Friends
This page is for the cover song titled フレンズ which appears in GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V. For the Happiness song of the same title, please see Friends (Happiness).
フレンズ
Song Information
Composition: Akio Dobashi
Arrangement/Guitars/Other Instruments & Drum Programming: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Lyrics: Nokko
Vocals: Miyuki Kunitake
Original Artist: REBECCA
Album: フレンズ (1985)
BPM: 157
Length: 1:45
Genre: J-ガールポップ (J-GIRL POP)
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V
Other Music Game Appearances:
- GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3
- jubeat (2021)
- jubeat copious
- jubeat plus copious pack 02
Lyrics
Japanese
口付けを交わした日は ママの顔さえも見られなかった ポケットのコイン集めて 一つずつ夢を数えたね ほら あれは二人の隠れ家 秘密のメモリー oh どこで壊れたのfriends? 俯く日は見詰め合って 指を繋いだらoh friends 時が止まる気がした
Romaji
kuchidzuke wo kawashita hi wa MAMA no kao sae mo mirarenakatta POCKET no COIN atsumete hitotsuzutsu yume wo kazoeta ne hora are wa futari no kakurega himitsu no MEMORY oh doko de kowareta no friends? utsumuku hi wa mitsumeatte yubi wo tsunaidara oh friends toki ga tomaru ki ga shita
Song Connections / Remixes
- An 8-bit arrangement of フレンズ by Gaku Hirose appears in beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス.
- Another 8-bit version of フレンズ can be found in DanceDanceRevolution HELLO KITTY.
Trivia
- フレンズ is REBECCA's fourth single.
- フレンズ was used as the ending theme of the Japanese drama Half Potato na Oretachi (ハーフポテトな俺たち), from October to December 1985.
- フレンズ received new Drum and Guitar BASIC charts in GITADORA, replacing its old charts.
- フレンズ was removed from jubeat saucer and later revived in the same game as part of saucer's song swap system. For further information on which dates was removed/revived, see this page.
- フレンズ was removed from GITADORA Tri-Boost on February 12th, 2016.
- フレンズ was permanently removed from jubeat festo on August 16th, 2021.
Song Production Information
None.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania GB difficulty rated from 1 to 5.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 222 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania GB2 ガッチャミックス | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Original Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 271 | 528 | 829 | 250 | 374 | 377 | 513 | 513 | - | 250 | 374 | 377 |
| GF/DM V→V2 | 18 | 28 | 42 | 18 | 29 | 40 | 22 | 29 | - | 18 | 33 | 42 |
| GF/DM V3→V8 | 18 | 28 | ↑49 | 18 | 29 | 40 | 22 | ↑32 | - | 18 | 33 | 42 |
| GF/DM V CS | 18 | 28 | 42 | 18 | 29 | 40 | 22 | 29 | - | 18 | 33 | 42 |
XG & GITADORA Series
Old Charts
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 268 | 528 | 829 | - | 241 | 377 | 377 | - | 257 | 513 | 513 | - |
| GF/DM XG3 | 1.95 | 3.50 | 5.00 | - | 1.70 | 3.50 | 4.10 | - | 1.40 | 2.80 | 3.60 | - |
New Charts
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 164 | 528 | 829 | - | 186 | 377 | 377 | - | 257 | 513 | 513 | - |
| GITADORA→GITADORA Tri-Boost | 1.25 | ↑4.25 | ↑5.60 | - | 1.25 | ↑4.25 | ↑4.80 | - | ↑2.25 | ↑3.75 | ↑4.35 | - |
jubeat
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 172 | 267 | 449 |
| jubeat copious→festo | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| jubeat plus | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| jubeat (2021) | 2 | 5 | 7 |