Natsuiro

Not to be confused with 虹色 or 冬色.

夏色

Song Information

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania Cover

夏色's banner.

Composition/Lyrics: Yuujin Kitagawa
Vocals/Chorus: Nobumitsu Irio, Tomohiko Tsuya
Guitars: Kozo Nakamura
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Other Instruments & Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
Original Artist: ゆず
Album: 夏色 (1998)
BPM: 120
Length: 1:39
Movie: MOCHY
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

DANCE 86.4 Cover

Composition/Lyrics: Yuujin Kitagawa
Original Artist: ゆず
Album: 夏色 (1998)
BPM: 94-128
Length: 1:35
First Music Game Appearance: DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

駐車場のネコはアクビをしながら
今日も一日を過ごしてゆく
何も変わらない 穏やかな街並み

みんな夏が来たって浮かれ気分なのに
君は一人さえない顔してるネ
そうだ君に見せたい物があるんだ

大きな五時半の夕やけ 子供の頃と同じように
海も空も雲も僕等でさえも 染めてゆくから…

この長い長い下り坂を 君を自転車の後ろに乗せて
ブレーキいっぱい握りしめて ゆっくりゆっくり下ってく

ゆっくりゆっくり下ってく
ゆっくりゆっくり下ってく

Romaji

chuushajou no neko wa akubi wo shinagara
kyou mo ichinichi wo sugoshite yuku
nani mo kawaranai odayaka na machinami

minna natsu ga kita tte ukare kibun na no ni
kimi wa hitori saenai kao shiteru ne
sou da kimi ni misetai mono ga aru n da

ooki na go ji han no yuuyake kodomo no koro to onaji you ni
umi mo sora mo kumo mo bokura de sae mo somete yuku kara...

kono nagai nagai kudari zaka wo kimi wo jitensha no ushiro ni nosete
bureeki ippai nigirishimete yukkuri yukkuri kudatteku

yukkuri yukkuri kudatteku
yukkuri yukkuri kudatteku

Song Connections / Remixes

• An instrumental version of 夏色 is used in the Korean Percussion Freaks releases.
• A different cover of 夏色 is used in DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION.

Trivia

• 夏色 is Yuzu's debut single. The song later appeared on their first album ゆず一家 in July 1998.
• While 夏色's BPM in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series is displayed as simply 120, there are several BPM changes during the song, including a slowdown at the very end. These BPM changes are as follows: 120→114→120→118→116→112→102.

Music Comment

I brought you a nostalgic summer scent!

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

Songs in DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION are labeled as Hajimete (はじめて) for the easiest difficulty, no difficulty label for the medium difficulty, and Muzukashii (むずかしい) for the hardest difficulty.
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania difficulty rated from 1 to 99 from GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX onwards. (Ratings obtained from the KONAMI official game websites and rmz's MASTERPIECE SILVER FAQ. Notecounts obtained from Zygo the drummaniacs.)

DANCE 86.4

Game	Difficulty
	Kids	Norinori	Fever	Love Love
				1P	2P
Notecounts / Bombs	51 / 0	100 / 5	174 / 6	109 / 0	109 / 0
DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION	No difficulty label

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	144	431	583	206	216	216	220	259	-	-	-	-
GF6/dm5	14	32	48	26	34	43	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF7/dm6	↑16	↓22	↓38	↓13	↓15	↓17	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF/DM MASTERPIECE SILVER	11	23	37	19	23	35	22	26	-	-	-	-