Music of Dance Dance Revolution (1998 video game)
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The music of Dance Dance Revolution is the collective soundtracks of the initial
Dance Dance Revolution
game in Konami
's music simulation series. The soundtracks rely heavily on licensed music from Toshiba EMI's Dancemania
series and also contain original songs produced by Konami's in-house artists Naoki Maeda and Yuichi Asami. The original arcade game contains only 11 tracks and the PlayStation
released contains 16. Due to the staggered release of the game in other regions additional songs from newer releases in the series appear in the Asia
n, Europe
an and Americas
releases.
was the first region Dance Dance Revolution was released in. Many Dance Dance Revolution fan sites list one of the last test builds of the game as an actual release and in turn, the released game as a "1.5" upgrade or the "Internet Ranking Version". Konami's official website for DDR mentions only a single release. The Asian, European and Americas releases of DDR, called Dancing Stage in Europe, came after the Japanese arcade release of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
and contains tracks from both games. Europe received an updated release that added the internet ranking codes from the Japanese release and three additional tracks that remain exclusive to that particular release. The PlayStation release of DDR is exclusive to Japan and contains different additional tracks from DDR 2ndMix.
Across, releases are listed in chronological order. Down, tracks are listed by in-game sort order then by chronological release.
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Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...
game in Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
's music simulation series. The soundtracks rely heavily on licensed music from Toshiba EMI's Dancemania
Dancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...
series and also contain original songs produced by Konami's in-house artists Naoki Maeda and Yuichi Asami. The original arcade game contains only 11 tracks and the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
released contains 16. Due to the staggered release of the game in other regions additional songs from newer releases in the series appear in the Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an and Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
releases.
List of tracks
JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
was the first region Dance Dance Revolution was released in. Many Dance Dance Revolution fan sites list one of the last test builds of the game as an actual release and in turn, the released game as a "1.5" upgrade or the "Internet Ranking Version". Konami's official website for DDR mentions only a single release. The Asian, European and Americas releases of DDR, called Dancing Stage in Europe, came after the Japanese arcade release of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on January 19, 1999. Although only officially released in Japan, units exist worldwide...
and contains tracks from both games. Europe received an updated release that added the internet ranking codes from the Japanese release and three additional tracks that remain exclusive to that particular release. The PlayStation release of DDR is exclusive to Japan and contains different additional tracks from DDR 2ndMix.
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Across, releases are listed in chronological order. Down, tracks are listed by in-game sort order then by chronological release.
№ | Song | Artist | Japan | Asia | Americas | Europe | PlayStation | Europe (re-release) |
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1 | "Have You Never Been Mellow" | The Olivia Project | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2 | "Butterfly" | Smile.dk Smile.dk Smile.dk is a Swedish bubblegum dance group with Veronica Almqvist and Cecilia Reiskog as the current members. The band is well-known around the world partly due to their many songs in Dance Dance Revolution, including "Butterfly", "Golden Sky", "Boys", "Mr... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
3 | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Bus★Stop Bus Stop (band) Bus Stop were a British dance act best known for their single "Kung Fu Fighting", which reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1998. The song sampled the original vocals by Carl Douglas, the original being a UK #1 hit in 1974, with added rap verses. The group then released three further... featuring Carl Douglas Carl Douglas Carl Douglas is a former Jamaican-born, UK-based, singer, best known for his song "Kung Fu Fighting", which hit number one in both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. The R.I.A.A. awarded gold disc status on 27 November, and it won a Grammy Award for Best Selling Single... |
Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
4 | "That's the Way (I Like It)" | KC & The Sunshine Band | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
5 | "My Fire" | X-Treme Agostino Carollo Agostino Carollo, also known as Spankox, is an Italian musician, disc jockey, singer and producer who is currently signed with EMI. Originally a classical violinist, he specializes in pop and dance music, including remixes of songs such as KC and the Sunshine Band's That's the Way... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6 | "Trip Machine" | De-Sire | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
7 | "Let's Get Down" | JT Playaz JT Playaz JT Playaz is a European neo-disco group, produced by Mark Summers . They recorded a UK #30 hit single, "Just Playin'" , and were subsequently featured on many compilations including Dancemania's sixth issue and in the videogame Dance Dance Revolution. Their other UK Singles Chart entry was "Let's... |
Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
8 | "Little Bitch" | The Specials The Specials The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups... |
Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
9 | "Strictly Business" | Mantronik vs EPMD EPMD EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith... |
Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
10 | "Make It Better" | Mitsu-O! | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
11 | "Paranoia" | 180 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
12 | "AM-3P" | Ktz | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
13 | "Brilliant2U" | Naoki | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
14 | "Put Your Faith In Me" | Uzi-Lay | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
15 | "Put Your Faith In Me (Jazz Groov)" | Uzi-Lay | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
16 | "Make It Better So - Real Mix" | Mitsu-O! Summer | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
17 | "Brilliant2U (Orchestra-Groov)" | Naoki | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
18 | "Boom Boom Dollar" | King Kong & D. Jangle Girls | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
19 | "Make a Jam!" | U1 | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
20 | "Boys" | Smile.dk Smile.dk Smile.dk is a Swedish bubblegum dance group with Veronica Almqvist and Cecilia Reiskog as the current members. The band is well-known around the world partly due to their many songs in Dance Dance Revolution, including "Butterfly", "Golden Sky", "Boys", "Mr... |
No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
21 | "Paranoia KCET ~Clean Mix~" | 2MB | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
22 | "Paranoia Max ~Dirty Mix~" | 190 | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
23 | "I Believe In Miracles" | Hi-Rise Hi-Rise Hi-Rise is an English dance music act from Manchester. Members include Alistair Gordon, Richard Lees and Darrin Tidsey.Their hit I Believe in Miracles, recorded with Phuzz Recordings, hit #10 on the club charts.... |
No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
24 | "It's Like That" | Run DMC vs Jason Nevins Jason Nevins Jason Nevins is an American DJ, producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop dance productions.-Career:In the early 1990s, Nevins began releasing singles under various monikers through various dance labels, but achieved global recognition in 1998 with his production of Run-DMC's... |
No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
25 | "Last Thing on My Mind" | Steps | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
26 | "Uh La La La" | Alexia | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
New tracks
This is a list of the tracks featured as new music in Dance Dance Revolution. For a list of the tracks that originally appeared in Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix see the music of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMixMusic of Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
-Arcade version:There are 21 new songs in this game. Three of which are only playable on STEP BATTLE mode . All songs from previous version returned in this game.-Link Version:...
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Have You Never Been Mellow
"Have You Never Been Mellow" is a song by The Olivia Project.It's Like That
"It's Like That" is a song by Run DMC vs Jason Nevins.Kung Fu Fighting
"Kung Fu Fighting" is a song by Bus★Stop featuring Carl Douglas.Last Thing on My Mind
"Last Thing on My Mind" is a song by Steps.Strictly Business
"Strictly Business" is a song by Mantronik vs EPMD.That's the Way (I Like It)
"That's the Way (I Like It)" is a song by KC & The Sunshine Band.External links
- Dance Dance Revolution (Japan) Song List at Zenius -I- Vanisher