.
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== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== TAKA ===
=== TAKA ===
After GOLI, GYO, and three people chatted, the perfect plan was born.<br>
After GOLI, [[Gyo Eguchi|GYO]], and I had a brief discussion, the perfect plan was born.<br>
I started making a song with animations and music related to weddings from a certain VJ's wedding, and the title was first called "HAPPY WEDDING ○○○!", but I thought the situation was too limited, so I made a general wedding song.<br>
I started making a song with animations and music related to weddings in connection with a certain VJ's wedding, and the title was first called "HAPPY WEDDING ○○○!", but I thought the situation was too limited, so I made a general wedding song.<br>
Many people around me are recently getting married, but after marriage, your wife is waiting, and the relationship deteriorates, so your surroundings get quite boring, right?<br>
Many people around me are recently getting married, but after marriage, your wife is waiting for you, and the relationship deteriorates, so it can get pretty boring around you, right?<br>
Even if I attend wedding ceremonies, I also help organize it in tears, so I feel bad for my father.... When I think about it, it's becoming quite lonely, so I wanted to include the hidden joy and loneliness within the happiness in this song.<br>
Even when I attend wedding ceremonies, I also help organize it in tears, so I feel bad for my father.... when I think about it, it's becoming quite lonely, so I wanted to include the hidden joy and loneliness within the happiness in this song.<br>
When I tried to think about it, it's recently rare for me to create songs from a theme, so I struggled a lot. I tried my best to express tears associated with happiness and sadness, as it didn't use phrases and tones with blatant association with them.
I thought about it, and I struggled a lot because I rarely write songs with a theme these days. I tried my best to express the tears associated with happiness and sadness, without using phrases and tones with blatant association with them.


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
=== GOLI ===
=== GOLI ===
Congratulations on your marriage. To a certain VJ.<br>
Congratulations on your marriage. To a certain VJ.<br>
By the way, the wedding dress is from the wife of a certain VJ.<br>
By the way, the wedding dress is based on the wife of that certain VJ.<br>
Thank you very much for your cooperation. I'm grateful for something.... A guarantee?
Thank you very much for your cooperation. I'm grateful for something.... a guarantee?


Payment...
Payment...
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Now, let's talk about the animation.
Now, let's talk about the animation.


TAKA "HAPPY WEDDING ○○○! What is this?"
TAKA "HAPPY WEDDING ○○○! What's this?"


GOLI "Of course it's a gag song, right?"
GOLI "Of course it's a gag song, right?"
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TAKA "That's right."
TAKA "That's right."


GOLI "That's interesting, let's do it. Is it an impact contest?"
GOLI "That's interesting, let's do it. You want to do it for impact?"


TAKA "That's right."
TAKA "That's right."
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GOLI "How is it~? Did you do it~?"<br>
GOLI "How is it~? Did you do it~?"<br>
TAKA "......... Something <big>'''seems unreasonable'''</big>"<br>
TAKA "......... Something <big>'''seems unreasonable'''</big>"<br>
GOLI "Etsu?MOU... KAICHATTAtsuTERUYO!"
GOLI "Are you satisfied with it? NOW... I GOT IT, i'm GOING TO DO IT!"


A few weeks later...<br>
A few weeks later...<br>
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TAKA "I did it. I made it."<br>
TAKA "I did it. I made it."<br>
GOLI "What?"<br>
GOLI "What?"<br>
TAKA "HAPPY WEDDING.... Well, try and listen to it immediately."<br>
TAKA "HAPPY WEDDING.... Well, just listen to it now."<br>
GOLI "Oh. It's nice. This...."
GOLI "Oh. It's nice. This...."


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<big>'''Where is the gag song?'''<br>
<big>'''Where's the gag song?'''<br>
'''I need to redraw it!!'''</big>
'''I need to redraw it!!'''</big>






In that case, it became an animation of Celica's dreams.
In that case, it became the animations of Celica's dreams.
 
== Staff Comments ==
=== RICE.C ===
I intended for this situation to be about LADY ([[AC DDR 1st|1st]]), who was invited to her friend's wedding, and brilliantly caught the bouquet.
 
Who's that friend?


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
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