END OF THE CENTURY
END OF THE CENTURY
Song Information
Artist: NO.9
Composition: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Arrangement: Naoki Maeda
Lyrics: Terry & Argie
BPM: 171
Length: 1:34
Genre: DANCE SPEED (ダンススピード)
pop'n music Character: HAMANOV [CS1-5P]
pop'n music Background: Requiem (pop'n music 9)
Movie: VJ GYO (overlays by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
End of the century Misery, can it be Chaos, who's the boss Suffer a great loss Man woman child No longer exist Only the good ones will be missed Life, love, cherish it all Who will be left to conquer it all The end is coming Don't start running There's nowhere to run Don't grab a gun All over the land, hear this roar No one know what's in store Look for the star, he's on his way No one knows what's in store Love your self and all around In a blink of an eye You won't hear a sound Your heart is pounding at rapid speed Man will always feel the need for greed Let's go for it Now you can't miss Al-Though-This-Was-The-Be-Ginning Beware because the end is here The sky is falling Eyes are bawling You had your chance To make your stance Love is a must Life don't lust Not time to fuss People start to cuss Cry out, who's going to care Have no doubt, have no fear Believe in me I'll show you the way Some people think the year 2G Is so scary, let's wait and see The world will shut down, most won't admit People go crazy, people catch fits Fire breaks out One way to stop Play hip hop non stop stop Remember these words And what I said You just might wake up brain dead The feeling (feeling) Is amazing (is amazing) Oh boy, I want you (come on and get me) Some just say the world is changing Many people will agree Many changes we are seeing I just say... It's the end... It's the end... It's the end of the century
Song Connections / Remixes
- END OF THE CENTURY is a dance remix of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, 4th Movement. This is referenced by the "NO.9" alias.
- Other arrangements of Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 have appeared in BEMANI:
- A piano arrangement, titled 交響曲第9番第4楽章"歓喜の歌", appears in ノスタルジア Op.3.
- A part of the 浦安マリンエンジェルス song We are チャリンコエンジェルス, which appears in DanceDanceRevolution (2014) and jubeat saucer fulfill, is based on Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125.
- A rock arrangement by セバスちゃん, titled 交響曲第9番第4楽章"歓喜の歌"(GITADORA Edition), can be found in GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- Both END OF THE CENTURY and DYNAMITE RAVE mark Argie Phine's first appearance in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
- END OF THE CENTURY's lyrics are about Y2K, a failed prediction that the apocalypse would happen at the start of the year 2000.
- The Dancemania site for the DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK misspells "Terry & Argie" as "Terry & Arugy".
- END OF THE CENTURY received a Single BEGINNER chart in Dancing Stage EuroMIX.
- In DanceDanceRevolution (PC) END OF THE CENTURY's charts start one measure later than should be.
- END OF THE CENTURY is the first song based on a classical music piece that uses HAMANOV as the rival character and is not arranged by Junichiro Kaneda.
- END OF THE CENTURY was added to pop'n music 10 on December 17th, 2003 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
- Before pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, END OF THE CENTURY's songwheel genre was END OF THE CENTURY.
- END OF THE CENTURY has never been on a CS pop'n music release.
- The design of the creature in END OF THE CENTURY's overlays has been used for unmasked STN in YAKSHA from beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle.
- Despite appearing in the Asian releases of DanceDanceRevolution X, END OF THE CENTURY was removed from the American/European versions of the game.
Music Comment
The original song was made by Beethoven, the exciting beat is the best!
Song Production Information
beatmania IIDX
dj TAKA
Actually, until about a year and a half ago, there was something I disliked about Eurobeat songs.
Well, until I listened to his BRILLIANT 2U....
Despite the Euro style of his work, it has a very thick essence of club music, and provides an impression like flashy and passive techno.
It can be said that his big influence has allowed the IIDX series to also expand the Euro sound, including tie-ups with dance compilations.
Today, NAOKI gave us his comments.
Everyone, please spend a wonderful end of the century with this song.
NAOKI
As a IIDX fan, my dream came true.
I have been asked by dj TAKA, whom I respect very much, to include three of my upper songs in IIDX 3rd style, and even a NAOKI course was prepared.
A hidden song with an end of the century VIBE, it seems END OF THE CENTURY has also been released, so I would like for everyone to play it by all means and burst with adrenaline!
DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX Official Website
NAOKI
It's an exciting hyper song appropriate for the end of the century, created as a result of borrowing the power of the great Beethoven's music and fusing it with modern musical culture. It's a suitable song for the end of the year, so by all means, I want you to play this song then.
DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX Original Soundtrack
Untranslated.
CS Information Data
DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution-
You have unlocked the song "END OF THE CENTURY" by NO.9. Debuting on Dance Dance Revolution KONAMIX, "END OF THE CENTURY" is a speed rave remake of Ludwig Van Beethoven's final symphony "Symphony No.9 in D Minor" which was originally written and completed by the famous German composer in 1824.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
When I knew that NAOKI would provide us with three Eurobeat-styled dance music tracks including DYNAMITE RAVE, CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE, and this END OF THE CENTURY, I remember every team member feeling confident (and almost too excited) by the success of 3rd style.
As mentioned in dj TAKA's above comment, other team members also had some biases for their personal music genre preferences, so the push to include Eurobeat was previously weak.
However, since BRILLIANT 2U was included in substream, I was infatuated with the overwhelming, bright, energetic and powerful speed contained in Eurobeat, and furthermore, seeing its popularity with players at the location test, it became a very important genre for song selection during the 3rd style production.
I, for one, have become a "Eurobeat" fan, putting other genres aside in my personal preferences.
Production was difficult in various ways, but I'm grateful that I managed to somehow run with NAOKI's music, and the gift of energy released from the "Eurobeat" sound.
Character Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 from 3rd through 4th style, 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB VER. through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 463 | 692 | 718 | - | 588 | 729 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style→4th style | - | 5 | 6 | N/A | - | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 5th style | - | 5 | 6 | N/A | - | ↑6 | ↑7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 9th style→11 IIDX RED | - | 5 | 6 | N/A | - | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→16 EMPRESS | - | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | ↑8 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS | - | 5 | 6 | 6 | - | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 9th style CS | - | 5 | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | 7 | - | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 111 / 0 | 231 / 0 | 307 / 0 | 349 / 0 | - / - / - | 231 / 0 | 245 / 0 | 390 / 0 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX→5thMIX | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Dancing Stage EuroMIX | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution USA | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DDRMAX2 location test | - | ↑5 | ↓6 | ↑9 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DDRMAX2 | - | ↓4 | ↑7 | 9 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Dancing Stage EuroMIX2 | ↑3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 | ↓1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution X (Asia) | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | - | 7 | 8 | 12 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Dancing Stage EuroMIX CS | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX / Dancing Stage PARTY EDiTiON | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution (PC) | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DDRMAX2 NA CS | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 | ⁂N/A | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | - |
⁂ Denotes that no proper chart data actually exists.
DanceDanceRevolution Solo
| Game | 6 Panels | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Trick | Maniac | |
| Notecounts | 222 | 297 | 351 |
| DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX / Dancing Stage PARTY EDiTiON | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| DanceDanceRevolution (PC) | 4 | 6 | 8 |
pop'n music
| Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Buttons | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | |
| Notecounts | 288 | 359 | 595 | 700 | 273 | 288 |
| pop'n music 10→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL) | 12 | 17 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 14 |
| pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE→16 PARTY♪ | 12 | 17 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 14 |