Jingle bell

Song Information

ジングルベル's jacket.

Artist: SEGA Sound Unit [H.]
Composition: James Lord Pierpont, Franz Xaver Gruber
Arrangement: SEGA Sound Unit [H.]
Lyrics: James Lord Pierpont, John Freeman Young
Vocals: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
BPM: 100
Length: 1:25 (maimai), 1:51 (CHUNITHM, オンゲキ)
maimai Genre: maimai
CHUNITHM Genre: POPS & ANIME
オンゲキ Genre: POPS & ANIME
オンゲキ Opponent: 珠洲島 有栖 Lv.40 (normal charts), 珠洲島 有栖 Lv.50 (LUNATIC)
First Music Game Appearance: maimai
Other Music Game Appearances:

• 舞萌
• CHUNITHM
• オンゲキ SUMMER
• CHUNITHM SUPER STAR PLUS

Lyrics

The first two lines are not present in the maimai version.

English

Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Dashing through the snow
On a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob-tail ring,
making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight, yeah

*
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, yeah

* repeat x 4

Song Connections / Remixes

• ジングルベル is an arrangement of the Christmas song of the same name.
• The version of ジングルベル used in CHUNITHM and オンゲキ is longer than the maimai version, featuring an introduction based on Silent Night.
• A long version of ジングルベル appears on the maimai ALL PERFECT COLLECTiON soundtrack.

Trivia

• From the original maimai until maimai ORANGE, ジングルベル was only available to play around Christmas each year:
  • It was playable in the maimai location test from December 23th to 25th, 2011.
  • It was playable in maimai and 舞萌 from November 25th to December 25th, 2012.
  • It was playable in maimai GreeN from December 12th to 25th, 2013.
  • It was playable in maimai ORANGE from December 18th to 25th, 2014. Players who played it within this period would have it unlocked by default. After this period, it could be unlocked by playing with players who have it unlocked.
  • In maimai ORANGE PLUS, it became unlocked by default after playing ORANGE PLUS once.
  • Since maimai PiNK, it was unlocked by default.
• Due to its limited availability, playing ジングルベル has never been required to obtain 真極, 真神, and 真舞舞 name plates (even after it became available by default).
  • On maimaiNET before ORANGE, it was not counted in high score rankings, total score, cleared charts count, full combo charts count, and all perfect charts count; however it was counted internally in the requirements to obtain collections.
• During the maimai location test, ジングルベル's title was jingle bells ［H.］Ver..
• In Asian English versions of maimai, ジングルベル's title is changed to Jinglebell.
• In 舞萌, ジングルベル's title is changed to 圣诞歌曲改编.
• Before maimai ORANGE, ジングルベル's artist was simply [H.].
• In maimai, ジングルベル is one of the few songs with intentionally halved BPM.
  • The Re:MASTER chart halves the standby time of slide notes, making it play like 200 BPM.
  • The UTAGE chart is based on the Master chart, but halves the standby time of slide notes.
• ジングルベル was added to CHUNITHM on December 17th, 2015.
  • In CHUNITHM SUPER STAR PLUS, it was added on December 23rd, 2021.
• ジングルベル is the first POPS & ANIME song in CHUNITHM with its MASTER chart rated Level 13.
• ジングルベル received a WORLD'S END chart in CHUNITHM AIR on December 15th, 2016.
  • This WORLD'S END chart is the same as the MASTER chart, but with TAP notes exchanged for FLICK and vice versa; this was apparently done because the FLICK notes sound like bells, according to the designer credit.
• ジングルベル received a UTAGE chart in maimai MURASAKi PLUS on December 5th, 2017.
• ジングルベル received a Re:MASTER chart in maimai FiNALE on December 25th, 2018.
• ジングルベル is available in オンゲキ SUMMER from December 17th to 23rd, 2019, as part of the event Chapter, Present of a holy night (聖なる夜のプレゼント). It can be unlocked by default by playing it during the event and achieving 700% total damage. After doing this and spending 100 Jewels, its LUNATIC chart becomes available, and can be unlocked in the same way.
  • This LUNATIC chart features large amounts of BELLs (a reference to the name) and no blue notes, so only green and red notes (colours associated with Christmas) appear. The numbers of regular notes and BELLs are (respectively) 1225 and 2512, referencing the date of Christmas.
• As of CHUNITHM PARADISE, ジングルベル is the only POPS & ANIME song from the original CHUNITHM still playable in the arcade CHUNITHM series.
  • It is also the only POPS & ANIME song available while playing offline.
• ジングルベル received an ULTIMA chart in CHUNITHM SUN on December 22nd, 2022.
  • In the Asian version, this chart was added to CHUNITHM SUN PLUS on December 14th, 2023.
  • In the Chinese version, this chart was added to 中二节奏 2025 at launch.
  • Its total notecount is 2512, the date of Christmas in DD/MM format.
• ジングルベル received DX charts in maimai でらっくす FESTiVAL on December 23rd, 2022.
  • In the Chinese version, these charts were added to 舞萌DX 2023 on December 15th, 2023.
  • In the Asian version, these charts were added to maimai DX FESTiVAL PLUS on December 22nd, 2023.
• The CHUNITHM ULTIMA chart is a collaboration effort:

Part	Designer
0:00~0:18	ぴちネコ
0:18~0:39	Redarrow
0:39~0:58	ロシェ@ペンギン
0:58~1:20	ミストルティン
1:20~1:39	じゃこレモン
1:39~1:49	アミノハバキリ

Soundtrack Booklet Information

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Song Introduction

Japanese

2012年11月25日～12月25日までと、2013年12月12日～25日までのクリスマスシーズンのみの期間限定版曲として配信されました。当初ロケテスト限定での配信を予定していましたが、ファンからの要望もあり、毎年公開されることになりました。原曲はもちろん、世界中でおなじみのクリスマスナンバーです。

楽曲アレンジを手がけているのは、おなじみのSEGA Sound Unit [H.]。各アレンジ部分をメンバーがそれぞれ担当し、一つの楽曲につなぎあわせたりミックス曲となっています。ヘヴィメタル風なアレンジからスタートするのにもドキリとさせられますが、途中オーボエを主旋律にした牧歌的なアレンジになり、またそのコミカルな間奏からガラリと雰囲気を変え、ジャズ風のアレンジへと楽曲が進むに連れどんどんとイメージが変化しているのが最大の聴きどころ。ボーカル・光吉猛修さんの歌声も、前半はお得意のハイトーンシャウト、後半はスタンダードジャズ風の遊び心ある歌い上げが魅力的。勇壮なコーラスにも注目です。またジャズ・アレンジのバックに聞こえるトランペットは、[H.]でも活躍している福山さんの演奏で、こちらも注目です。

Artist Comment

Hiro:

Japanese

maimaiのロケテ（ロケテスト：発売前にゲームセンターでお試し可動させること）は2011年のクリスマス時期だった。で、「やっぱりクリスマス曲とかあったら良いよね？」と話が出るんですよ。でも最終データエンドも間近なこの時期にロケテだけのために新曲作る余裕も無い。そんなことしてたら発売時期に影響が出る。なのでクリスマス曲は諦めようかなと思ってたんだけど、前にSEGA Sound Unit [H.]メンバーが遊びで作ってたジングルベルがあったことを思い出す。これはちょうど良い！

この曲はBPMだけ決めて各メンバーが好きなようにクリスマス曲をアレンジしてRemixしたというまさにmaimaiクリスマスロケテにうってつけの楽曲だ！

原曲は4分近くあったのでmaimai用に1分40秒程度に短くして更に音ゲーっぽいギミックを差し込んでいる。そんな感じでロケテ用にギリで間に合った楽曲なのだが、まさにこれが２年たっても使われるとは思って無かったw

きっと今年も[H.]のジングルベルがゲームセンターに君臨するに違いない。もうクリスマス曲はこれでいいんじゃね？

Genre Changes

maimai

Game	Genre
maimai→ORANGE PLUS	ORIGINAL
maimai PiNK→FiNALE	ORIGINAL & JOYPOLIS
maimai でらっくす	ORIGINAL
maimai でらっくす PLUS→Present	maimai

CHUNITHM

None.

オンゲキ

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

maimai to PLUS difficulty rated from 1 to 10, 1 to 12 from GreeN to PiNK PLUS, 1 to 13 from MURASAKi to MiLK PLUS, 1 to 14 from FiNALE to でらっくす, and 1 to 15 from でらっくす PLUS onwards.
CHUNITHM to AIR difficulty rated from 1 to 13+, 1 to 14 from AIR PLUS to PARADISE LOST, 1 to 15 from NEW to LUMINOUS, and 1 to 15+ from LUMINOUS PLUS onwards.
オンゲキ to R.E.D. difficulty rated from 1 to 14+, 1 to 15 from R.E.D. PLUS to bright, and 1 to 15+ from bright MEMORY onwards.
(Ratings and notecounts obtained from maimai on gamerch, and CHUNITHM and オンゲキ wikis on wikiwiki.)

maimai

Standard Charts

Game	Level
	Easy	Basic	Advanced	Expert	Master	Re:Master
Notecounts	92	157	185	332	648	737
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Break)	83 / 4 / 2 / 3	139 / 13 / 2 / 3	149 / 26 / 5 / 5	282 / 18 / 18 / 14	564 / 27 / 37 / 20	450 / 63 / 124 / 100
Chart Designer	-	-	-	譜面-100号	チャン@DP皆伝	チャン@DP皆伝
maimai	2	5	7	9	10	-
maimai PLUS	2	5	6	8	10	-
maimai GreeN→ORANGE PLUS	2	5	7	8	12	-
maimai PiNK→PiNK PLUS	2	5	7	9	12	-
maimai MURASAKi	2	5	7	9	12+	-
maimai MURASAKi PLUS→MiLK PLUS	2	5	7	9	13	-
maimai FiNALE	2	5	7	9	13	13
maimai でらっくす	-	5	7	9	13	13
maimai でらっくす PLUS	-	5	7	9+	14	13+
maimai でらっくす Splash→UNiVERSE	-	5	7	9+	14	14
maimai でらっくす UNiVERSE PLUS	-	6	7	10+	14	14
maimai でらっくす FESTiVAL→Present	-	6	7+	10+	14	14

DX Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Expert	Master	Re:Master
Notecounts	175	284	427	929	-
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Touch / Break)	144 / 12 / 3 / 6 / 10	242 / 9 / 6 / 23 / 4	266 / 36 / 21 / 27 / 77	377 / 99 / 26 / 302 / 125	-
Chart Designer	-	-	翠楼屋	舞舞10年ズ 〜ファイナル〜	-
maimai でらっくす FESTiVAL→Present	5	7+	10+	14+	-

UTAGE (宴)

Game	Designer	Attribute	Chart Comment	Notecount	Ta/Ho/Sl/Br
maimai MURASAKi PLUS→FiNALE	チャン@DP皆伝	即	スライド発射が早ければ簡単になると思った	648	564/27/37/20

CHUNITHM

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Expert	Master	Ultima
Notecounts	257	603	906	1799	2512
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Air / Flick)	101 / 84 / 32 / 40	225 / 189 / 75 / 114	297 / 138 / 177 / 294	898 / 120 / 291 / 390 / 100	949 / 316 / 240 / 872 / 135
Chart Designer	-	-	某S氏	チャン@DP皆伝からのメリークリスマス	【Ex】SEGA Fumen Unit[B.]
CHUNITHM→PARADISE LOST	2	5	8+	13	-
CHUNITHM NEW→NEW PLUS	2	5	8+	14+	-
CHUNITHM SUN→Present	2	5	8+	14+	14+

WORLD'S END

Game	Level
Notecounts	1799
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Air / Flick)	100 / 120 / 291 / 390 / 898
Chart Designer	フリックの音が鈴の音に聞こえる
CHUNITHM AIR→AMAZON	弾☆4

オンゲキ

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Expert	Master	Lunatic
Notecounts / BELLs	170 / 21	475 / 77	430 / 49	1775 / 255	1225 / 2512
Chart Designer	-	-	Techno Kitchen	譜面-100号からのメリークリスマス	ロシェ@ペンギンからのメリークリスマス
オンゲキ SUMMER→R.E.D. PLUS	3	6	8+	14	14
オンゲキ bright→Present	3	6	8+	14	13+

Videos

maimai

Standard Charts

Expert

Master

Re:Master

DX Charts

Master

Utage

即

CHUNITHM

Expert

Master

Ultima

WORLD'S END

弾

オンゲキ

Expert

Master

Lunatic