Sandstorm

Sandstorm

Song Information

Original Version

Sandstorm's banner.

Artist: Darude
Composition/Arrangement: Ville Virtanen
Album: Sandstorm single (1999)
BPM: 136
Length: 1:26
First Music Game Appearance: DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jukebeat location test

Cover Version

Sandstorm's jacket.

Composition: Ville Virtanen
Original Artist: Darude
Album: Sandstorm single (1999)
BPM: 136
Length: 1:30
First Music Game Appearance: UBeat
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat knit
• jubeat plus music pack 14

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A radio edit of Sandstorm and a remix by JS16, titled Sandstorm (JS16 Remix), appear on the Sandstorm single.
• The original version of Sandstorm is used in DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution- and the location test of the arcade release of jukebeat, while the location test of UBeat and the jubeat series use a cover version of Sandstorm.

Trivia

Sandstorm's jukebeat (AC) jacket.

• Sandstorm reached #1 in Norway and was the world's best-selling single in 2000.
• Sandstorm is Darude's debut single. The song later appeared on his debut album Before the Storm in May 2001.
• Sandstorm is part of the "Darude - Sandstorm" Internet meme, in which the song title refers to any unknown song.
• Sandstorm's background videos in DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution- are direct rips of 夜空ノムコウ's background videos from DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-. This includes positions where the videos change from one another with the exception of one video (circle8) which was replaced with a different video (stairs1).
• Sandstorm's charts and difficulties in the location test of UBeat are different from the charts and difficulties in jubeat knit. However, they use the same jacket.
  • The cover version of Sandstorm was replaced by the original song when the game version was updated from UBeat to jukebeat, and it also received different charts, difficulties and jacket.
• Sandstorm was removed from jubeat saucer when the game was released. However, it was later revived on October 15th, 2012.
  • It was then removed again on February 1st, 2013. It was revived again on April 1st, 2013.
  • It was removed yet again on August 1st, 2013. It was revived yet again on December 1st, 2013.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

CS Information Data

DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-

"Sandstorm" by Darude is a monster trance/club anthem that has torn up every club, dance chart, available airwave and dance compilation across the world. Darude is one of the hottest acts in the dance scene and "Sandstorm" is one of the most recognized dance songs of this century. For more information on Darude, check out www.grooviliciousmusic.com

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and jubeat@Wiki.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	103 / 25	153 / 30	216 / 36	- / - / -	114 / 18	172 / 13	250 / 20	- / - / -
DDRMAX CS US	-	4	6	8	-	4	6	8	-

jubeat

jubeat Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	181	370	562
jubeat knit→Present	2	6	8
jubeat plus	2	6	8

UBeat Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	?	?	?
UBeat	3	8	9

jukebeat Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	?	?	?
jukebeat location test	3	6	7

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