Playa (Original Mix)

Not to be confused with the unrelated Playa.

Playa (Original Mix)

Song Information

 
Playa (Original Mix)'s jacket.

Artist: Hamel and St.Croix feat.Jules Mari
Composition/Arrangement: Jules Mari, K. Schoenbohm, B. Hamel
Lyrics/Vocals: Jules Mari
BPM: 125
Length: 1:42
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

All the girls you got lined up for you think they're number one 
You never rang me up or nuthin' 
You're always lying to everyone 
Your little black book overflows with slain and broken hearts 
You're just a Romeo. You're just a player

You cheat, you lie, you play around in fun as if it's all a game 
You're shallow, empty, lost inside, 
For you there won't be any shame 
The cue outside your door get's longer everyday 
You're ego's growing more and more than yesterday

Playa Playa, Gonna turn that body down 
Playa Playa, You're just gonna lose your crown 
Playa Playa, Your whole world turns upside down 
You're not worth much to yourself or anyone in town

Song Connections / Remixes

  • Playa (Original Mix) is based on Piece Of Me (Bill Hamel Remix), a remix of Britney Spears' Piece Of Me, which was meant to be released along with two official remixes of the original song. However, Piece Of Me (Bill Hamel Remix) did not end being used on any release of the Piece Of Me single.
  • Playa (Original Mix) is one of the songs featured in the medley Xmix3 (Stomp Dem Groove) from DanceDanceRevolution X.

Trivia

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  • Playa (Original Mix), along with Dance Celebration, Ghetto Blasta Deluxe, and Swingin' mark Bill Hamel's debut in an arcade BEMANI game.
  • Playa (Original Mix) appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR X Mega Hit Pack.
  • Playa (Original Mix) is used as background music in a mission on the KONAMI arcade game ROAD FIGHTERS (ロードファイターズ).
  • Playa (Original Mix) is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from December 20th, 2021, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.1 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.1).

Song Production Information

Bill Hamel

"Playa is a dance floor anthem for all of the girls! You have to get the girls out on the floor, don't ya? Kevin St. Croix has worked with me on many remixes over the last year and half. He's a wicked producer from the Boston area. He really helped and added his own twist to the song. Jules Mari delivers a wicked vocal that's perfect for this track. All in and all I think we created a song that all of the female gamers are gonna love!"

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 86 / 0 141 / 8 224 / 8 331 / 7 - / - / - 136 / 0 217 / 8 330 / 1 - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present 3 4 7 11 - 4 7 11 -
DanceDanceRevolution X CS NA 2 4 7 11 - 4 7 11 -
DanceDanceRevolution X CS JP 3 4 7 11 - 4 7 11 -
DanceDanceRevolution S+ 3 4 7 11 - - - - -
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX 3 4 7 11 - 4 7 11 -