PARANOiA

This page is for the 180 song titled PARANOiA. For other songs of the same title, please see Paranoia (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with PARANOID.

PARANOiA

Song Information

PARANOiA's jacket.

PARANOiA(X-Special)'s jacket.

Artist: 180
Composition/Arrangement: NM SEQUENCE
BPM: 180
Length: 1:40
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Several vocal samples can be heard, including "electric", "down", "sound!", "feel so good", and "bring it on down!".

Song Connections / Remixes

• PARANOiA is the first song of the long-running PARANOiA series.
• PARANOiA shares the "sound!" vocal sample with R壱萬, from beatmania IIDX 4th style.
• A remix of PARANOiA appears as part of the nonstop megamix PARANOiA jazzy groove + TRIP MACHINE CLIMAX + DEAD END in Dance Maniax 2ndMIX.
• Another remix of PARANOiA by TaQ, simply titled paranoia, appears on bounce connected.
• An 8-bit arrangement of PARANOiA appears in DanceDanceRevolution GB.
• PARANOiA is sampled in DDR MEGAMIX, from pop'n music 10.
• PARANOiA is sampled in MAX.(period), from DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS (Japan).
• A shorter version of PARANOiA appears in the KONAMI PlayStation game Bishi Bashi Special 3 ~Step Champ~ (ビシバシスペシャル3 〜ステップチャンプ〜).

Trivia

PARANOiA's banner.

PARANOiA's DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME banner.

PARANOiA's DanceDanceRevolution X banner.

PARANOiA's DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX banner.

PARANOiA(X-Special)'s banner.

PARANOiA's old banner.

• PARANOiA marks Naoki Maeda's debut in BEMANI.
  • According to Naoki, he was forced to make PARANOiA under many restrictions.
• PARANOiA is the first and only KONAMI original introduced in DanceDanceRevolution, available as a EXTRA STAGE song for HARD MODE.
  • The Internet Ranking Version of DanceDanceRevolution introduced two new KONAMI original songs, TRIP MACHINE and MAKE IT BETTER.
• Much like other songs of the PARANOiA series, PARANOiA's artist, 180, is a reference to its BPM.
  • However, PARANOiA's real BPM is not a constant 180 BPM, instead it changes from a minimum of 169.81 to a maximum of 183.67 BPM.
  • According to an interview with Tatsh here (2nd question set), Naoki used 180 as the artist name for PARANOiA since it was considered taboo at the time in Japanese video games for a video game composer to use his real name for artist credit.
• The robot in PARANOiA's background and jacket is based off of Tetsushin Kongouji (金剛寺鉄心), one of the playable characters from KONAMI's arcade game FIGHTING武術 (FIGHTING WU-SHU), which Naoki also worked on.
• At around the 26 second mark, a small sample of the opening few seconds of the Stage 1 music from Castlevania for NES is played. This can easily be heard here: [1].
• PARANOiA received brand new Single MANIAC and Double ANOTHER charts in DanceDanceRevolution Internet Ranking Version.
• PARANOiA received a Double MANIAC chart in DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.
• PARANOiA is the only song in the DanceDanceRevolution series to appear in almost every DanceDanceRevolution title, being absent only in DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX and DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-.
• PARANOiA received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA. This video is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers.
• PARANOiA's banner was updated in DanceDanceRevolution X.
• PARANOiA(X-Special) is one of the X-Special EXTRA STAGEs in DanceDanceRevolution X, which can be played from February 12th, 2009.
  • To play PARANOiA(X-Special) in DanceDanceRevolution X, you must get a AA or better on any song in the DanceDanceRevolution folder before the FINAL STAGE.
  • As of October 1st, 2009, PARANOiA(X-Special) has been unlocked for normal play.

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from the original game to 2ndMIX rated from 1 to 8, 2ndMIX CLUB 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. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Original Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	138 / 0	264 / 0	275 / 0	319 / 0	- / - / -	254 / 0	309 / 0	382 / 0	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution	-	6	7	-	-	7	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution Internet Ranking Ver.→3rdMIX PLUS	-	6	7	8	-	7	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX→4thMIX PLUS	-	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DDRMAX2	-	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2	2	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	4	8	9	11	-	8	13	11	-
DanceDanceRevolution CS JP/US	※1	6	7	8	-	7	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX	-	6	7	8	-	7	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX CS	-	6	7	8	-	7	8	-	-
Dancing Stage EuroMIX CS	-	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX	-	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
Dancing Stage PARTY EDiTiON	-	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME JP CS	2	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection	2	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max	2	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 JP CS	2	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution (PS3 DLC)	3	6	7	8	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution S+	4	8	9	11	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution DANCE WARS	4	8	9	11	-	-	-	-	-

※ This chart is different from the later BEGINNER chart (total notes: 106).

X-Special Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	- / -	- / -	- / -	371 / 12 / 0	- / -	- / -	- / -	352 / 42 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present	-	-	-	-	↑13	-	-	-	↑14

DanceDanceRevolution Solo

Game	6 Panels
	Basic	Trick	Maniac
Notecounts	264	275	319
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo	6	7	8
DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX	6	7	8
DanceDanceRevolution (PC)	6	7	8