The following article contains a list of songs in the '' Dance Dance Revolution'' series of games, and also other compiled information related to music featured in the series, and soundtracks. Please note, that this article contains a massive list of songs, which consist throughout the entirety of the franchise. This list may probably contain songs which are no longer tied to the series, and were removed from the franchise (due to game storage or logistic music label reasons), but for encyclopedic purposes, will be listed. Songs that were exclusively featured in the European release/version of ''Dance Dance Revolution'',

Dancing Stage ''Dancing Stage'' is a series of music video games developed and published by Konami. It is a spin-off of ''Dance Dance Revolution'' for the European market as well as a few Japanese titles. Games were released for arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation ...

, will be listed as well. Songs presented in this list are titled as they appear in their respective games and the credited musician's name appears as credited in-game. In many cases, the series features covers, remixes or tributes of songs by musicians hired by Konami, with original accreditation being cited. The Rhythm-based ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series of music video games feature a number of songs that serve as functional equivalent of game levels. Most songs in the series are produced by in-house video game

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s, however many games feature individual tracks by popular mainstream musicians. Different

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ed versions of the same song often feature in different games as well as within a single game, and a number of games may feature the same version of a song. In-house music composers for the DDR series, such as Naoki Maeda or Sōta Fujimori are known to have employed a great number (as many as 3 dozen in some cases) of

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s in the past. These pseudonyms reflect different musical styles used by composers and as such some songs credit two composers who are in actuality both pseudonyms of the same individual.

Soundtracks

Notable soundtracks of the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series include:

''Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix Plus''

Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix Plus ''Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix'' is the fourth game in the main ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 24, 2000 in Japan. ''4thMix'' features 136 songs, of which 37 are new so ...

'' features a total of 150 songs. Two songs from previous games, "Strictly Business" by Mantronik vs. EPMD (removed in ''3rdMix Plus'') and "So Many Men" by Me & My (removed in the original ''4thMix''), are unavailable in this game.

''Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix''

Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix ''Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix'' is the fourth game in the main ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series of music video games. It was released as an arcade game by Konami on August 24, 2000 in Japan. ''4thMix'' features 136 songs, of which 37 are new so ...

'' features a total of 122 songs, including 23 exclusive songs.

''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme''

'' Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' features a total of 240 songs, including 11 exclusive songs.

''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova'' and ''SuperNova 2''

''Dance Dance Revolution X'' and ''X2''

''Dance Dance Revolution A'' and ''A20''

Artists

In-house Konami artists

Naoki Maeda has contributed over 200 songs to Bemani games. Many of these are available in ''Dance Dance Revolution''. Of the 52 songs in '' Dance Dance Revolution Konamix'', half (26) are by Naoki. The composer left Konami in 2013, but almost all of his music was retained in all future arcade releases. BeForU and lead singer

Riyu Kosaka is a Japanese pop singer and lyricist. She is best known as a member of the Konami-produced Japanese teen pop girl group BeForU. Biography Early life Kosaka was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan on January 17, 1985. Career ...

contributed 17 songs and three remixes to the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series. Londell "Taz" Hicks, the announcer from '' DDRMAX'' to ''

Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 , released in Europe as ''Dancing Stage SuperNova'', is an arcade and PlayStation 2 game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' (''DDR'') series of music video games. It was produced by Konami and released through Betson Enterprises. The game was rele ...

'', is featured as a vocalist in four songs: "D2R" from '' DDRMAX2'', and "1998", "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Hyper Eurobeat" from ''

DDR Extreme is a music video game by Konami and is the List of Dance Dance Revolution video games, eighth release in the main ''Dance Dance Revolution'' (''DDR'') series. It was released on December 25, 2002 for Japanese Amusement arcade, arcades, on Octob ...

''. These songs returned in all future arcade releases.

Kors K (born December 17, 1983), also known as kors k, is a Japanese DJ and music game composer. He is best known for his work in the Bemani series made by Konami. He has produced music under a number of different aliases, such as kors k, Eagle, Strip ...

contributed over 100 songs to Bemani games.

Licenses

Several artists make recurring appearances in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' arcade series. Some of these include: *

2 Unlimited 2 Unlimited are a Belgian/Dutch dance music act, founded by Belgian producers/songwriters Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Antwerp, Belgium. From 1991 to 1996, Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth fronted the a ...

( 4 songs in 5 releases) *

Ariana Grande Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has been the subject of widespread media attention. She has received ...

(2 songs in 2 releases) * Bambee ( 4 songs in 7 releases) *

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( 6 songs in 13 releases) * Captain Jack ( 11 songs in 13 releases) *

DJ Miko DJ Miko was an Italian dance act fronted by keyboardist Monier Quartararo Gagliardo (born 8 February 1973) and British vocalist Louise Anne Gard from Tunbridge Wells. It mainly released dance cover versions of past pop and rock hits and is primari ...

( 2 songs in 5 releases) *

E-Rotic E-Rotic are a Eurodance duo act formed in 1994 by German record producer David Brandes. The act is best known in Europe for the hits "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" and "Fred Come to Bed". E-Rotic originally consisted of German born singer Ly ...

( 9 songs in 4 releases) * fripSide ( 2 songs in 6 releases) * Jenny Rom ( 3 songs in 3 releases) * Joga (2 songs in 9 releases) * Judy Crystal (3 songs in 4 releases) *

KC and the Sunshine Band KC and the Sunshine Band is an American disco and funk band that was founded in 1973 in Hialeah, Florida. Their best-known songs include the hits "That's the Way (I Like It)", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "K ...

(2 songs in 6 releases) * King Kong & D. Jungle Girls (3 songs in 8 releases) *

Me & My Me & My is a Danish Eurodance duo formed by sisters Susanne Georgi (born 27 July 1976) and Pernille Georgi (born 24 July 1974). They are best known for their first international hit song "Dub-I-Dub" (1995), which has been featured on many compil ...

(2 songs in 8 releases) * Ni-Ni (2 songs in 2 releases) * Olivia Project (2 songs in 6 releases) *

Pandora In Greek mythology, Pandora (Greek: , derived from , ''pān'', i.e. "all" and , ''dōron'', i.e. "gift", thus "the all-endowed", "all-gifted" or "all-giving") was the first human woman created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. As Hes ...

( 2 songs in 3 releases) *

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(3 songs in 8 releases) *

Smile.dk Smile.dk (sometimes written SMiLE.dk or Smile-dk, pronounced ''Smile D-K'') or Smile is a Swedish Eurodance group with Veronica Almqvist as the only current member. The band is known for many songs featured in music video games, such as ''Dance ...

( 8 songs in 15 releases) *

Tess Tess or TESS may refer to: Music * Tess (band), a Spanish pop band active from 2000 to 2005 * TESS (musician), a UK musician Film and theatre * ''Tess'' (1979 film), a 1979 film adaptation of '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' * ''Tess'' (2016 film) ...

(2 songs in 2 releases) * X-Treme (4 songs in 9 releases) * Zedd ( 3 songs in 2 releases)

Songs

Beta and Location test songs

These are songs that were initially presented by Konami as official songs, and were present during beta, pre production press release, early production game demos, consumer research, and arcade machine promotional testing. (Even in some cases were actually playable after market release in some arcades). However, they were later removed during the actual official launch. Their stepchart information can be found and confirmed in the game data.

Official Songs

These are songs that were in the final edition of release. Songs that are hidden and unlockable, are listed.

References

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