END OF THE CENTURY

END OF THE CENTURY

Song Information

 
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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

Trivia

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  • 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