HELPLESS
HELPLESS
Song Information
Original Version
Artist: TAEKO
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Lyrics: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Vocals/Chorus: TAEKO
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
Trumpets: Hideyuki Ono, Omi Kawai
BPM: 140
Length: 1:23
Genre: SAMBA
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
- DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 Song Pack #11
Long Version
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Artist: TAEKO
Composition/Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Lyrics: Thomas Howard Lichtenstein
Vocals/Chorus: TAEKO
Guitars: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Gut Guitar Solo: Toshio Sakurai
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Tenor Saxophones & Trombones: Jimmy Weckl
Trumpets: Hideyuki Ono, Omi Kawai
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
BPM: 136
Length: 4:15
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Game Size
Smile and you've taken me by surprise For a while I'm content just to look in your eyes I was alone but I never felt lonely My heart was reserved for you only Helpless When you touch me I'm powerless I need you so much baby I'm helpless
Long Version
Lie on the deck of this open yacht Watch the sky the Caribbean Sea is so hot Feeling the wind; I can smell the sea And I hear how the ocean is calling to me I never knew all the world had to show me I never let anyone know me - 'cause you know I was the girl with the strongest defenses Safe inside my world of pretenses Smile and you've taken me by surprise For a while I'm content just to look in your eyes But when you touch me it feels just like magic Makes my years almost tragic - oh baby I was alone but I never felt lonely My heart was reserved for you only Helpless When you touch me I'm powerless I need you so much baby I'm helpless
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of HELPLESS can be found on the GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX & drummania 2ndMIX soundtracks album.
- Another long version, featuring a gut guitar solo by Toshio Sakurai, appears as HELPLESS (Long Version) in GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX. This long version later appeared on the GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX Soundtracks album as HELPLESS (Guitar Long Version).
Trivia
- HELPLESS marks vocalist Taeko Shibata's debut in BEMANI.
- In Percussion Freaks 2ndMIX, the Korean release of drummania 2ndMIX, HELPLESS' background animations were slightly modified, changing the graphics of a dancing woman to silhouettes. Curiously, these changes were also applied in the Japanese releases starting from GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX.
- HELPLESS is available in GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 through GITADOCHANKO in April 2006.
- As of June 1st, 2006, HELPLESS has been automatically unlocked for play in Standard Mode.
- HELPLESS (Long Version) was originally available as a prize in GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6's BATTLE MODE event. The song became available for purchase for 800 BP at the BATTLE ITEM COUNTER on July 6th, 2009.
- HELPLESS (Long Version) has never been on a CS release of GuitarFreaks & DrumMania.
Song Production Information
HELPLESS
Untranslated.
HELPLESS (Long Version)
I made this based on the Long Ver. from the soundtrack CD. On the soundtrack CD this song had a piano solo, but this time we tried with a gut guitar solo. A stylish gut guitar solo, right?
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
Difficulty for early GF/DM games rated from 1 to 10 stars. GF/DM difficulty for GF5/dm4 and beyond rated from 1 to 99. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 77 / 0 | 139 / 8 | 196 / 39 | 258 / 7 | - / - / - | 147 / 8 | 184 / 35 | 258 / 7 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 DLC | N/A | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3 DLC | N/A | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4 DLC | N/A | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | - |
Other charts not shown on the above table:
- DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 DLC Double BEGINNER chart: Total notes: 84 / 0.
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Original Version
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 354 | 505 | 598 | 338 | 338 | 338 | 190 | 190 | - | - | - | - |
| GF3/dm2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF4/dm3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ↑6 | ↑8 | 8 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 | 34 | 55 | 70 | 60 | 68 | 77 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V2 | ↓26 | ↓48 | ↓54 | ↓29 | ↓42 | ↓53 | 20 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V3→V8 | 26 | 48 | ↑56 | 29 | 42 | 53 | 20 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| GF3/dm2 CS | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
Long Version
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 1158 | 1671 | 2111 | 933 | 933 | 933 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 | 45 | 68 | 87 | 60 | 68 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V6→V8 | ↓41 | ↓54 | ↓72 | ↓33 | ↓45 | ↓55 | - | - | - | - | - | - |