BALLAD FOR YOU~omoi no ame~

BALLAD FOR YOU〜想いの雨〜

Song Information

BALLAD FOR YOU〜想いの雨〜's jacket.

Artist: NM feat.Thomas Howard
Composition/Arrangement: NM
Lyrics/Vocals: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
BPM: 65
Length: 1:45
Genre: BALLAD
VJ: shiro
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 6th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA
• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX

Lyrics

I was the happiest guy
That's what everyone said
Inside I was lonely then
Still I played the part so well
No one could ever tell
Just a smiling face on an empty shell

And then look what you did when you came along
(Look what you did)
Made me see I was wrong
Often I'll think that I'm losing my mind,
But I don't really care 'cause I'm satisfied
Look what you did to me now
My resistance is all breaking down
Now it's up to you, I'm in love with you, anyhow

(When I dream of you
Oh, won't you look)

Look what you did to me now
Turned my universe upside down
Thinking not who I was anymore
I guess I was just playing a clown

I thank heaven above
For showing me what it's made of
Look what you did to me now
I'm in love

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• BALLAD FOR YOU〜想いの雨〜 is the only original contribution of Thomas Howard Lichtenstein to date in beatmania IIDX.
• BALLAD FOR YOU〜想いの雨〜's subtitle, ~omoi no ame~, translates out to "feelings of the rain".
• BALLAD FOR YOU〜想いの雨〜 received new Single EXPERT and DIFFICULT charts in DDR FESTIVAL -DanceDanceRevolution-, replacing its old ones. These charts were later used on the arcade releases of DanceDanceRevolution.
• BALLAD FOR YOU〜想いの雨〜 received new Single BEGINNER and Double BASIC, EXPERT and DIFFICULT charts in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
• All U.S. and European versions of DanceDanceRevolution removed BALLAD FOR YOU〜想いの雨〜's Japanese subtitle, where BALLAD FOR YOU〜想いの雨〜 is titled simply as BALLAD FOR YOU.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX to 10th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ (up to 9th style) or 8 (10th style), and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	140	297	387	537	375	546	—
beatmania IIDX 6th style→9th style	—	3	5	N/A	4	6	—
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present	—	3	5	7	↑5	↑8	—
beatmania IIDX 6th style CS	1	3	5	5	4	6	—
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	1	3	5	7	5	8	—

DanceDanceRevolution

ULTRAMIX Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	104 / 10	156 / 7	207 / 6	- / - / -	102 / 11	155 / 7	208 / 6	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX	—	2	5	7	—	2	5	7	—

FESTIVAL Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	104 / 10	150 / 27	212 / 26	- / - / -	102 / 11	155 / 7	208 / 6	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution FESTIVAL	—	2	5	7	—	2	5	7	—

Arcade Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	52 / 0	104 / 10	150 / 27	212 / 26	- / - / -	75 / 9	164 / 8	245 / 21	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	1	2	5	7	—	2	5	7	—
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	2	5	9	11	—	4	9	11	—
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA JP CS	1	2	5	7	—	2	5	7	—
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 US CS	1	2	5	7	—	2	5	7	—