Ain't It Good
Ain't It Good
Song Information
Artist: Tomoki Hirata
Composition: Tomoki Hirata
Arrangement: r24bm
BPM: 134
Length: 1:17 (beatmania), 1:44 (Dance Maniax)
Genre: UK GARAGE
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Ain't it, ain't it, good, good Gotta keep moving, gotta keep grooving Can't stay under, I gotta get over It's the key to livin' Gotta keep moving, gotta keep grooving Can't stay under, I gotta get over It's the key to livin' It's the key to movin' on The key to movin' The key to bein' strong The key to movin' Gotta keep groovin' Yeah, yeah I gotta keep groovin' All night Ain't it, ain't it, good, good Ain't it, ain't it, good, good Ain't it, ain't it, good, good Ain't it, ain't it, good, good Ain't it, ain't it, good, good Ain't it good to love somebody (Stay to the one, babe) Ain't it good to love somebody (Stay to the one, hey) Ain't it good to love somebody (Stay to the one, babe) Ain't it good to love somebody (Stay to the one, hey, stay to the one, babe)
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of Ain't It Good, titled Ain't It Good (Original Vocal Mix), can be found on the beatmania TOMOKI HIRATA album.
- Dance Maniax uses a cut of this version of Ain't It Good, as opposed to the game version heard in all other BEMANI games.
- A remix of Ain't It Good, titled Ain't it good -2001 South LONDON MIX-, appears in beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX.
- An unreleased remix of Ain't It Good was uploaded by Tomoki Hirata on YouTube.
Trivia
- In beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX and beatmania (Europe), Ain't It Good's title, artist, and genre were Ain't it Good, TOMOKI HIRATA ～remixed by r24bm, and SPEED GARAGE, respectively.
- In the Dance Maniax series, Ain't It Good's title is displayed as Ain't It Good (Original Vocal Mix).
Song Production Information
beatmania maniac-tracks Booklet
r24bm
Unfortunately I can't tell you about the vocalist in detail due to international circumstances.
There's also gossip here and there that she was an incredibly influential figure.
UK-based producer TOMOKI HIRATA's unique groove and sound is definitely "Western music".
beatmania THE FINAL
TOMOKI HIRATA
I have a very deep emotional attachment to this song.
I produced an album in 1998, the year when the 2-step movement began, but singer Sandra Escoffery passed away before its release.
Her catchy vocals and the magnitude of your requests have allowed this song to traverse through beatmania's history, I feel.
I plan on including a new mix of it on my soon-to-be-released new album, as well.
I'll also add that her younger siblings, Michelle and Shaun, have grown to become prominent singers, putting out songs with Artful Dodger and MJ Cole that became major UK hits.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)
Dance Maniax difficulty rated from 1 to 8 in the first game, and up to 9 in 2ndMIX onwards.
beatmania
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 119 | - | - | 191 | - | - |
| beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| beatmania (Europe) | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| beatmania THE FINAL | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| beatmania III APPEND THE FINAL | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
DanceManiax
| Game | Single | Double | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Wild | Mild | Wild | |
| Notecounts | 181 | 200 | 261 | 273 |
| Dance Maniax→2ndMIX append JPARADISE | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |