Music of Dance Dance Revolution (1998 video game) explained

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 artist Naoki Maeda. The original arcade game contains 11 tracks. Due to the staggered release of the game in other regions additional songs from newer releases in the series appear in the Asian, American and European releases.

List of tracks

Across, releases are listed in chronological order. Down, tracks are listed by in-game sort order then by chronological release.

SongArtistJapanAsiaAmericasEurope
1"BUTTERFLY"SMiLE.dkYesYesYesYes
2"HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW"THE OLIVIA PROJECTYesYesYesYes
3"KUNG FU FIGHTING"BUS STOP featuring CARL DOUGLASYesNoNoNo
4"LET'S GET DOWN"JT PLAYAZYesNoNoNo
5"LITTLE BITCH"THE SPECIALSYesNoNoNo
6"MY FIRE"X-TREMEYesYesYesYes
7"STRICTLY BUSINESS"MANTRONIK VS EPMDYesYesNoNo
8"THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT)"KC & THE SUNSHINE BANDYesNoNoNo
9"MAKE IT BETTER"mitsu-O!YesYesYesYes
10"PARANOiA"180FinalFinalFinalFinal
11"TRIP MACHINE"DE-SIREFinalFinalFinalFinal

Tracks

This is a list of the tracks featured as 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 2ndMix.

Butterfly

See main article: Butterfly (Smile.dk song).

"Butterfly" is a song by Smile.dk.

Have You Never Been Mellow

"Have You Never Been Mellow" is a song by The Olivia Project.

See also: Have You Never Been Mellow (song).

Kung Fu Fighting

A version of "Kung Fu Fighting" by Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas.

See also: Kung Fu Fighting.

Let's Get Down

"Let's Get Down" is a song by JT Playaz. It takes the music for its refrain from the song "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang.

Little Bitch

"Little Bitch" is a song by The Specials, featured on their 1979 self-titled album.

Make It Better

"Make It Better" is a song by Mitsu-O!. It is noted for its similarities to the song "Money" by Ragga Twins, a song which is in the data of the game but left unused.

My Fire

"My Fire" is a song by X-Treme.

See also: Relight My Fire.

Paranoia

"Paranoia" is a song by 180. In the original release of Dance Dance Revolution, this was the only Konami Original song.

Strictly Business

See main article: Strictly Business (EPMD song).

"Strictly Business" is a song by Mantronik vs EPMD.

That's The Way (I Like It)

See main article: That's the Way (I Like It).

"That's The Way (I Like It)" is a song by KC & The Sunshine Band.

Trip Machine

"Trip Machine" is a song by De-Sire.

See also