Y&Co. is dead or alive

Y&Co. is dead or alive

Song Information

Artist: Y&Co.
Composition/Arrangement: Y&Co.
BPM: 145-876
Length: 2:05
Genre: 90's RAVE
VJ: Steins
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Soundbites include "Y&Co. is dead or alive".

Song Connections / Remixes

  • A long version of Y&Co. is dead or alive can be found on Y&Co.'s album, BEST HIT YCO.
  • A spiritual successor to Y&Co. is dead or alive, titled Y&Co. is still alive, can be found on S2TB Recording's J-RAVE Nation compilation.

Trivia

  • Y&Co. is dead or alive has the highest BPM of any beatmania IIDX song to date, surpassing the previous record of 455 BPM set by Spooky.
  • Y&Co. is dead or alive is most likely a homage to the song "James Brown is Dead" by L.A. Style, and its answer-back song, "James Brown is Still Alive!!" by Holy Noise featuring The Global Insert Project.
  • Y&Co. is dead or alive is Steins' first beatmania IIDX video.
  • Y&Co. is dead or alive received Single and Double Black ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.

Song Production Information

There is no meaning to the title. It does not matter who the group is or the game....

The original title "○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ is dead" was dangerous because that would imply that we were actually dead. (Laughs)

Video Production Information

Hello, beatmania fans. This is my first movie I've made.
I'm Steins, thank you.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Textage.cc.)

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another 黒 (Black) Normal Hyper Another 黒 (Black)
Notecounts 296 569 921 1222 1478 549 936 1202 1414
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→17 SIRIUS - 5 9 10 - 5 10 11 -
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST 3 5 9 10 12 5 10 11 12