Hoping To Be Good

Hoping To Be Good

Song Information

Hoping To Be Good's jacket.

Artist: Bill Hamel & Derek James feat. James Rowand
Composition: Bill Hamel, Derek James & James Rowand
Arrangement: Bill Hamel, Derek James
Lyrics/Vocals: James Rowand
BPM: 120
Length: 1:28
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Can you tell me why I feel the way I do?
Can you show me what it's like to be with you?

I don't want to take my time
I don't want to think things through
I just want to spend my life
Hoping to be good to you

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• Hoping To Be Good marks Bill Hamel's final appearance in BEMANI prior to his death on June 29th, 2018.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution master song list, Hoping To Be Good is listed between the songs from DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3 / DanceDanceRevolution X2 CS, suggesting it was meant to appear in those games first.
• Hoping To Be Good's difficulty changes from DanceDanceRevolution A20 were applied to DanceDanceRevolution A in March 27th, 2019.
• Hoping To Be Good is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from March 1st, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.3 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.3).

Song Production Information

Derek James

I had a blast with this project! Thanks to Konami and Dance Dance Revolution for the opportunity to make you move. Now keep steppin!!

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	75 / 0	100 / 14	174 / 18	256 / 1	- / - / -	113 / 11	164 / 14	235 / 2	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→(2014)	2	5	7	11	-	5	7	11	-
DanceDanceRevolution A→Present	2	5	7	↑12	-	5	7	11	-
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	2	5	7	12	-	5	7	11	-